Denso Iris reigns supreme

Denso Iris reigns supreme BENGALURU The best part about Denso Iris (Japan) is that it does not rely solely on its foreign imports, unlike most teams in the FIBA Women’s Basketball League Asia at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium here. Instead, it thrives on collective effort, with every player contributing and the foreigners complementing the team’s overall game. On Sunday, in the final against favourite Sichuan Yuanda Meile (China), Iris underlined the strength of that approach. Iris’s commanding 81-63 victory over the Chinese side was a powerful vindication of its philosophy. Sichuan, heavily dependent on American Chennedy Carter and Australian Sara Blicavs, struggled to find its attacking rhythm. Carter was disqualified early in the second quarter after picking up two technical fouls, while Blicavs was not at her best. With Iris’s defence denying it the space to operate freely, Sichuan found it increasingly difficult to raise the tempo.