PLG's number one star is the best, and Lin Zhijie has won the popularity king of the year for 5 consecutive years

Taiwan's Professional Basketball League PlusLeague (PLG) League announced the 2024-25 season popularity king of the year on the 19th, and this season is still in the 3rd phase of fan voting.

Lin Zhijie completed the popularity king for 5 consecutive years

The voting in the first stage of the annual popularity king first selected 8 popular players (2 from each team) to advance to the second stage, namely Lin Zhijie and Cai Wencheng of the Warriors, Lu Junxiang and Bai Yaocheng of Taoyuan Pilot Ape, Gu Mao Weijia and Xie Zongrong of Taigang Falcon, and Isaiah and Chen Fan Baiyan of Kaohsiung Steelers.

In the second stage, 8 popular players will face off every day, and the 2 popular players with the highest number of votes will advance to the final vote, and the final battle will be played by "Taiwan Beast" Lin Zhijie against "Pilot Ape Night King" Lu Junxiang, and the head-to-head duel of PLG's cross-generation balloon stars will make the competition for the popular king of the year more intense.

Entering the final battle of the third stage, Lin Zhijie once again showed the high popularity of the No. 1 star of the table basketball, winning over Lu Junxiang's 42.5% vote rate with 57.5% of the votes, and won the popularity king of the year for 5 consecutive years.