[Asian Games] Men's Basketball Player Heo Hoon Packs his Bags Due to a Complete Defeat in the Game Against China, "We Brought this on Ourselves"
Yang Hong-seok "I was proud of being a national representative... but I am very disappointed."
Heo Hoon (executive director), a key guard of the men's national basketball team who lost to China in the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou Asian Games, expressed regret, saying, "We brought this upon ourselves."
It pointed out the difficult situation in which they suffered a 'shock loss' in the group stage match against Japan, which was evaluated as one level below. 카지노
The Korean national team, led by coach Chu Il-seung, lost 70-84 to the host country, China, in the men's basketball quarterfinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Zhejiang, China, on the 3rd.
Korea, which claimed to be the leader in Asia, fell in the quarterfinals for the first time since the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
At the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup held in July last year, they lost face by being completely defeated by China, who had beaten them by 12 points, at one point being dragged by 23 points.
Heo Hoon, who met with reporters in the joint reporting area after the game, said, "We should have finished well as we brought it on ourselves.
That's a shame," and added, "The opponent was high and their skills were very good.
I think our players need to work harder and improve." He said.
They also expressed their disappointment at the fact that the country's top forwards, who boast their height and mobility, did not join due to injuries or concentration on their teams.
Heo Hoon said, "It is the coach's role to select players, but it was very chaotic among the players," and "Because there were six guards, the atmosphere itself was like that.
I don't think it's my place to get involved in such issues within the national team." He said.
Yang Hong-seok (LG), who played hard with 13 points and 5 rebounds that day, said, “The Asian Games are not a small tournament.
“It is the biggest tournament for us,” he said, adding, “Even La Gun-ah (KCC) was said to be the last member of the national team, so the young players had motivation (to play hard).”
He added, “There was a sense of pride in being part of the national team.
"I know that if I lose today's game, I will fail, so I am very disappointed about that," he added.
Like Heo Hoon, Yang Hong-seok also believed that the reason for the difficult schedule due to the loss to Japan was the reason for the team's struggles.
The national team played in the group stage against Japan on the 30th of last month.
They lost the game 77-83 and failed to advance directly to the quarterfinals.
After playing the deciding game against Bahrain the previous afternoon, they were matched up against the host country, China, 14 hours later, and ended up losing completely due to their physical inferiority.
In response to the criticism, Yang Hong-seok said, “That part is very disappointing,” and added, “Our goal was to win.
“I thought that if I met China or Japan, I would definitely win,” he said.