Hyundai Mobis Wins Home Battle, Korea Gas Corporation Nicholson 42 Points Battle
'Moon Sung-gon, 3 points, 5 rooms' kt wins by 19 points… Sono, 3 points, 37 throws and misses 28
Professional basketball Seoul SK showed its power to overpower the leading Wonju DB despite the rise of the main players.
SK defeated DB 76-68 in the 2023-2024 Jeonggwanjang Professional Basketball Regular League Home Game held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 20th.
SK 10 losses), which won its 23rd game, trailed the leading DB 26 wins and 7 losses) by three games.
At the same time, the team beat the tying third-ranked Changwon LG Twins and Suwon KT Wiz 20 wins and 12 losses) by two and a half games, raising expectations for a direct advance to the semifinal playoff. In professional basketball, the first and second-ranked teams in the regular league directly advance to the semifinal PO.
SK faced the bad news of Ahn Young-joon breaking knee ligaments in a home game against Ulsan Hyundai Mobis on the 18th, with its flagship Kim Sun-hyung leaving due to an ankle injury.
Shooter Heo Il-young is also recovering from a knee injury, so SK faced DB without three of the five players that coach Jeon Hee-chul had pointed out as the main player even before the opening.
Since SK's power has weakened, DB's dominance was expected, but it was SK that took the lead from the beginning.
With Jamil Warney, who swept 16 points and eight rebounds in the first half alone, SK entered the second half with a 42-36 lead.
In the third quarter, Oh Se-geun hit all four shots to lead the team's attack.
In defense, SK also reduced DB's field goal success rate to 35% in the 3rd quarter, restraining the score to 15 points, and took the lead by 16 points just before the end of the quarter.
At the start of the fourth quarter, as Oh Se-geun made 69-51 with a calm under-the-goal finish, the excited home fans chanted SK and Oh Se-geun's names. On the same day, 5,205 spectators entered Jamsil Student Gymnasium, and all seats were sold out.
Oh has recorded a success rate of 69 percent of field goals, boasting of his sophisticated shooting sense by scoring 24 points. His 24 points is the most scored by Oh this season.
Warney also had 20 points and 19 rebounds to take the center stage under the goal. Oh Jae-hyun, a guard who scored 36 points in the previous game, scored 11 points.
In the DB, Philippine guard Lee Sun-bano fought hard with 21 points and 5 assists.
DB, the only team considered the best offensive team this season with an average score of more than 90, struggled with SK's defense and scored only 68 points.
The field goal success rate also fell to 39%, and he made 10 errors.
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis beat Daegu Korea Gas Corporation 91-88 after a close game on its home turf to match the 50% win rate.
With 16 wins and 16 losses, sixth-ranked Hyundai Mobis narrowed the gap to one game against fifth-ranked Busan KCC 16 wins and 14 losses).
On the other hand, Korea Gas Corporation 11 wins and 21 losses), which gained momentum by winning four consecutive games, suffered a disappointing defeat.
In Hyundai Mobis, Gage Prim was recorded as the most scorer in the team with 22 points.
Guard Lee Woo-suk 11 points) and Park Moo-bin 10 points) also played their part by scoring double-digit points.
At the Korea Gas Corporation, foreign player Andrew Nicholson struggled with 42 points and 9 rebounds, but the performance of domestic players was disappointing.
As the game intensified in the second half of the day, there was also a war of nerves between the players of both teams.
When Prim was competing for the ball early in the fourth quarter, he pushed Duvan Maxwell hard and Maxwell rolled over to the bench. While Maxwell was furious and protested against the referee, Prim was given a U-foul un-Sportsmanlike foul).
KT also beat Goyang Sono 92-73 on the road and moved up to joint third place.
On the other hand, Sono 11 wins and 21 losses) tied for 8th place with Korea Gas Corporation, making it less likely to escape the lower ranks.
Moon Sung-gon led the KT's outer attack with three points and five walks. Foreign player Paris Bath also scored 23 points, the most among both teams.
While KT scored three points and 17 hits, Sono, dubbed the "three-point team," only scored nine. He threw 37 and missed 28. 스포츠토토
In Sono, Kim Min-wook 17 points) and Lee Jung-hyun 16 points) fought hard.