Professional Basketball LG, 9 Consecutive Wins in 9 Years... Defeated KCC and Secured Second Place

Lee Jeong-hyun, 30 points in 3 games... Sono defeats Hyundai Mobis after overtime

Professional basketball team Changwon LG defeated Busan KCC and recorded their 9th consecutive win in 9 years.

The second place position, which advances directly to the semifinal playoffs (PO), has also been virtually solidified.

LG defeated KCC 101-92 in the 2023-2024 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball regular league away game held at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 22nd.

It has been 9 years since January 2015 that LG had a 9-game winning streak. 파워볼사이트

LG, with 34 wins and 17 losses, widened the gap with third place Suwon KT (31 wins, 19 losses) to two and a half games.

If LG loses all three remaining games and KT wins all four games, the rankings will change, but mathematically, the likelihood is not high.

Last season, LG took second place after fierce competition with Seoul SK.

In professional basketball, 1st and 2nd place in the regular league are eligible to skip the 6th round PO and advance to the 4th round PO.

On the other hand, 5th place KCC, whose scoring power has soared after recently advocating 'fast basketball', was blocked by LG and suffered their 23rd loss (27th win).

KCC, who had scored an average of 103 points in the previous six games, scored 52 points in the first half on this day as well.

LG is the best defensive team in professional basketball this season, but they were unable to suppress KCC's firepower and struggled in the early stages.

LG was first in this category, conceding an average of 75.9 points before this game.

After conceding a large number of goals in the first half, LG, which had the slowest attack speed among the 10 teams, also attacked quickly at the start of the second half.

It was a ‘counter-fire operation’.

LG, who reduced the number of passes in the third quarter and simplified the offensive work as much as possible, exploded on the outside and took the lead at 69-67 three minutes before the end of the quarter.

KCC, who was behind in the firepower battle with Changwon LG, began to lose scoring power and was unable to find a way to attack.

While LG scored 35 points, including 7 3-pointers in the third quarter, KCC scored only 20 points.

KCC, who had lost the excitement of the first half, scored only 2 points in 2 minutes after the start of the 4th quarter, and soon after allowed a double-digit score difference, deepening their defeat.

For LG, six players including Lee Jae-do (20 points), Assem Marey (17 points), Jeong Hee-jae (16 points), Justin Gutang (14 points), Yang Hong-seok (11 points), and Lee Kwan-hee (10 points) performed evenly, scoring in double digits. .

Among them, Marey added strength under the goal by grabbing 16 rebounds.

For KCC, Heo Woong played hard with 26 points.

Goyang Sono defeated Ulsan Hyundai Mobis 102-87 at home in overtime, led by ace Lee Jeong-hyun, who scored more than 30 points in three consecutive games.

Following the Daegu Korea Gas Corporation match on the 17th (35 points) and the SK match on the 19th (34 points), Lee Jung-hyun exploded with 38 points on this day as well.

In professional basketball, this is the first time a domestic player has scored more than 30 points in three consecutive games since Cho Seong-won in the 2000-2001 season.

Lee Jung-hyun, who scored 15 points in the first quarter alone, scored his 31st point by finishing Chinanu Onuaku's pass with a fast break layup about 6 minutes before the end of the 4th quarter.

Lee Jung-hyun added 2 points with a free throw at the start of overtime, and hit 3 points to make it 97-85 about 2 minutes before the end of the game, putting an end to the fierce game.

Sono, led by Lee Jeong-hyeon, dominated overtime 18-3.

Lee Jung-hyun also added 8 assists.

Onuaku also recorded 27 points and 23 rebounds, single-handedly defeating Hyundai Mobis' big man Jin, who was held up by Gage Prim.

Sono, ranked 8th, had 19 wins and 33 losses, and Hyundai Mobis, ranked 6th, had 25 wins and 25 losses.

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