Samsung And KOGAS Have Lost Five Consecutive Games
On the day of the official retirement of the "big brother," the younger brothers gave a precious gift of four consecutive wins.
Suwon kt won 75-74 in the first round of the 2023-24 professional basketball home game against Ulsan Hyundai Mobis at Suwon kt Sonic Boom Arena on the 11th. As a result, kt tied for second place with four consecutive wins.
KT had a reason to win on the day. This is because there was an official retirement ceremony for Kim Young-hwan, the "big brother" who now became a coach. His younger brothers gave him the best gift and victory after leading the team for more than a decade.
Lee Doo-won (5 points, 6 rebounds and 1 steal) scored the winning goal. He made a valuable free throw at the end of the fourth quarter to end the game 74-74.
Su Hoon recorded 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block shot with Paris Bath. On top of that, support shots from Ha Yoon-ki (18 points and 5 rebounds) and Han Hee-won (12 points and 8 rebounds) were also great.
Hyundai Mobis struggled with Gage Prim with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, but missed the chance to win consecutive games due to sluggish domestic players without double-digit scores.
In the previous two games, Goyang Sono and Seoul SK beat Daegu Korea Gas Corporation and Seoul Samsung, respectively, to sound the victory.
First, Sono had a hard fight with the Korea Gas Corporation and eventually won 100-90. He made as many as 17 3-pointers. The first contributor to the victory was Jarrod Jones. He succeeded in reviving with 31 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Lee Jung-hyun showed his best performance with 23 points, four rebounds and seven assists. Jeon Sung-hyun also supported with 13 points, three rebounds and three steals.
Korea Gas Corporation had Andrew Nicholson with 20 points and 9 rebounds, Lee Dae-hun (17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists), SJ Bellangel (14 points, 5 assists, 2 steals), and Shin Seung-min (10 points and 4 rebounds), but they could not win with a defense that gave up 100 points. He ended up in a five-game losing streak.
Finally, the winner of the season's first S-Derby was SK. He allowed Samsung to chase at the last minute, but secured the lead and won a new 82-80 and succeeded in escaping three consecutive losses.
Jamil Warney won the game against Coffey Coburn (29 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block shot) with 25 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.
Oh Jae-hyun (17 points, 3 assists) and Kim Sun-hyung (15 points, 7 assists, 2 steals) also used their speed to actively target slow Samsung.
Samsung's Lee Jung-hyun (14 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists) and Lee Won-seok (12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists) other than Coburn fought hard, but they fell short. Together with Korea Gas Corporation, they were also at the bottom of the list due to five consecutive losses. 토토