Women's Basketball Kookmin Bank tops regular league after 2 years 5th time in total
1st place in regular league confirmed after 26 games Only 2 losses
Cheongju KB Kookmin Bank, a women's professional basketball team, regained the top spot in the regular league after two years.
KB Kookmin Bank won 68-60 in the home game against Busan BNK in the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women's Professional Basketball Regular League held at Cheongju Gymnasium on the 14th.
KB Kookmin Bank, which reigned as the strongest player in the league this season, confirmed first place in the 26th game of the regular league. They suffered only two losses before being confirmed as first place in the regular league.
KB Kookmin Bank, which has recently boasted a rapid upward trend with 13 consecutive wins, recorded 24 wins and 2 losses. Even if they lose all four remaining games and second-place Asan Woori Bank (19 wins, 6 losses) wins all five games, the ranking will not be overturned.
On this day, Woori Bank's second place in the regular league was also decided.
This is the third time in history since the 2007-2008 season when the single league was introduced that it has been confirmed to be ranked first in the regular league with the fewest games played. The top record in this category is 24 games (23 wins, 1 loss) set by KB Kookmin Bank in the 2021-2022 season. Second place is Woori Bank's 25 games recorded in the 2016-2017 season and 2022-2023 season.
It is the first time in two seasons since the 2021-2022 season that KB Kookmin Bank took first place in the regular league. This is the club's fifth regular league title.
In women's professional basketball, Woori Bank has the most wins in the regular league with 14 wins, followed by Yongin Samsung Life Insurance and Incheon Shinhan Bank with 6 wins. KB Kookmin Bank is following suit.
The main contributor to KB Kookmin Bank’s regular league championship was ‘pillar’ Park Ji-soo.
Park Ji-soo, who played in only 9 games in the 2022-2023 season due to panic disorder and finger injuries, showed off his power by sweeping first place in average scoring, rebounds, blocked shots, and 2-point shot success rate this season, leading KB Kookmin Bank to the top of the regular league.
KB Kookmin Bank, which ranked 5th in the regular league in the 2022-2023 season without Park Ji-soo and did not even make it to the playoffs, succeeded in regaining the top spot in the regular league in two seasons with a healthy Park Ji-soo at the forefront.
Coach Kim Wan-soo, who took charge of KB Kookmin Bank in 2021, experienced his second career regular league win following the 2021-2022 season, which was his debut season.
KB Kookmin Bank took home 50 million won in prize money for winning the regular league.
KB Kookmin Bank will now challenge for its third championship and overall victory in the semifinal playoffs. KB Kookmin Bank, which early confirmed its first place in the regular league, will play the playoffs (best of three) against the team ranked fourth in the regular league.
The probability of the regular league champion winning the previous championship game is 71.9% (23 out of 32). 19가이드03