[KBL 뉴스] Hyundai Mobis, ‘Lee Jeong-hyun’s departure’, wins against Sono… Sono loses 3 times in a row

Ulsan Hyundai Mobis defeated ‘natural enemy’ Goyang Sono and succeeded in winning three games in a row.

Hyundai Mobis achieved a come-from-behind victory of 80-78 in the away game against Sono in the second round of the 2024/25 season KCC professional basketball regular league held at Sono Arena in Goyang on the 13th.

As a result, Hyundai Mobis avenged its 82-100 loss in the opening game against Sono and won three games in a row. In addition, the team entered the A-match break, remaining in 3rd place with a season record of 7 wins and 3 losses.

Hyundai Mobis played a tough game against its ‘natural enemy’ Sono. They were down 59-65 until the 3rd quarter, and scored 21 points in the 4th quarter, giving up only 13 points to win the game. In particular, in a 77-78 situation 18 seconds before the end of the game, Seo Myung-jin turned the game around by scoring under the goal, and Park Moo-bin’s free throw score put a wedge in the game.

Gage Prim, who was selected as the Distinguished Player on this day, said, “I am happy that the team achieved this victory together. I will continue to try to play basketball like this. “The preparation before the game worked well,” he said.

Lee Woo-seok, who was also present, said, “I’m glad the players didn’t give up until the end. However, we prepared for a rebound, but we did not do well in that aspect. We need to reflect on the fact that we dragged the game this far. We only did well at the end of the fourth quarter. “It wasn’t a good game,” he criticized.

He continued, “I wanted to win comfortably, but I couldn’t,” and “In fact, if we had lost today’s game, it would have been a very embarrassing game. Today was a game we really had to win. We gave up a lot of goals to Lee Jeong-hyun, but he wasn’t there today. “I had to focus and win with ease, but I couldn’t,” he said with regret.

On the other hand, Sono, who was leading the team with 4 consecutive wins in the opening game, only won 1 game in the following 6 games, and his winning percentage fell to .500 (5 wins, 5 losses). In addition, they have fallen into a swamp of 3 consecutive losses and remain in 5th place.

Sono, who only gets stronger when facing Hyundai Mobis, competed in a close match even without ace Lee Jeong-hyun, but was unable to concentrate on the game in the fourth quarter and lost. Alan Williams scored 25 points and 12 rebounds, the most for both teams, but was unable to lead the team to victory.

After the game, Sono coach Kim Seung-gi said, “We played well and lost in the end. I was out of luck. When we were winning by 4 points, we planned to get the ball to Jae-do Lee, but we couldn’t give it to Jae-do. Our ability to carry out operations has declined slightly. “I think we need to adjust that part well during the break,” he said, regretting, “We almost caught a strong team once when (Lee) Jeong-hyeon was not there, but we couldn’t.”

Director Kim continued, “There are various regrets, but I don’t think there is any need to be regretful. “We are a team that will continue to get better,” he said, raising his voice.