‘Practice attack pattern to save Lee Hyun-joong’ Coach Ahn Jun-ho: “The game against Australia will be different from the game against Indonesia.” [오!쎈 고양]

[OSEN=고양, 서정환 기자] Korea set out to revive ‘ace’ Lee Hyun-joong (24, Illawarra).

The men’s basketball team led by coach Ahn Jun-ho will face the Australian national team in the ‘2025 FIBA ​​Asia Cup Preliminary Window-2’ held at Goyang Sono Arena at 3 p.m. on the 24th. Korea won a hard-fought 86-78 victory in the match against Indonesia on the 21st.

The key to the game against Australia is the revival of Lee Hyun-joong. Lee Hyun-joong, who plays in the Australian National Basketball Association (NBL), returned to the national team after three years. He recorded 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists against Indonesia. His long-standing 3-point shot was so poor that he only succeeded in one out of 11 attempts.

[OSEN=김성락 기자] On the afternoon of the 21st, the ‘2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup’ preliminary match between Korea and Indonesia was held at Goyang Sono Arena in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do. Currently, Korea is in second place in Group A with one win and one loss, following Australia, which has won all two matches. South Korea’s Lee Hyun-joong protests the decision in the second quarter. 2024.11.21 / [email protected]

In the end, Korea, which is relatively low compared to Australia, has a chance of winning only if Lee Hyun-joong survives against Australia. The key is how big men such as Lee Jong-hyun, Lee Seung-hyun, and Lee Won-seok fight for rebounds and supply the ball to Lee Hyun-joong in a timely manner.

The national basketball team trained for 90 minutes in Goyang on the 23rd. He was so confident that he opened up all his tactical training to Korean reporters. Most of Korea practiced an attack pattern that helped Lee Hyun-joong’s 3-point shooting. In defense, we decided on what kind of help defense we would use depending on the situation.

Lee Won-seok, Shin Seung-min, Lee Hyun-joong, Yoo Ki-sang, and Moon Yoo-hyun formed a team and continued training to break the defense team of Lee Jong-hyun, Lee Seung-hyun, Ahn Young-jun, Yang Hong-seok, and Oh Jae-hyeon with attacks. When the two teams switched offense and defense, Lee Hyun-joong took charge of Yang Hong-seok. Lee Hyun-joong showed a very active appearance in defense as well.

Coach Ahn Jun-ho, who finished training, said, “Australia is really high. In our team, Lee Jong-hyun, who has good height, and Lee Seung-hyun, who has good strength, must play their roles. There was a lot of pressure on Lee Hyun-joong to show his skills in the match against Indonesia. “I will do my best to play with less pressure in the game against Australia,” he said.

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Lee Hyun-joong’s Illawarra Hawks teammate Sam Froling also completed afternoon training. He said, “Lee Hyun-joong is the best shooter in the Australian league. Australian players also know Lee Hyun-joong well. “We came to Lee Hyeon-joong’s country, but Australia will win tomorrow’s game by at least 20 points,” he said, pledging to win. / [email protected]

Jeonghwan Seo ([email protected])