SK Warney, 10 points in the 4th quarter alone… LG has lost 8 games in a row.
KCC Heo Woong, 3 points in the final 1 minute and 22 seconds before the end
SK wins 4th quarter victory over LG |
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Ha-eun = Seoul SK and Busan KCC laughed side by side in the regular professional basketball league match that resumed after a two-week break due to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup preliminary schedule.
SK defeated Changwon LG 78-73 in the 2024-2025 KCC professional basketball regular league away game held at Changwon Gymnasium in Gyeongnam on the 27th.
SK, who showed a remarkable performance in the final quarter, took the sole lead with five consecutive wins in the league game that was held again immediately after a two-week break due to the men’s basketball Asia Cup preliminaries.
LG, which recorded three consecutive wins to open this season, has now lost eight in a row.
LG, with 3 wins and 8 losses, tied for 8th place with Wonju DB.
SK, who entered the final quarter trailing by 9 points, turned the game around with Jamil Warney’s revived offensive power.
SK Jamil Warni shot |
They were behind LG by 10 points until mid-quarter, but Warney’s consecutive scores, starting with Oh Jae-hyun’s 3-pointer 5 minutes and 18 seconds before the end, narrowed the gap to 2 points. 4 minutes and 10 seconds before the end, Warney stole Jeong In-deok’s ball and scored directly to tie the game, and 3 minutes and 27 seconds before the end, Kim Seon-hyung fired an outside shot to turn the game around, and the game was declared a win without giving up the lead. .
Warney, who scored 10 points in the fourth quarter alone, performed well in all areas with 26 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals.
Kim Seon-hyung scored 17 points, including 3 shots and 3 shots, and Oh Jae-hyun scored 18 points, including 3 shots and 5 shots.
SK, which averaged 20.9 points per game this season through fast breaks, was somewhat ‘slowed’ on this day with only 14 points on fast breaks, but gathered concentration in the final quarter.
LG destroyed itself by making 7 mistakes in the 4th quarter alone.
For LG, Daryl Monroe contributed with 15 points and 18 rebounds, and Carl Tamayo contributed with 15 points and 9 rebounds.
KCC Heo Woong |
At Busan Sajik Gymnasium, Busan KCC defeated Ulsan Hyundai Mobis 84-81.
KCC (5 wins, 5 losses) tied for 5th place with Goyang Sono.
Hyundai Mobis ranked 3rd with 7 wins and 4 losses.
KCC entered the final quarter with a 63-58 lead and played a thrilling seesaw game with Hyundai Mobis.
KCC allowed Ham Ji-hoon to tie the score 3 minutes and 36 seconds before the end, and 3 minutes and 12 seconds before the end, they gave up an outside shot to Seo Myeong-jin and lost the game.
Heo Woong’s outside shot turned the game around, but he gave up a point to Gage Prim, and when Dionte Button scored, he gave up another point to Prim, making it 81-81.
Heo Woong’s 3-pointer 1 minute and 22 seconds before the end cut the rim, while all three of Hyundai Mobis’ Park Moo-bin’s outside shots missed the rim, ending in KCC’s victory.
In KCC, Seung-Hyun Lee led the attack with 18 points, Woong Heo recorded a double-double with 16 points and 4 assists, including 3 3-pointers, and Button recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Hyundai Mobis’ Prim scored 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Park Moo-bin struggled with 15 points, including three 3-pointers.
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