Pro Basketball Seoul SK has only one win left to confirm the top spot in the regular league.
SK defeated Jeonju KCC 87-66 in the home game of the regular professional basketball league held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium today (19th).
SK is 38-11, leading the second-placed Suwon KT (31-15) by 5.5 games, and reduced the ‘magic number’, which was confirmed as the first place in the regular league, to 1.
SK secures the top spot in the regular league by adding one win out of the remaining five matches.
SK faces a match against kt on the 22nd.
Earlier, if KT loses to Seoul Samsung tomorrow (20th), SK’s 1st place will be confirmed as it is.
SK Il-young Heo led the team to victory with 25 points and 7 rebounds, including 6 3-pointers. (11 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds) played evenly.
In KCC, Laguna struggled with 20 points and 14 rebounds.
At Wonju General Gymnasium, Korea Gas Corporation maintained 6th place with a 76-75, dramatic one-point lead over the DB competing for the semifinals.
Gas Corporation, which had been ahead of the 7th DB by 0.5 game before this match, took a step forward in the semifinals with a head-to-head victory.
DJ White scored 20 points and 10 rebounds, Jeon Hyeon-woo scored 15 points and 5 rebounds, and Kim Nak-hyun scored 14 points and 11 assists for the victory.
In the DB, Johnny O’Brien worked hard with 21 points and 9 rebounds and Park Chan-hee with 17 points and 8 rebounds, but Heo Woong scored only 4 points.
Ginseng Corporation beat Orion 80 to 79 in the main room and ran a five-game winning streak.
Ginseng Corporation, with 27 wins and 18 losses, pushed Ulsan Hyundai Mobis (29 wins and 20 losses) to fourth place and climbed to third place without a ride.
Oh Se-geun 19 points and 10 rebounds, Jeon Seong-hyun with 19 points including 4 3-pointers, and Ohmari Spellman 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists were at the forefront of their winning streak.
Orion held fifth place with 22 wins and 25 losses.
(Photo=provided by KBL, Yonhap News)