28 points exploded, the most for both teams
KT, who placed 2nd in the regular league, went straight to the quarterfinals PO
On the 27th, in the 4th game, he was caught in 3rd place.
Professional basketball ‘defending champion’ KGC has only one win left to advance to the championship game for the second year in a row.
KGC recorded a series record of 2 wins and 1 loss by winning the Anyang home match against KT in the third leg of the 2021-2022 season semi-final play-off (PO) held on the 25th, 83-77. KGC, which has won the first leg of the PO to KT first and then won two consecutive games, wins one more time to advance to the championship game, which is waiting for SK, the top team in the regular league.
There were 19 cases in the history of the semi-final PO where they faced 1 win and 1 loss and faced the 3rd game, 17 of which (89.5%) were won by the winning team in the 3rd round, giving KGC an absolute advantage.
KGC’s ‘Lion King’ Se-geun Oh led the team to victory by scoring the most 28 points for both teams, including two 3-pointers, and catching 9 rebounds. Oh Se-geun was the only player between the two teams to score 20 points or more in this game.
Oh Se-geun took the lead in dominating the lead of 32-18 by driving 12 points in the first quarter alone. In the semifinal PO against Korea Gas Corporation, KGC suffered a bad news that foreign player Omari Spellman was injured and left the team, but it continued its hopes of winning the league for the second time in a row by demonstrating its potential as a defending champion.
Kim Seung-gi, manager of KGC, said, “There is a big difference in power (with KT), but the players filled all the gaps.” He said, “I think David won the battle between David and Goliath. Our players did it again.”
KT, who placed 2nd in the regular league and went straight to the quarterfinals PO, gave up 2 wins to 3rd placed team KGC first, casting a dark cloud over their dream of winning the first championship since its foundation. In KT, Huh Hoon (17 points), Yang Hong-seok (16 points) and Kim Dong-wook (12 points) scored double-digit points, but foreign players caddies Laren (12 points) and Mike Myers (7 points) did not live up to expectations. The 4th game between the two teams will be held at the same place on the 27th.
Anyang = Reporter Yoo Jae-young [email protected]