Entered 2024.05.03 18:53 Modified 2024.05.03 18:53
Professional basketball Suwon KT’s ace Heo Hoon is suffering from a cold after his excellent performance, scoring 37 points against the ‘super team’ Busan KCC.
KT coach Song Young-jin said before the 4th game of the 2023-2024 Jeong Kwan-Jang Professional Basketball Championship (4 wins out of 7) held at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 3rd, “Heo Hoon caught a cold. He was undergoing treatment in the hospital in the morning, and while resting in the hotel (“I went to court,” he said.
He added, “My neck is swollen, but I think he will be fine (to play),” but added, “We will have to see if I can play for 40 minutes today.”
Heo Hoon played 40 minutes in the second and third match of the championship game. In particular, in the third game, he scored only 37 points, resulting in a close game with KCC, which had a large number of national team players.
However, despite Heo Hoon’s performance, KT lost 89-92 to KCC, taking their second loss (1 win) in the series.
In addition to the pain of defeat, Heo Hoon, who was also facing the negative news of a cold, came out to court early that day and devoted himself to shooting practice. KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin is said to have prepared a ‘tailored defence’ to stop Heo Hoon’s performance.
Coach Jeon said, “Heo Hoon’s defense was prepared differently than usual,” and “For now, Lee Ho-hyun and Calvin Jeffrey Epistola will block, but in an emergency situation, we can leave it to Song Kyo-chang .”
He added, “We will play a defense that pushes towards the finish line. We will not allow any more mid-range shots.”
The former coach believed that KCC’s win rate would increase as Heo Hoon focused on individual attacks rather than saving the team, but in the third game, Heo Hoon was hit with a mid-range shot at every critical moment, make him sweat.
At the media day of the championship, “I will not stop Heo Hoon.
Coach Jeon said, “I’ll just tell you to score 50 points,” adding, “I hope you understand my thoughts.
“If Heo Hoon holds the ball too long, the ball will not go to Bass Paris,” he said.
He said, “Actually, Heo Hoon scored 37 points, but Bath’s score fell.
He said, “We need to stop the rating of both players to that level and reduce the rating of the remaining domestic players.”
Bath, which was the leading scorer in the regular league with an average of 25.4 points, scored only 20 points in the third game.
Coach Song said, “It’s a sensitive point, but Bass was angry that the referee’s decision was harsh for him and that he didn’t call it well, and he said that his teammates weren’t doing what he wanted. We resolved it through conversation. In any case, Bass needs to calm down.”
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