Win over KT in the 4th round of PO
Clash with Seoul SK from the 2nd of next month
Anyang KGC’s challenge of shouting ‘Again 2021’ has only one final step left.
On the 27th, KGC defeated Suwon KT 81-79 thanks to a winning shot from Byun Jun-hyeong (16 points) in the fourth game of the 2021-2022 KGC Ginseng Corporation Jeong Kwan-jang professional basketball semi-final playoffs held at Anyang Indoor Gymnasium on the 27th.
Even after losing the first game, they enjoyed the joy of advancing to the championship game for the second year in a row with an exhilarating reverse sweep. After losing the first leg in the semi-final playoffs, they became the 6th team to reach the championship game with three consecutive wins.
From May 2nd, KGC will start the best-of-seven championship match against Seoul SK, ranked first in the regular league. Although KGC is third in the regular league, it is the only ‘natural enemy’ that has defeated SK with 5 wins and 1 loss this season. KGC manager Kim Seung-gi said, “I can’t slow down. We will do our best until the end to meet the fans’ expectations (win).”
The victory of KGC on this day revealed the specialness of spring basketball. In the regular league, KGC could not use its strength when only KT met. In the playoffs, foreign player Omari Spellman had an injury vacancy, but he overcame KT with the explosive scoring power of all the players on the court.
KGC showed strength from the second quarter, which started with a 20-23 lead. While KT ace Hoon Heo (1 point) was in an extremely difficult situation, Jeon Seong-hyeon (18 points) and Byun Jun-hyeong’s 3-point shots were fired one after another, turning it 35-29.
In the second half, KGC fled with Oh Se-geun (13 points). Oh Se-geun, who was in charge of scoring and defense from under the goal, even showed an assist to deliver an alley-oop dunk to Daryl Monroe (19 points) around 5:30 in the third quarter when they were chased 49-46. KGC, which gained momentum, took the lead in the rebound fight in the third quarter and entered the fourth quarter with a 58-53 score.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, Oh Se-geun’s under-goal goal and three-point shot tied it to 73-63, but KT did not back down. KGC gave up two free throws to caddy Laren (25 points) with 20.1 seconds left before the end of the game after two 3-pointers were hit by Jeong-Woo Jeong (18 points) and allowed a tie for 79-79. But Byun Jun-hyung was decided. He broke through the bottom of the goal and scored with 0.8 seconds remaining to secure the ticket to the championship game.
KT was eliminated in vain due to ace Heo Hoon’s shocking slump. Heo Hoon, who is enlisting in the military at the end of this season, scored just one point in the team’s most important last game. He suffered a bruise to his thigh in the first quarter and lost the sense of shooting. He missed one in two, even the crucial free throw he got 54 seconds before the end of the game. KT manager Seo Dong-cheol said, “I think that (Huh) Hoon was not an individual problem, but a team offense problem. I’m sorry to the fans,” he said.
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