Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation held 11 consecutive victories in the playoffs and the championship game despite the absence of injury to Omari Spellman, a foreign player.
Ginseng Corporation defeated Daegu Korea Gas Corporation 78-72 in the first match of the 2021-2022 KGC Ginseng Corporation Jeong Kwan-jang professional basketball semifinal playoff (three wins out of five) held at Anyang Gymnasium on the 10th.
As a result, Ginseng Corporation has won the first round of this season’s playoffs after winning 10 matches in the semifinals and semifinals last season and the championship game, increasing the streak to 11 in the playoffs and the championship game.
Established in 1997, he is breaking the record for most consecutive wins in a professional basketball postseason. In second place is Ulsan Hyundai Mobis’ 8 consecutive wins from 2013 to 2014.
Until last season, if the winning team in the first round of the round of 6 playoffs advanced to the semifinals, 45 out of a total of 48 times, the probability is 93.8%.
The second leg of the two teams will be held at the same place on the 12th at 7pm.
Spellman was absent due to a knee injury, but Ginseng Corporation took a 44-37 lead in the first half, and played a dominant game by widening the gap to 9 points even in the third quarter.
However, Korea Gas Corporation overturned the tide at the end of the third quarter with the attack that followed Kyung-Min Doo, Nak-Hyun Kim, and Andrew Nicholson, and widened the score by as much as six points to 65-59 in the beginning of the fourth quarter.
However, Ginseng Corporation quickly caught up with the score of 64-65 due to Seong-gon Moon’s chase, and was 69-69 until the end of the game four minutes before the end.
After rising, Daryl Monroe’s two runs and Jeon Seong-hyeon’s two free throws left 3 minutes and 42 seconds remaining and the Ginseng Corporation, which ran 73-69, widened the score to 77-69 two minutes before the end to win.
In Ginseng Corporation, Monroe scored 20 points and 10 rebounds to fill the spellman void, and Hee-jong Yang (15 points), Seong-gon Moon (13 points, 13 rebounds), and Se-geun Oh (13 points, 10 rebounds) played evenly.
By Oh Chang-won, staff reporter cwoh@joongboo.com
