Professional basketball KT secured a second place in the regular league by defeating LG with difficulty in the home room, and confirmed direct access to the semi-final playoffs.
KT beat LG 88-85 in the regular league home game held at Suwon KT Arena.
KT, which has recently won 6 consecutive wins, has maintained its second place with 34 wins and 15 losses.
On this day, KT played 5 games with 3rd place Ginseng Corporation caught by KCC and secured 2nd place and went straight to the semi-final playoffs.
It is not easy for KT to take first place in the reverse direction with a 3.5 game difference from leader SK.
If the leader SK, whose magic number is still ‘1’, wins the match against Samsung, the first place will be determined by SK and the second place by KT.
On the other hand, LG, which stopped two consecutive wins, finished 7th with 22 wins and 28 losses.
They played 2.5 games behind Korea Gas Corporation, which ranked fifth.
In KT, Laren flew with 19 points and 14 rebounds, while Jeong Seong-woo scored 14 points, Hoon Heo 13 points, Kim Dong-wook 12 points, and Yang Hong-seok 11 points.
In Ulsan, Orion defeated Hyundai Mobis 86-71.
Orion, who had a fresh wind of four consecutive wins, secured their place in the fifth place with 26 wins and 25 losses, solidifying their place in the semi-final playoffs.
Hyundai Mobis maintained 4th place, but lost 5 in a row and was chased by Orion by 2 games.
KCC defeated Ginseng Corporation 88 to 74 in the main room.
KCC, already frustrated in advancing to the playoffs, recently escaped from four consecutive losses and maintained ninth place.
KCC Laguna became the 44th professional basketball player to achieve 500 appearances and the fifth time to break 9,500 points.
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