In the professional basketball All-Star Game held for the first time in two years, ‘Team Heo Woong’ defeated ‘Team Heo Hoon’.
‘Team Heo Woong’ defeated ‘Team Heo Hoon’ 120 to 117 in the ‘Brother Showdown’ in the 2021-2022 KGC Ginseng Corporation Cheong Kwan Jang Pro Basketball All-Star Game held at the Daegu Gymnasium on the 16th.
Heo Woong, who scored 21 points as team captain Heo Woong, was honored as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the All-Star Game, standing tall as the main character of the day.
In a broadcast interview after the match, Heo Woong said, “I am grateful that I have received so much love every single day since the start of the All-Star fan voting. Above all, I am really grateful to my team hyungs.”
He then said to the fans who visited the stadium, “Thank you for coming during this difficult time. The players will also be more responsible and show a fun game.”
This is the first time the professional basketball All-Star Game has been held in Daegu, and last season, the event was canceled due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and it is the first time in two years since the 2019-2020 season that the All-Star Game will be held at the stadium.
In this All-Star Game, team Heo Woong led by Heo Woong (DB), who ranked first in the fan vote, and Heo Hoon, team Heo Hoon (kt), who placed second place, were held face to face. Heo Woong took first place with 163,850 votes, the most in the history of fan voting in this All-Star Game, while his younger brother Heo Hoon took second place with 132 votes and assumed the captain of each team.
The brothers set a new record for the most votes (12354 votes) by Seoul Samsung manager Lee Sang-min, who played for Jeonju KCC in the 2002-2003 season.
In ‘Brother Showdown’, former national team coach Heo Jae, father of brothers Heo Woong and Heo Hoon, appeared as a special referee in the first quarter and gave fun.
At the beginning of the quarter, former coach Heo Jae pointed out Heo Hoon’s traveling foul and received strong protests from his son.
At the beginning of the second quarter, when the song ‘Mugunghwa has bloomed’ rang in the stadium, all players stopped, and Heo Woong scored in a one-on-one match with Heo Hoon, giving fans a fun scene.
The two teams, which had shown witty performances, competed in earnest in the middle of the second quarter to score goals.
Team Heo Woong, who once led 41-31, gave points in succession to Heo Hoon, Choi Jun-yong (SK), and Yang Hong-seok (kt), allowing for a brief turnaround, and ended the first half with a chase of 61-60.
In the middle of the third quarter, Team Heo Hoon took the lead 72 to 68, but Team Heo Woong took a lead again with the players scoring evenly.
In the second half of the quarter, Kim Nak-hyeon and Lee Kwan-hee’s 3-point shot exploded, making Team Heo Woong 94-89.
Team Heo Hoon continued to pursue until the second half of the fourth quarter, but Team Heo Woong did not give up the initiative until the end.
Team Heo Woong scored a goal under Laguna’s goal 24.4 seconds before the end of the game after being chased 117-118, putting the key to the victory.
Choi Jun-yong, who scored the most of 24 points (9 rebounds and 6 assists) in Team Heo Hoon, was awarded the ‘Best Entertainer’ award by the players.
In the ‘Pocari Sweat 3-point Shooting Contest’ held after the end of the first quarter, Lee Kwan-hee (LG) defeated Heo Woong 19-12 to win the championship.
In the domestic player category of the ‘KCC Dunk Contest’ held at halftime, kt’s ‘super rookie’ Yoongi Ha, who appeared as a Hulk, appeared as the champion in the foreign player category, and Omari Spellman (KGC Ginseng Corporation) became the champion in the foreign player category.
After the 3rd quarter, both teams had a dance match with ‘Street Kble Fighter’, and all the All-Stars decorated the All-Star Game with a joint performance tailored to ‘Hey mama’.
The 3,300 seats at Daegu Gymnasium sold out in three minutes from the start of the reservation on the 10th, and all 3300 spectators gathered for the All-Star Game that day and filled the stadium.
On the other hand, KBL had time to pay tribute to coach Yang Jeong-go before Pyo Myung-il, who passed away after a battle with illness on the 12th through a silent prayer before the game. yunhap news
