2024-04-30 04:10:00
sports | 04/30/2024 1:40 p.m.
[서울=뉴스핌] Jang Hwan-soo, sports journalist = The basketball wind is strong in Busan, the “baseball city”.
Indeed, Busan KCC, which qualified for the professional basketball championship game (best of 7 games), will play the 3rd and 4th games once morest Suwon KT at Sajik Gymnasium, their home court, on May 1 and 3.
KCC finished in 5th place (30 wins, 24 losses) in the regular championship and qualified for the round of 16 of the playoffs. However, in the playoffs, they became a completely different team. In the semifinals, they won three games in a row once morest the defending champion SK, and in the semifinals, they defeated DB, ranked first in the regular league, with three wins and one loss.
[서울=뉴스핌] Sports reporter Jang Hwan-soo = 2024.04.30 zangpabo@newspim.com
The ultra-luxurious lineup consisting of Heo Woong, La Geon-ah, Song Kyo-chang, Lee Seung-hyeon and Choi Jun-yong can be called the strongest. KCC suffered a come-from-behind defeat once morest KT in the second game on the 29th, leading to 1 win and 1 loss, but it is true that experts give higher scores to KCC’s chances of winning.
If KCC wins, it will be the first league victory for a team ranked 5th in the regular league. Meanwhile, history will be made for the first championship of a Busan-based sports club in the 2000s. KCC moved its headquarters from Jeonju to Busan starting this season.
Busan-based sports clubs have not won a championship since baseball (Lotte) in 1992, football (Daewoo) and basketball (Kia) in 1997. KCC won the championship in the 2010–11 season , but was then based in Jeonju. Currently, the Lotte baseball team is ranked last among 10 teams and the Busan I’Park soccer team is ranked 3rd in the second division, K2 League.
KCC said on the 30th: “7,700 tickets for the third game were sold in one day, and reservations for the fourth game started on the 29th, and all 7,400 tickets were sold in 20 minutes.” As a result, KCC decided to open the 3rd and 4th floors of the 3,600-seat grandstand. KCC’s largest home crowd this season was 8,780 in the opening game, so it’s only a matter of time before the record is broken.
[서울=뉴스핌] Sports reporter Jang Hwan-soo = 2024.04.30 zangpabo@newspim.com
The championship match between KCC and KT attracts attention because it is a more exciting match than any other year.
In the second game of the championship game, the 2nd and 3rd highest individual scores in a playoff quarter were recorded at the same time. KCC’s Alise DeShawn Johnson scored 24 points in the second quarter. This is a new record for the most points scored in a quarter in a championship match.
KT’s leading scorer in the regular season, Paris Bass, scored 23 points in the third quarter following scoring no points in the first half. That day, Bath scored 36 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, and played a key role in the comeback victory from a 12-point deficit.
The brotherly match between KCC Heo Woong and KT Heo Hoon is also a box office factor in the championship match.
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