Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation, the ‘defending champion’ in professional basketball, overcame Suwon KT and advanced to the championship game for the second year in a row.
Ginseng Corporation defeated kt 81 to 79 in the home match of the 2021-2022 KGC Ginseng Corporation Jeong Kwan-jang professional basketball semi-final play-off (PO · 3 wins out of 5) held at Anyang Gymnasium on the 27th.
Ginseng Corporation, which lost to kt in the first round, decorated all of the second and fourth rounds with victories and confirmed their advance to the championship game.
In the semi-final PO, which was played in a three-to-five system, following losing the first match, only six out of 47 POs, including this one, went up to the championship with three consecutive wins.
Ginseng Corporation, which is going on for two consecutive seasons and the 4th championship game in the club’s career, will face off once morest Seoul SK, the first in the regular league, at the Jamsil Student Gymnasium on the 2nd of next month at 7 pm.
Ginseng Corporation, the winning team last year, is challenging for the championship for the second time in a row.
After winning the first match and winning the first game, kt finished the postseason stage with only 3 consecutive losses.
In the Ginseng Corporation, despite Omari Spellman’s injury gap, Daryl Monroe scored 19 points, 5 assists, Jeon Seong-hyeon recorded 18 points and 5 rebounds, including five 3-pointers, Byeon Jun-hyung 16 points and Oh Se-geun 13 points.
For kt, caddy Laren scored 25 points and 13 rebounds, Jung Sung-woo scored 18 points, and Kim Dong-wook scored 15 points with five 3-pointers, but it was a disappointment.
Heo Hoon, who complained of pain following colliding with an opponent in the first quarter, ran for 31 minutes and 31 seconds and scored only one goal.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, Oh Se-geun fired an outer cannon and the Ginseng Corporation ran away by a 73-63, 10-point difference.
However, kt did not give up until the end.
Kim Dong-wook and Jeong Seong-woo narrowed the gap once more to 78: 73 with three rooms in three stores.
Here, the difference between Laren’s goals and Huh Hoon’s free throws gradually narrowed, and Laren made two free throws with 20.1 seconds left to balance the score 79 to 79.
In the end, it was the Ginseng Corporation that laughed at the end of the battle that made my hands sweat.
With just one second left, Jun-Hyeong Byun scored and won by two points.
(Photo = Yonhap News)