Wanna 30 points – Kim Seon-hyung hits 20 points
Widening the road to the first unified championship
The first round of the 2021-2022 season semi-final play-offs (PO, 5 out of 3) with a combination of Kim Sun-hyeong and Jamil Wanny, who jointly scored 50 points by SK, the No. The team that won the first leg in the semifinal PO 48 times over the past 48 times (79.2%) went to the championship game 38 times (79.2%), and SK took an absolute advantage.
In the first round of PO against Orion held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 20th, SK won 101-83 with the performances of Kim Seon-hyeong (20 points) and Wanny (30 points). Ahn Young-jun also scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers. At one point in the third quarter, when the score gap widened close to 20, coach Jeon Hee-cheol brought Kim Seon-hyung to the bench to rest. Recognized for his leadership by placing the team in top of the regular league in his first year as a manager, the former manager successfully opened the postseason stage as well. SK is trying to win the championship for the first time in four years since the 2017-2018 season and the first integrated win since its foundation.
Orion, who had won three consecutive victories over Mobis in the semifinal PO, and Murphy Holloway worked hard with 20 points and 7 rebounds, but Lee Seung-hyun, the key player under the goal, was absent due to the novel coronavirus infection. One of the reasons that led to the rout was that Lee Dae-seong, the main scorer, threw five 3-pointers and failed to score even one. The second match between the two teams will be held at the same location on the 22nd at 7pm.
By Yoo Jae-young, staff reporter elegant@donga.com