Professional Basketball SK Loses to DB 83-84... Is 3rd Place Too far Away?

9th place Cheong Kwan-jang's victory confirmed Samsung's last place, its first place in history for 3 consecutive seasons

Professional basketball team Seoul SK, competing for third place, suffered a painful defeat.

SK lost 83-84 to Wonju DB in the 2023-2024 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball regular league home game held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 21st.

4th place SK, which suffered 3 consecutive losses, recorded 29 wins and 21 losses, and was tied with 3rd place Suwon KT by 2 games.

SK suffered a painful loss to DB (39 wins, 12 losses), which had already confirmed the regular season championship this season. 파워볼게임

Second-place Changwon LG, third-place KT, and fourth-place SK, who are aiming for a direct ticket to the semifinal playoffs (PO), all have four regular league games left each.

Not only did SK have a chance of advancing directly to the semifinals, but there was also a cloud over its realistic goal of regaining third place.

SK's Kim Sun-hyung, who returned from injury last week, led the attack with light movement, but it was a difficult game as he piled up three fouls and went to the bench less than five minutes into the game.

In the second quarter, when SK was behind 17-25, their shots kept missing the rim, and they were pushed out of the rebound by DB led by Jeff Withey, making it difficult to close the score gap.

With the return of Kim Seon-hyung in the middle of the second quarter, SK's attack centered on fast breaks began to break through, and Choi Won-hyuk, Kim Seon-hyung, Jamil Warney, and Oh Se-geun combined to score 10 points in a row to successfully turn the game around.

SK, which finished the first half with a score of 43-38, took the lead by nine points in the third quarter with Warney and Kim Seon-hyung each firing outside shots, and Choi Won-hyuk's three-point play.

As DB continued to chase, led by Withy's rebound, SK Kim Hyung-bin maintained the lead by hitting 3-pointers and blocked shots at every critical point, and entered the fourth quarter with a 70-65 lead.

In the last quarter, SK's coach Jeon Hee-cheol, who was protesting the referee's decision, received a technical foul and was trailing by one point.

Kim Sun-hyung made a fast break layup with incredible speed and ran away with a three-point lead.

DB Park In-woong, SK Kim Seon-hyung, and DB Kang Sang-jae exchanged outside shots to tie the score again 4 minutes and 40 seconds before the end, and Kang Sang-jae's 3-pointer 3 minutes and 6 seconds later made it 81-82.

DB Didrick Lawson made a free throw 1 minute and 2 seconds before the end to open the gap to 3 points, and SK followed up with a one-point lead when Warney made a shot under the goal 42.0 seconds before the end.

After Kim Sun-hyung's steal 17 seconds before the end, Warney missed both free throws 2 seconds before the end, and SK ultimately bowed at 83-84.

DB Ethan Albano played an active role with 25 points and 8 assists.

For SK, Warney struggled with 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Kim Seon-hyung scored 24 points.

At Anyang Gymnasium, Anyang Jeonggwanjang defeated Daegu Korea Gas Corporation 85-70.

9th place Cheong Kwan Jang broke their three-game losing streak against Korea Gas Corporation and recorded 16 wins and 34 losses.

Korea Gas Corporation, ranked 7th, had 20 wins and 31 losses.

Jeong Kwan-Jang exploded with 16 points, including four 3-pointers, in the first half alone, and Lee Jong-hyun defended the goal with 7 rebounds, leading the game to 53-33.

Cheong Kwan Jang allowed 14 points, including two outside shots, to Korea Gas Corporation's Andrew Nicholson in the third quarter, and entered the fourth quarter with a 15 point lead.

Jeong Kwan Jang made a 17-point lead with Kim Gyeong-won scoring 1 minute and 50 seconds before the end, putting a wedge in the game.

For Cheong Kwan-Jang, Jeong Hyo-geun scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers, and Robert Carter scored 18 points.

On this day, 9th place Cheong Kwan Jang (16 wins, 34 losses) won, and 10th place Seoul Samsung (13 wins, 38 losses) was confirmed to be in last place.

This year, Samsung is the first team to finish in last place for three consecutive seasons in professional basketball, which launched in 1997.

For Korea Gas Corporation, Nicholson played hard with 26 points and 8 rebounds.