The button was'self-destruction', and Lee Jung-hyun was sluggish. Another ace match, Lee Jae, also scored 28 points. Sono 79:69; KCC wins 2 consecutive games

Oct 23, 2024

 The button was'self-destruction', and Lee Jung-hyun was sluggish. Another ace match, Lee Jae, also scored 28 points. Sono 7969 KCC wins 2 consecutive games
KCC 버튼. Photo courtesy =KBL
 The button was'self-destruction', and Lee Jung-hyun was sluggish. Another ace match, Lee Jae, also scored 28 points. Sono 7969 KCC wins 2 consecutive games
소노 이정현. Photo courtesy =KBL
DeYonte Burton (KCC) vs Lee Jung-hyun (Sono). The absolute ace was sluggish as if he had promised.

There was nothing to eat at the famous feast. Busan KCC Kim Dong-hyun and Goyang Sono Lee Jae-do, who were Lee Jung-hyun's markmen, shone.

Sono eventually laughed.



Sono defeated KCC 79-69 in an away game of the 2024-2025 KCC Professional Basketball Regular League held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 23rd, winning two consecutive games.

Lee Jae-do scored 28 points, Alan Williams scored 25 points and 20 rebounds. Lee Jung-hyun scored 14 points. For KCC, Burton scored only seven points. Lee Seung-hyun (21 points), Kim Dong-hyun (10 points), and Jung Chang-young (14 points) struggled.



Before the game, Goyang Sono coach Kim Seung-ki said, `There is no Song Kyo-chang for Choi Joon-yong, and there is no Heo Woong. However, this kind of game is difficult. It's important to block the button. Jung Hee-jae blocks it for now. Choi Seung-wook and Kim Jin-yu are also added. When KCC returns the injured, it is actually difficult to win. Today's opportunity..."

KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin said, `Lee Jung-hyun is the key point. You have to drive it to one side first. I'm not a player who can stop all scoring. If possible, we will go in the direction of allowing the outskirts."



KCC DeYonte Burton scored 40 points in the opening game against KT. Sono Lee Jung-hyun blew up 43 points to lead the game against Hyundai Mobis to victory.

The "white beauty" of this day's game is a showdown between the absolute aces. It looked like it was about to be opened.

 The button was'self-destruction', and Lee Jung-hyun was sluggish. Another ace match, Lee Jae, also scored 28 points. Sono 7969 KCC wins 2 consecutive games
▶ First half

Lee Jung-hyun scored lightly with a fastball. Lee Keun-hwi blocked it, but he made space and scored easily after bumping.

KCC's Kim Dong-hyun's under-the-goal shot after Jung Chang-young broke through the under-the-goal. Kim Dong-hyun is the son of Goyang Sono Kim Seung-ki. He has improved his skills in offense and defense this season and is being used as a professional outside defender of KCC.

KCC hit a long-range shot after Lee Keun-hwi, who was put in due to Huh Woong's injury, received a screen after two failed 3-pointers.

Burton's score by Lee Seung-hyun's offensive rebound. Contrary to expectations, KCC's early performance was not bad.

KCC's reversal as Lee Keun-hwi's three-pointer burst. However, Jung Hee-jae scored an open three-pointer by good passing. 17-17 tie.

Leon Williams was put in with 2:43 left in the first quarter. Burton has been the manager Jeon Chang-jin's arrangement to control his physical strength in the last two games with his strong performance in offense and defense.

Rather, Kim Dong-hyun was impressive. After stealing Lee Jung-hyun's ball, he made Jung Chang-young's corner open 3-pointer after the drive-in in the attack.

In the end, KCC led 24-21 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Lee Jae-do's three-pointer burst. Lee Jae-do, who was sluggish in the opening game. After receiving Lee Jung-hyun's pass, he hit a three-run shot, stole under strong pressure, and then scored a fastball. When KCC's attack failed, he even gave an assist to create an under-the-goal shot by Early Offens and Williams. With Lee Jae-do's five points and one assist, Sono turned the tide to 28-24, perfect. KCC's Operation Time.

KCC scored through a derivative attack by Lee Seung-hyun's heavy post-up, and Sono used Williams' heavy post-up one after another. However, Lee Jung-hyun failed to join the scoring race in earnest for Kim Dong-hyun's pressure defense.

With 7:06 left in the second quarter, KCC put in a button. CeSono's defense is concentrated on the button. Lee Seung-hyun and Kim Dong-hyun made meaningful mid-jumper. Then, Lee Jung-hyun made Deep 3.

A variable has occurred. Kim Jin-yu blocks Lee Seung-hyun. Later, KCC committed U foul in a fast attack situation. However, Sono's subsequent attack ended in nothing, and KCC's Kim Dong-hyun scored a three-point goal in the corner.

At this time, the button fell after hitting Burns' body after the breakthrough. However, the foul was not called in a hard call situation. Sono's swift attack. Later, Burton attempted another post-up attack, but later Sono's still. Sono widened the gap by 41-35, six points. Lee Jae-do led the fastball with a still.

To be sure, Sono showed off the strength of the backcourt, with Lee Jae-do doing his part when Lee Jung-hyun was marked as concentrated. It was the moment when Lee Jae-do, who had been sluggish in the cup competition and the opening game, finally exploded.

However, Jung Chang-young stepped up when the flow was transferred to Sono. After a 2-2 attack with Lee Seung-hyun, he scored two foul free throws with a superb fake. It cut off the unfavorable flow. It was a moment when Jung Chang-young's value stood out.

Next was Lee Seung-hyun. Face up from the top against Burns. He eventually succeeded in mid-jumper and even induced an attacker to foul.

Then, the button that regained the ratings immediately became a mid-jumper. In the end, it was a tie at 41-41. One free throw by Lee Seung-hyun due to Burns' foul.

Lee Jung-hyun's mistake. Burton's early offens 3-pointer failed. In the end, it ended in the first half with a lead of 45-42, 3-point difference Sono.

The ace of both teams was a little sluggish in the first half. However, Sono led the attack with Williams' heavy under-the-goal attack and Lee Jae-do's instinct to lead the attack. KCC balanced Kim Dong-hyun's strong defense against Lee Jung-hyun and Lee Seung-hyun, Lee Keun-hwi, and Jung Chang-young. In the first half, Lee Jung-hyun scored seven points and had three assists. Williams scored 16 points, Lee Jae-do scored 9 points and 4 steals. For KCC, Burton has four points, four rebounds, and three assists. Lee Seung-hyun scored 13 points, Kim Dong-hyun scored 7 points, Jung Chang-young scored 8 points, and Lee Keun-hwi scored 6 points.

 The button was'self-destruction', and Lee Jung-hyun was sluggish. Another ace match, Lee Jae, also scored 28 points. Sono 7969 KCC wins 2 consecutive games
KCC 김동현. Photo courtesy =KBL
▶ Second half

Sono pushed hard as soon as the third quarter began.

KCC's Lee Ho-hyun missed two shots under the basket, and Sono scored four points in a row.

Lee Jae-do's three-point run broke out, leading by 10 points in an instant. 52-42. It was Jeong Chang-young who broke the unfavorable trend. He got a foul with an aggressive attack under the basket and scored two free throws.

In addition, KCC left Williams' defense to Burton, not Lee Seung-hyun. After Burton beat Jung Hee-jae, he succeeded in shooting under the basket beyond Williams and even got a free throw for a foul. Three-point play is successful.

Sono puts Williams in. KCC's double team. Williams spilled the ball, and a later motion showed him winding Burton's leg. The two players collapsed, but no foul call was called, and a jump ball. Burton continued to protest.

Sono's Operation Time. However, Lee Jae-do cut off the unfavorable flow of Sono. He stopped KCC's momentum with his long-term mid-jumper. 55-49, six-point lead by Sono.

Lee Jae-do succeeded as a mid-jumper again.

However, KCC had Kim Dong-hyun. Kim Dong-hyun, who succeeded in Lee Jung-hyun's close mark, scored a three-point goal after receiving a button pass from the corner. Soon after, Jung Chang-young broke through the basket. 57-54, chasing by three points.

In the process, Kim Dong-hyun hit the button and headed to the bench. The absence of Kim Dong-hyun, who well blocked Lee Jung-hyun, was a variable. In the end, 59-54, Sono's lead by five points, ended in the third quarter.

Lee Seung-hyun and Jung Chang-young scored consecutive points, and KCC chased by one point at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Lee Jae-do broke the flow again with a three-point shot in the front.

On the other hand, Burton and Lee Jung-hyun were sluggish in the fourth quarter as they missed crucial shots.

In the end, Sono Reed's battle continued by four to six points.

The game was coming up.

With 2 minutes and 59 seconds left, the button is still tied up. Jeong Chang-young's good mistake. Lee Jae-do stole as it was, widening the score by 70-62, 8 points. It was a crucial score.

KCC's Operation Time. The button went 'self-destruction' With 2:46 left, Jung Hee-jae fell into a clever war of nerves. In the end, he got an offensive foul and even a technical foul. In the end, KCC replaced Leon Williams, who was out of two options. In fact, the victory or defeat has been decided here.

KCC is in crisis. Not only Choi Jun-yong and Song Kyo-chang, but also Heo Woong was absent for two to three weeks due to partial rupture of ligament. KCC had a match without three key players. Naturally, the dependence on the button was maximized, and Sono intensively checked the button. In the end, Burton couldn't stand the war of nerves caused by the hard call.



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