Albano solved it again. DB wins 7266 against KT, a close game
Dec 16, 2024
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DB won 72-66 at the home game against KT in the 「2024-2025 KCC Professional Basketball」 held at Wonju Gymnasium on the 16th with Lee Sun- Albano (13 points, 6 assists) as a troubleshooter.
KT met 'Akjae' ahead of the game. Ismael Romero, who was brought in as a substitute for Jordan Morgan as a foreign player, failed to register as a player due to lack of documents. I had to hang in there with '1Options'Ration Hammonds as I have done recently.
The hope is that Ha Yoon-ki and Moon Jung-hyun, who recently returned from injury, will return. With ace Huh Hoon out for more than a month due to a broken finger, the return of the two was a welcome rain in the drought. Moon Jung-hyun, who returned from Sono match on the 6th, played with 16 points and 5 rebounds, and recorded the most points (23 points) and assists (4 points) in his career against Daegu Korea Gas Corporation on the 14th. Ha Yoon-ki, who returned from the game against Gas Corporation on the 14th, was also a psychological comfort to the remaining players who had been struggling with injury ward with eight points and four rebounds in 10:20 seconds.
The DB had both foreign players in good shape, and there was a 'Trusting Corner' named Lee Sun-Albano in the resurgent Asian quarter. Albano, who was the MVP of last season, is rapidly finding his form with a '20+' scoring streak in the last four consecutive games.
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Even in the second quarter, KT failed to escape from its own trap, with only 31% of field goals and only 1 out of 8 (13%) of free throws. On the other hand, DB played Albano for only 2:42 and succeeded in widening the score gap to 45-32, greatly overwhelming the field goal success rate.
Even looking at the records until the first half, the joys and sorrows of the two teams were sharply divided not only in shooting ability but also in the contributions of key players. KT did not have the effect of returning, with Ha Yoon-ki playing only 3 minutes and 12 seconds, while Moon Jung-hyun only scored 5 points and 1 rebound, while DB enjoyed a high advantage with Captain Kang Sang-jae (12 points, 8 rebounds) with 10 points and 4 rebounds.
KT's surprise turnaround occurred in the third quarter. The mercenaries Hamans and Han Hee-won followed 45-47 in about two minutes by playing a "two-man show" by shooting consecutive outer guns. The surprised DB bench had no choice but to cut off the flow of the opponent during the operation time.
Since then, as if they had promised, a battle of futility continued. Three minutes and 37 seconds before the quarter ended, Hammonds exchanged shooting difficulties for as many as four minutes until he got a shot-motion foul and made two free throws. Since then, KT's come-from-behind success has led to a full-fledged blood fight.
The close game continued until the second half of the fourth quarter, and it wasn't until Albano woke up the instinct of 'Solver' that DB regained the victory it had lost. Albano made consecutive free throws and layups about three minutes before the end, laying the groundwork for a comeback, and 18.3 seconds before the end, he made a free-throw winning shot with a wave-rate induction following a golden rebound.
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