BNK maintains its lead by winning a huge come-from-behind victory over Samsung Life Insurance with 3.5 seconds left before the end of the game
Jan 16, 2025
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BNK led a great turnaround with 63-62 with 3.5 left in the fourth showdown of the season against Samsung Life Insurance at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 16th. If Samsung Life had lost on the day, it would have been a valuable victory for more than one victory, considering that the three teams ranked 1st and 3rd would have been in a grand battle by one game.
In the first half, BNK continued to play effectively, playing a tight defense based on the active performance of the Sixmen. BNK's two main players, including Park Hye-jin and Lee So-hee, failed to play on the day due to injuries, but instead used candidate big men such as Byun So-jung and Park Sung-jin to alternately block Bae Hye-yoon, the core of Samsung Life's offense. As the fouls of the two players accumulated from the middle of the second quarter, he operated three guards, including Ahn Hye-ji, Shim Soo-hyun and Kim Min-ah, and alternately used an anomalous tactic to defend Bae Hye-yoon with a double team defense with Kim Sonia. Samsung Life Scorers Kiana Smith and Lee Hae-ran also failed to score on the defense that did not protect BNK players. The reason why Samsung Life Insurance led 30-27 in the first half.
Even in the third quarter, BNK turned the game around 34-30 as Sixman guard Shim Soo-hyun, who played tremendously in the offense and defense, followed by Ahn Hye-ji's quick attack. However, when Shim Soo-hyun fell out due to an unexpected injury during the attack, the battle line was suddenly disturbed. Samsung Life Insurance did not miss it, and finished the third quarter with Lee Hae-ran and Bae Hye-yoon breaking through the basket by a 2-to-2 play and Kang Yoo-rim added two consecutive three-pointers from the outside to run 49-41.
However, BNK chased Kim Sonia 59-62 from the middle of the fourth quarter, trailing 48-58, with 11 points alone, and Saki Iijima's two free throws to chase the gap to one point. And with 3.5 seconds left before the end of the game, Kim Sonia even succeeded in a crawl shot under the basket to end the game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
