Choi Hyun Min, Choi St. Mary's double gun exploded Samsung escapes 8672 consecutive losses to KCC
Jan 06, 2025
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In the home game against KCC held at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Seoul on the 6th, Samsung won 86:72 thanks to the strong performance of Choi Hyun-min (16 points, 5 3-pointers) and Choi Sung-mo (14 points, 3 3-pointers, 10 assists, 6 rebounds) and Justin Gutang (14 points, 7 assists).
Samsung, which escaped from two consecutive league losses and six consecutive home games, recorded 8 wins and 17 losses, trailing eighth-place Goyang Sono (9 wins and 17 losses) by half a game. The seventh-ranked KCC (10 wins and 16 losses) has lost five consecutive games in 706 days since January 31, 2023.
KCC, which urgently needed to escape the losing streak, faced another injury on the day. While Song Kyo-chang, Choi Joon-yong and Jung Chang-young were out due to injury, ace Huh Woong, who had endured elbow pain, eventually collapsed due to a ruptured calf muscle.
It was like a bolt out of the blue that the timing of his return is still difficult to predict.
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The concern became a reality, KCC held out well until the first half. He took the lead by a narrow margin. It was thanks to Sixmen Kim Dong-hyun and Lee Ho-hyun raising their energy levels and Lee Seung-hyun doing bad things under the basket. However, KCC faced a situation where they were beaten by three-point buzzer beets in succession at the end of the first and second quarters. At the end of the first quarter, Samsung's Choi Hyun-min's long-range buzzer beater exploded, and Choi Sung-mo's three-point shot hit the mark with 0.4 seconds left in the second quarter. This led KCC to finish the quarter by allowing consecutive ties of 21-21 in the first quarter and 37-37 in the second quarter.
Maybe it's because he was hit with a series of shots that made him feel discouraged. Entering the third quarter, KCC was dragged around. Six minutes and 33 seconds before the end of the third quarter, when it was 43-44, Lee Seung-hyun, who believed, allowed Justin Gutang's quick back dunk due to an absurd pass miss.
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Samsung decided the game early with three relay points by Choi Sung-mo and Choi Hyun-min in three minutes in the fourth quarter. KCC, which was widened to 55-80 in an instant, failed to gain the strength to chase after a series of injuries, with Kim Dong-hyun leaving the bench after spraining his ankle, and Jeon Jun-beom being replaced by holding his waist.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
