When Kim Dan-bi came up, the losing streak was broken! Woori Bank, with Kim Dan-bi's double-double lead, beat KB Stars to protect its second place alone
Jan 08, 2025
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Woori Bank won 53-49 against KB Stars in the 「Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball」 held at Asan Yi Sun-shin Gymnasium on the 8th with the strong performance of all-round player Kim Dan-bi to maintain its sole second place.
After winning the championship last season, Woori Bank was virtually reduced to the 'Kim Dan-bi One-Man Team' as Park Ji-hyun's overseas expansion and Choi Yi-sam and Park Hye-jin's FA transfers left. Asian quarter players such as Natsuki and Momona joined existing players Lee Myung-kwan and compensation player Han Um-ji, but their dependence on Kim Dan-bi was inevitable. Kim Dan-bi's overwhelming MVP in the first and second rounds, ranking first in all categories except for the degree of assist, including scoring, rebounding, block shooting, and contribution, is inevitable for Woori Bank.
Nevertheless, he is showing an amazing step in keeping second place after BNK with his unique organizational power and defense power. However, Woori Bank recorded Kim Dan-bi's first scoreless first quarter since the launch of the WKBL, failing to play against Shinhan Bank in the last game of the first half due to an elbow injury, and in the first game of the second half, Kim Dan-bi returned to the game against Samsung Life Insurance, but suffered his first consecutive defeat of the season while still failing to recover his condition to the extent that he had no individual score in the first half.
In the end, Kim Dan-bi was the only player to overcome this crisis, and the ace played the role. On top of that, Han Um-ji and Lee Myung-kwan also played an active role in offense and defense and supported them well.
In the first quarter alone, Kim Dan-bi led a 17-8 lead with nine points and seven rebounds, including one 3-pointer, and added eight points and three rebounds in the second quarter to lightly record a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds in the first half alone. Woori Bank coach Wi Sung-woo, who somewhat reprimanded Kim Dan-bi, who was sluggish in the previous game, rejoiced with applause or big body movements for every good play of Kim Dan-bi, and encouraged the ace's hard work by patting Kim Dan-bi on the back. While Kim Dan-bi was stirring inside and outside, Han Um-ji defended the paint zone well and took charge of rebounds and bad things, and with 14 points and 13 rebounds, he also recorded a double-double to lead the team's victory.
KB Stars' shot success rate of Kang Yi-seul and Nagata Moe, the main scorers, fell so low, and rookie Song Yoon-ha, who had a surprise performance with 15 points and 8 rebounds when he caught the lead BNK in the previous game, was completely blocked by Woori Bank's strong double team defense and allowed Shinhan Bank to tie for fourth place throughout the game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
