Will it be different in the second half of the women's professional basketball, which is on alert with the worst attack ever?
Jan 02, 2025
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If this pace is maintained in the second half of the year, the average score per game of the No. 1 regular league team is expected to be the lowest ever since the launch of the WKBL.
As of the 1st, when each team played 15 games, half of the regular league, the average score of BNK Sum, which is ranked first, remains at 63.9 points. Samsung Life Insurance, the second-largest in this category, also scored only 63.7 points.
Since the 2007-2008 season when the single league began, only three seasons have seen the top-scoring team stay in the 60-point range on average. Even that, the lowest record was 67.8 points posted by Shinhan Bank in the 2012-2013 season, close to 70. Compared to this season, there is a difference of nearly 4 points.
As the overall score has declined, naturally, BNK is also the No. 1 player in this category and the lowest number of runs ever with 57 points per game. It was proportional to the decrease in offense, not the improvement in defense, so it is by no means a welcome number.
First of all, it was predicted to some extent as Park Ji-soo and Park Ji-hyun, the leading scorers of women's basketball, advanced to overseas leagues after last season, but it means that other players have not been able to fill the gap. Until last season, Park Ji-soo averaged 16.5 points per game and Park Ji-hyun 13.3 points each, dominating under the basket.
This is also shown in the average score of the players. Woori Bank's Kim Dan-bi ranks first with 21.43 points per game, but BNK Sonia, ranked second, is 14.2 points, more than seven points apart. If you substitute for the average score per player for four years from the 2020-2021 season when the foreign player system disappeared to the last season, Kim Sonia's record is only 7th to 10th overall.
Through the Asian quarter system, one or two Japanese players were brought in for each team, but since it is not a main player, it is also exposing its limitations to supplement the thinning player base. As a result, there are frequent cases where the dependence on existing ace players becomes too high. Woori Bank is scoring 59.9 points per game, with Kim Dan-bi's score accounting for 35.77%, which is an all-time high. Due to this influence, Woori Bank scored no points in the first quarter against Shinhan Bank on December 16, when Kim Dan-bi was injured. It is the first disgraceful record since the launch of women's professional basketball.
In addition, various causes can be pointed out, such as the lack of team organization due to large-scale FA or trade transfers, limitations in lineup composition due to a series of injured players, and breathing problems with Japanese players. However, it is expected that the players who have completed rehabilitation will show better performance than in the first half if they return one after another while recovering their physical strength and refining their teamwork and tactics through the break of the 15-day All-Star Game. In the first match between Samsung Life Insurance and KB Stars on the 1st, which was held after the break, Samsung Life Insurance's players, such as Kim Ah-reum, Kang Yoo-rim, and Kim Dan-bi, who were sluggish or could not come out due to injuries, played their role in a long time, reducing their dependence on Bae Hye-yoon and winning.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
