Hana Bank Sprays Red Pepper on KB Stars, who are busy with Jinan's strong performance
Feb 05, 2025
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Hana Bank won 66-60 against KB in the 'Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball' held at Bucheon Gymnasium on the 5th with Jinan's 21 points, which was the best performance since moving to the FA, and succeeded in winning its second consecutive game of the season. It also turned the battle between KB and Shinhan Bank for fourth place into chaos again. KB allowed Shinhan Bank to tie for fourth place with the loss on the day. This made the final match of the season between the two teams on the 8th more interesting.
In fact, the tension and concentration were inevitably high because the two teams met at the desperate moment of obtaining a playoff berth with only one chapter left. In addition, KB is winning two consecutive games, and Hana Bank broke its hellish seven consecutive losses in the match against Samsung Life Insurance just before, so the atmosphere was not bad.
Reflecting this, a considerable neck-and-neck race continued from the first quarter. Hana Bank scored 19 points in the first quarter alone with a rare performance in recent years, with four players, including Yang In-young and Park So-hee, Jinan and Kim Si-on, evenly joining the scoring streak. In particular, Kim Si-on was responsible for nine points with three-point plays, including two three-point shots and a successful bonus free throw under the basket. Starting with Nakada Moe, KB also scored 18 points with five players, including Song Yoon-ha, Kim Min-jung, Lee Chae-eun and Kang Yi-seul.
In the second quarter, Hana Bank veteran Kim Jong-un led the attack. Kim Jong-un swept nine points, including one 3-pointer, and ran away by the most points in the game at 32-23. However, KB also finished the first half by chasing Lee Yun-mi and Kang Yi-seul with three consecutive points.
Jinan gained strength in the third quarter. Jinan scored as many as 11 points in the third quarter alone, continuing to score a bold breakthrough under the stone as well as a middle shot. He showed his power in the paint zone shown by BNK, his team before moving to FA. KB also added Lee Chae-eun, Moe, Heo Ye-eun and Song Yoon-ha to score alternately, but they only followed with the scoreless score of Kang Yi-seul, the main catcher. Hana Bank's average score this season was only 54.8 points, which was good enough to have already scored 54 points in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Hana Bank faced the biggest crisis as Jinan, who was competing for a rebound, was injured about three minutes before the end of the game, which led 62-57. However, Jinan stood on the court again with about a minute left after taking a break, and finally secured the victory.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
