Song Kyo-chang Choi Jun-yong returned, but... KCC and KT lost four consecutive games and lost consecutive games
Feb 02, 2025
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KT won 95:84 in an away game against KCC in the '2024-2025 KCC Professional Basketball' held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 2nd.
KT, ranked fourth with four consecutive wins, reached the 20th win (15 losses), and KCC fell into a losing streak even though it achieved 'complete body'.
In the fourth face-off of the season between the two teams, more attention was paid to KCC than KT, which is trying to win four consecutive games. This is because Song Kyo-chang Choi Joon-yong, who has been out of injury for a long time, entered the entry for the first time since his return, and Donovan Smith (2m7), a big man who was recruited as an alternative mercenary for the season, will make his debut.
Since KCC won three consecutive games even in the midst of the injury ward before losing the match against Ulsan Hyundai Mobis on the 30th of last month, expectations were high that it would become stronger as even the two ace (Choi Jun-yong and Song Kyo-chang) of the native luxurious member joined.
KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin also said in an interview before the game that `In the meantime, the rebound inferiority against KT has been great. When this problem is not resolved, I intend to put Song Kyo-chang and Choi Jun-yong in the game under the basket.
However, the game went unexpectedly from the beginning, and KCC's complete inferiority. He failed to overcome KT's high wall in his defensive concentration under the basket. KCC, which started the first quarter with reinforcing power such as Song Kyo-chang Choi Joon-yong and Smith on the bench, was dragged away because Caddy Lahren was blocked by KT's strong under-the-goal defense.
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KCC, which finished 16-30 in the first quarter, started Choi Jun-yong in the second quarter and attempted to change the atmosphere by reinforcing the height. But this didn't work either. Choi Jun-yong, who lacked instruction due to rehabilitation, did not give much presence, and even if Laren-Smith was put in alternately, Hammons-Ha Yoon-ki was blocked repeatedly. As a result, KCC once widened the gap by 21 points.
On the other hand, KT did not give a chance to chase by using more sophisticated outer guns than KCC, such as responding with 3-pointers by Joel Cagoulan and Hammonds as KCC chased up to 11 points in the second quarter. In the end, Jeon's request, "Let's follow the 10-point gap" during the operation time, ended in vain with a 54-40 lead and KT's lead in the first half.
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KCC, which has become more defeated, expected a turnaround in the fourth quarter of its fate by putting in Huh Woong, Choi Joon-yong, Song Kyo-chang, and Laren at the same time. It had a late glistening effect. 4 minutes and 6 seconds before the end of the game, Choi Joon-yong's three-point shooting led to 75-87 in a row. But that was it. The attack survived, but the poor defense remained, so KT's offense, which took the lead, could not be quickly blocked.
Only time passed like that, and KT confirmed the victory with a three-point wedge shot by Moon Sung-gon 55 seconds before the end of the game, which was 92-80.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
