Sono's fighting spirit shone, winning 9585 completely over KCC...KCC has lost eight consecutive games in three seasons
Feb 26, 2025
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Sono won the away game against Busan KCC 95:85 in the '2024-2025 KCC Professional Basketball' held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 26th,
Sono, who avoided consecutive losses, finished ninth in the winning percentage against Seoul Samsung with 13 wins and 26 losses, and KCC fell into a quagmire for eight consecutive losses.
After the A-match break, it is a meeting between the two teams in desperate need of victory on the first day of league resumption. KCC, who wanted to escape from the most consecutive losses of the team in three seasons, and Sono, who is aiming to escape from the bottom.
The desire to win was difficult to determine the superiority and inferiority, but it was clearly divided in the pre-match atmosphere. The home team KCC was full of depth. Coach Jeon Chang-jin said, `I could hardly train during the break. But the rest of the players gathered and trained only yesterday afternoon and this morning.
KCC's 'Injury Issue' was still there, but there were not enough players to train. KCC, who was on a break without Choi Joon-yong due to injury, lost Song Kyo-chang, who was trying to recharge during the break, again with his legs 'bone hole'. Lee Seung-hyun and Lee Geun-hwi were called to the national team to participate in the Asian Cup qualifying round and returned early on the 25th. Yeo Jun-hyung, who will back up Lee Seung-hyun's No. 4 position (power forward), was injured during a D-League game.
On top of that, foreign player Caddy Lahren had a cold and Donovan Smith had been 'out of absence' due to visa issues. I said it because I didn't have enough people to make the 12-man entry, so I brought in Jeon Tae-young who played in the D League. Jeon Tae-young's most recent first-team appearance was only one game in the 2020-2021 season. "There is no player to share with Lee Seung-hyun.", "I asked him to hang in there with his mental strength." The former coach's words were full of worries.
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The atmosphere of the two teams, which was different before the game, was also reflected on the court. KCC, which failed to prepare, exposed its performance below expectations as feared. In the first quarter, Lee Seung-hyun struggled under the basket to lead 22-19 but wanted to endure unexpectedly well, but it didn't last long. KCC seemed to run the game's physical strength due to lack of training, and shooting sophistication was greatly reduced, and there were frequent turnovers pass misses. In the end, the offensive route often resulted in Larren, and the defensive mobility was also poor.
Sono did not miss this gap. He scored 21 points with about four minutes left in the second quarter, while allowing only three goals (6 points) to Lahren. At the end of the first half, Sono (52-37) seemed to have won the game early.
Sono was chased by up to nine points at one point in the third quarter, but under Lee Jae-do's skillful game reading, he alternately deployed three foreign resources, including Williams, DJ Burns and Kevin Campbell.
KCC belatedly saved its fighting spirit, chasing a seven-point gap in the middle of the fourth quarter, but it held itself back due to an error-prone play and an easy shot miss. I was chasing 84-89, one minute and 46 seconds before the endGado had to bow again to Kembao's 3-pointer.
Sono kept his victory to the end despite the crisis of Williams being sent off for five fouls and completed the 'de-last place'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
