Jeong Kwan-jang defeated LG, the defensive strong team, with defense…Chasing 6th place DB by 3 games
Mar 01, 2025
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Jung Kwan-jang won 70-55 with a strong defense in an away game against LG during the '2024-2025 KCC Professional Basketball' held at Changwon Indoor Gymnasium on the 1st.
Jeong Kwan-jang, who put the brakes on LG's five consecutive wins, changed his position to seventh place by beating Busan KCC (15-26).
It was a confrontation between 'Second place' and 'Hope for the round of 6'. LG, which recently won four consecutive games and pushed its runner-up Ulsan Hyundai Mobis by one game, was dominant in objective power as well as in the atmosphere.
Against this, Jeong Kwan-jang has been unilaterally inferior in his showdown with LG this season with all losses until the fourth round. However, in the previous game, sixth-ranked Wonju DB was caught by Goyang Sono, so there was motivation to narrow the ride to three games to continue the hope of the round of six.
Jeong Kwan-jang's motivation worked well from the first quarter. At the beginning of the game, LG's salary was blocked by a strong defense counterattack. He scored 14 points instead of tying his opponent to eight points until 1 minute and 50 seconds before the end.
Jeong Kwan-jang, who succeeded in taking the lead 16-10 in the first half, fired up his even more terrifying fighting spirit in the second quarter. LG is originally known for its strong defense, but Jeong Kwan-jang's defense was even stronger in the game. LG's main scorer Asem Marei was blocked with four points for about five minutes in the second quarter.
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Two minutes and 17 seconds before the end of the second quarter, when Yang Joon-seok, who believed in him, was blocked by So Jun-hyuk's defense and made his third turnover, LG manager Cho Sang-hyun asked for an operation time, the score was 17-32, LG's big inferiority.
Operation time shock therapy worked. Since then, LG has succeeded in narrowing the gap to 21-33 with successful defense and successful counterattacks.
The 'outer congestion', which plagued LG like that, finally unraveled in the third quarter and seemed to control the chase, but LG's weakness in braking itself on turnovers at a critical moment remained. As a result, they chased by eight points at one point and then moved away again to end the third quarter 37-50.
However, if you step down like this, you won't be a top team LG. LG started a fierce chase again at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Heo Il-young chased 44-52 with three free throws of a 3-point shot, and 7 1/2 minutes before the end, Daryl Monroe's tip-in dunk drove home fans to a six-point gap.
Six minutes and 20 seconds before the end, LG, which narrowed it further to 49-53 when Heo Il-young's three-point score finally exploded, then fought a close game, giving and receiving one goal each, but it didn't last long.
Jeong Kwan-jang's returning ace Byun Jun-hyung showed off a series of three-point shots and assists, and Dionte Burton's middle shot saved Jeong Kwan-jang of the crisis. On top of that, with Park Ji-hoon gaining strength again, Gomez's 3-pointer 1 minute and 25 seconds before the end was actually the winning shot.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
