KB Stars Beat Woori Bank With Nagata's Dramatic Buzzer Beater to Balance PO
Mar 04, 2025
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KB Stars fell far behind Woori Bank by 13 points in the second round of the playoffs (PO) of the 「Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball」 held at Asan Yi Sun-shin Gymnasium on the 4th, and won 58-57 with Moe Nagata's buzzer-beater score in the last attack of the fourth quarter, setting the entire series to one win and one loss. Since the 3rd and 4th games will be held in Cheongju, where KB is absolutely strong, it can be said to be a great hope for KB and a crisis for Woori Bank.
Woori Bank's ace Kim Dan-bi's coordination of offense and defense as in the first game remained unchanged, but there was a lack of players who strongly supported him like Lee Myung-kwan. The high dependence on Kim Dan-bi eventually held back. On the other hand, KB was able to catch a big fish by not only the main players but also bench members participating in scoring.
It was a match between the first and fourth teams, but it did not flow unilaterally like PO. The atmosphere continued to change as both teams held back-to-back scoring parades based on strong defense.
First, in the first quarter, most of the starting members participated in scoring, and the search ended with KB leading 16-15 by one point. The second quarter was completely different before and after Kim Dan-bi's introduction. Until the middle of the quarter, when Kim Dan-bi retreated to the bench, Woori Bank had no options, although Lee Min-ji led the attack. Woori Bank, which had no choice but to turn around with five consecutive points after Kim Dan-bi, who came out after a short break of about three minutes, continued to induce steals or turnovers from opponents following strong pressure for about two minutes, finishing the first half with 10 consecutive points and 36-27 runs.
KB, which came out after rearranging its battle line, took the same tight defense tactics as Woori Bank's late second quarter with 27-40 in the third quarter, and Lee Chae-eun and Kang Yi-seul's consecutive months started the chase with nine points down with three points. KB was in crisis with ace Kang Yi-seul briefly stepping down to the bench with 4 fouls with about 5 minutes left in the third quarter, but Lee Chae-eun, Nagata Moe, Song Yoon-ha and Yang Ji-soo followed by a one-point gap as they strengthened inside and outside.
In the fourth quarter, Kang Yi-seul's three-point score was added, and KB succeeded in a 49-48 comeback. Kim Dan-bi and Natsuki, who can break through the basket, were forced to step up as Woori Bank's players' outskirts rarely listened. KB tied Nagata and Kang Yi-seul's five points to lead 56-52 with about a minute left in the game. However, Woori Bank had a special rookie Lee Min-ji. Lee Min-ji succeeded in attacking the paint zone while Kim Dan-bi was tied up, and then scored a three-point goal from the left side with 35 seconds left to end, leading the turnaround.
However, KB threw a floater just before Nagata's buzzer beater in the final attack with 3.2 seconds left, and the ball bounced off the backboard and was sucked into the rim like a picture, and the game ended with KB's victory.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
