Kim Danbi and Park Hyejin, who clearly showed the presence of veterans

Mar 04, 2025

Kim Danbi and Park Hyejin, who clearly showed the presence of veterans
Woori Bank Kim Dan-bi (left) and Lee Myung-kwan are delighted after securing victory in the first round of the playoffs between Woori Bank and KB Stars at Asan Yi Sun-shin Gymnasium on the 2nd. Photo courtesy =WKBL



Kim Danbi and Park Hyejin, who clearly showed the presence of veterans
BNK Park Hye-jin (right) is encouraging Lee So-hee, who scored a three-point victory at the end of the fourth quarter in the first playoff game against Samsung Life Insurance at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 3rd. Photo courtesy =WKBL
If Woori Bank has Kim Dan-bi, BNK has Park Hye-jin!

As Woori Bank and BNK each captured the first round of the playoffs, the possibility of the two teams meeting in the championship match increased to the fullest.

In the past, the winning team in the first round of the playoffs has a 82.7% (43 out of 52) chance of advancing to the championship, because if it is narrowed down to the best-of-five standard like the current system, it will be further increased to 91.7% (11 out of 12).




Interestingly, Woori Bank's Kim Dan-bi and BNK Park Hye-jin, who led the two teams to victory, are in their mid-30s. Since Kim Dan-bi was born in 1990 and was born in February, she made her professional debut a year first, and although the positions are different as forwards and guards, the two players are still playing as the main players of 'non-fungible' based on their performance and experience that makes it difficult to distinguish superiority and inferiority. Based on his postseason career alone, Kim Dan-bi has played 52 games and Park Hye-jin has played 45 games.

When Kim Dan-bi was the only player in the team to play full time in the first game against KB Stars on the 2nd, leading the team to a triple double-weight performance of 15 points-10 rebounds-6 assists, Park Hye-jin played more than 37 minutes against Samsung Life Insurance on the 3rd, the next day, giving her her first win with 21 points-3 assists. After the game, Park Hye-jin "As you can see from Woori Bank's game, the main players must play full-time at any time in the postseason, and they must never show their hard feelings on the court."It can be said that the two players are bound to be stimulated by each other's performance.

Kim Dan-bi focused on saving more of her teammates' play, Park Hye-jin shot herself without delaying the attack chance, and the direction of playing the game was slightly different, alternately blocking center Bae Hye-yoon, who is the core of Samsung Life, with Kim Sonia and Park Sung-jin, but she also paid considerable attention to delivering short-term war experience and operation know-how to juniors who will be responsible for the future of the team, showing the veteran's 'existence'.




Of course, it is the responsibility and responsibility of juniors to develop this opportunity into their own growth engine. First of all, at Woori Bank, Lee Myung-kwan scored 17 points to respond to Kim Dan-bi's selfless play, and at BNK, Kim Sonia and Lee So-hee led the victory by taking charge of both internal and external offense and defense. In the game, Park Hye-jin performed a jumping ceremony with Sonia after scoring a three-point goal, which can be called a 'signature' pose, and showed her stroking her head when Lee So-hee made a three-point shot to seal the victory. Although he lost in the first round, Bae Hye-yoon of Samsung Life Insurance and Kang Yi-seul of KB Stars are in charge of this role and are aiming for a turnaround.

In the end, in a short-term game with a tight schedule, you can't rely solely on aces, and you can only call victory if you are led by a veteran and your juniors are firmly behind you. It is an important point to watch the playoffs that the four teams are playing, and it is another factor of fun.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.