Seoul SK defeated Goyang Carrot and continued to compete directly for the playoffs in the quarterfinals.
SK beat Carrot 88-73 in the 2022-23 professional basketball regular league home game held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium on the 22nd.
With this victory, 3rd place SK recorded 33-18 and caught up with 2nd place Changwon LG (33-17) by half a game. With three games left in the regular league, SK will continue to challenge for second place, which can go directly to the playoffs in the quarterfinals.
SK needs to catch Carrot to reduce the number of rides with LG, and Carrot has already been confirmed for the playoffs in the round of 6. On this day, SK was more desperate to win.
In addition, the Carrot club announced the cancellation of the naming sponsor contract due to noise such as financial difficulties, and if the remaining 1 billion won of the special registration fee is not paid to the Korea Professional Basketball League (KBL) by the 31st, regardless of the performance, the playoffs in the round of 6 can’t run on Amid the turbulent atmosphere, Jeon Seong-hyeon, the main player of the team, missed the day due to a cochlear problem. Didric Lawson is also out with an ankle injury. It was like taking off the car and going to SK.
SK coach Jeon Hee-chul declared before the game, “I will play strongly from the first quarter as if I were playing in the fourth quarter.”
However, until the first half, it was so tight that it was difficult to predict which team would win. Guard Lee Jung-hyeon (23 points / 3 3-point shots) led the attack in the absence of Carrot Jeon Seong-hyeon, and his attack power stood out even compared to that of SK veteran guard Kim Seon-hyeong. Carrot’s Jonathan Alledge (25 points) also made a high probability attack. On the other hand, SK’s Jameel Warney was replaced by Leon Williams after playing too hastily in the beginning. The second quarter ended with SK narrowly leading 39-37.
The atmosphere changed completely in the third quarter.
SK showed a well-organized offense as the best member of Kim Seon-hyung, Oh Jae-hyun, Heo Il-young, Choi Bu-kyung, and Warney.
When Kim Seon-hyeong started an attack quickly, Warney or Choi Bu-gyeong scored accurately from the bottom of the goal even if the finish was not accurate. With 3 minutes and 41 seconds left in the third quarter, SK quickly ran away with 59-50. Only in the 3rd quarter, SK overcame Carrot 13-5 on the rebound. SK’s strengths were shown, far ahead of Carrot in both goal and speed.
In the middle of the 3rd quarter, Oh Jae-hyeon (11 points, 7 rebounds), who made SK play difficult due to inaccurate shots throughout the 1st and 2nd quarters, received an accurate assist from Kim Sun-hyeong and split the rim consecutively.
Kim Seon-hyung played 29 minutes and recorded a double-double with 13 points and 12 assists. Kim Seon-hyeong is raising the assist record with a terrifying momentum, posting double-digit assists 4 times in the last 5 games, including this day. He currently leads overall in the category with an average of 6.6 assists per game. 토토사이트
SK, which finished the third quarter 68-55, widened the score to 17 points in the middle of the fourth quarter, and in the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, SK coach Jeon Hee-cheol put in a bench member and gave the main players a break. The match was virtually decided at this time.