Professional basketball team Changwon LG defeated Busan KCC and achieved 20 wins of the season, taking sole 3rd place.LG won 101-95 in an away game against KCC in the 2023-2024 Jeong Kwan-Jang Professional Basketball Regular League held at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 19th.LG, with 20 wins and 12 losses, pushed Suwon KT (19 wins, 12 losses), which was tied for 3rd place, to 4th place and became sole 3rd place.They also recently shook off their poor streak of three consecutive away losses.
LG was ahead by 7 points until 1 minute and 33 seconds before the end of the game, but gave up 2 points to KCC’s Alize DeShawn Johnson, and immediately gave KCC the right to attack due to Lee Jae-do’s foul on the attacker. KCC narrowed the gap to 91-94, 3 points, with Johnson adding 2 points with 1 minute and 14 seconds left.However, with 23 seconds remaining, LG was ahead by 3 points and Yang Hong-seok scored a 3-pointer that put a wedge in the game and preserved the victory.Yang Hong-seok, who scored the decisive 3-point shot, led the team to victory with 20 points and 5 rebounds, and the performances of domestic players such as Lee Jae-do (17 points), Lee Kwan-hee (16 points), and Yoo Yu-sang (14 points) were outstanding.
KCC, led by Johnson with 26 points, recorded 16 wins and 14 losses and maintained 5th place. At the Anyang Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do, where teams with consecutive losses faced each other, the home team Anyang Jeong Kwanjang defeated Seoul Samsung 86-77.Before today’s game, Cheong Kwan-Jang was on a 3-game losing streak and Samsung was on a 4-game losing streak.With this win, Cheong Kwan-Jang recorded 12 wins and 21 losses, raising his ranking from 9th to 7th.They were ahead of Daegu Korea Gas Corporation and Goyang Sono (11 wins, 20 losses), who were tied for 8th place, only in win percentage.Darryl Monroe, who was recently confirmed to leave the team due to injury, cheered on his fellow players from the bench.Cheong Gwan-jang, who hired Jamil Wilson instead of Monroe, plans to use Wilson starting next week 슬롯게이밍 in the East Asian Super League game.