[서울신문] The champ match we saw in advance… KCC beats Hyundai Mobis

Lee Jung-hyun wins 85-81 while playing 22 points

Jeonju, a professional basketball KCC, secured the leading position by stopping Ulsan Hyundai Mobis from winning 5 straight victories in the’Preview Champion Decision Match’.

1st place KCC defeated 2nd place Hyundai Mobis with 85-81 with Lee Jeong-hyun (22 points, 6 assists) on their 34th birthday in the 5th round of the 2020-21 season of professional basketball held at Dongcheon Gymnasium in Ulsan on the 3rd. Lee Jung-hyun showed concentration by getting 15 free throws and putting in 14 (93%). KCC, who had won two consecutive wins, recorded 29 wins and 13 losses and widened the distance from Hyundai Mobis (26 wins 16 losses) to three games.

The momentum of KCC, which swept 105 points, the team’s most this season, in the previous game, Wonju DB on the 1st, continued on this day. The game that used to be a whistle broke from the second half of the second quarter. In the KCC, Laguna (12 points) scored 10 points in the second quarter, and Tyler Davis (17 points and 9 rebounds) scored 10 points in the third quarter. .

However, Hyundai Mobis couldn’t play the Horak Horak game. In the fourth quarter, KCC was hit hard by Hyundai Mobis, where the’two-man game’ survived. With 1 minute and 29 seconds left at the end of the game, Choi Jin-soo (8 points) gave an additional free throw to the bottom shot and was chased to the bottom of the chin with 79-78.

However, KCC secured the victory by winning two precious rebounds. When the shot of Song Gyo-chang (9 points), which was thrown out of time, missed, Laguna rescued the offensive rebound. In the meantime, Lee Jung-hyun put all six free throws he got from the opponent’s foul into the rim. For Hyundai Mobis, Sean Long (17 points) opened 3 stores at the last minute, but that was the end.

This day’s game also attracted attention as a’best match’ between KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin and Yoo Jae-hak, who walk through the basketball life of a’like’ basketball. Both coaches who went to the championship race are masters of KBL, but they have no experience in the champ match. The former manager, who became the leader on this day, took the lead this season with 3 wins and 2 losses. His previous match against the regular league was 42 wins and 48 losses.

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