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| Cheongju KB Stars (right) and Yongin Samsung Life Insurance Bloomings. 2021.3.11/News1 © News1 Reporter Jang Soo-young |
The final match of the women’s professional basketball championship game, which seemed to be over, came to the final 5th game. Whether KB Stars or Samsung Life wins, it becomes a new history of women’s basketball.
KB Stars and Samsung Life Insurance will play the final 5th round of the KB Kookmin Bank Liiv M 2020-21 women’s professional basketball championship match at 7pm on the 15th at the Yongin Indoor Gymnasium.
As Samsung Life, the fourth-place team in the regular league, won the first and second games, the final seemed to be over quickly. However, KB Stars, the 2nd place team in the regular league, succeeded in counterattacking by winning the 3rd and 4th leg, and set the series record to 2 wins and 2 losses. The final match was decided in Game 5.
In terms of momentum, KB Stars is more advantageous. When the team was defeated in a row, the atmosphere of the team subsided, but the series flow changed with a win in a row.
There is also a certain card called Park Ji-soo. Park Ji-soo, who was the MVP of the regular league and won the 7th crown, is dominating the series by steadily reviving in the championship match. In the fourth game, he overpowered his opponent with 21 points and 19 rebounds.
KB Stars coach Ahn Deok-soo pledged to win by saying, “I will run to death and live in the 5th game. I will use all my strength to fight.”
Samsung Life missed the good trend and allowed the opponent to pursue it, and was driven to the edge of the cliff. The playoffs also went up until the 3rd game, which is more disadvantageous than the opponent in terms of physical strength.
Still, I can’t give up. With veterans such as Park Han-byul, Bae Hye-yoon, and Kim Bo-mi, and young players such as Yoon Ye-bin and Lee Myung-kwan, they aim for the’Underdog Rebellion’ until the end.
Samsung Life Insurance manager Lim Geun-bae emphasized concentration, saying, “We already know each other well. Now, it is important how much mental power we play in the game.”
Whether KB Stars or Samsung Life wins, it becomes a new history of women’s basketball.
If KB Stars wins, it will achieve the first’reverse sweep’ in the championship match. In the previous championship match, no team gave up both the first and second leg matches and has succeeded in winning the reverse match. KB Stars will be the first.
Samsung Life, who joined the playoffs last time, aims to win the 4th place in the regular league for the first time ever. Samsung Life Insurance is the second (Hanbit Bank in 2001) that the 4th place team has advanced to the championship match, and it is the first milestone when it reaches the top. In addition, Samsung Life is also challenging the first case of winning with a win rate of less than 50% (14 wins and 16 losses) in the regular league.