Goyang Orion, a professional basketball player, has risen to second place alone by blocking Samsung’s streak in Seoul.
Orion won 86-65 in the 2020-21 professional basketball regular league game against Seoul Samsung Thunders held at Goyang Gymnasium on the 30th.
Orion, who won 15-10 in the season by winning two consecutive victories on this day, jumped to second place alone. On the other hand, Samsung, who had been running for 4 consecutive wins and stopped streaking, ended up tied for fifth place with Hyundai Mobis and E-Land with 13-12 losses in the season.
On the afternoon of the 30th, Orion beat Samsung and recorded two consecutive victories in the 2020-2021 professional basketball game between Seoul Samsung and Goyang Orion at the Goyang Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do. In Orion, Widi, Heo Il-young, and Lee Dae-sung made great strides in karate and won. Photo (Goyang) = Reporter Kim Jae-hyun
Orion dominated the bottom of the goal with Jeff Widy’s 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 block shots. Lee Dae-sung (13 points) and Heo Il-young (12 points) also scored two digits side by side, contributing to the attack.
In Samsung, Ai Jae-ah Hicks scored a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, but it was not enough to prevent the team from losing.
It was an early Orion atmosphere. Orion finished the first quarter with 25-13, and Orion gained momentum in the early second quarter with Lee Jong-hyun and Didric Lawson scoring. Samsung also responded with Hicks and Kim Joon-il’s scoring gun. Since then, both teams did not listen to Yatu, and the game was lull, and Orion was ahead of the first half with 40-26.
In the third quarter, when Samsung narrowed the gap with an attack using Higgs, Orion took the lead again with Widi’s dunk and Heo Il-young’s 3-point shot to keep the lead.
In the fourth quarter, Samsung failed to close the score gap, making mistakes in succession in a situation where it needed a counterattack.
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