Yongin Samsung Life Insurance Kim Bo-mi is putting a lay-up shot in the 3rd game of the playoffs held at the Asan Isunshin Gymnasium on the 3rd.
Samsung Life, the fourth-place team in the regular league, defeated Asan Woori Bank, which is considered the strongest in women’s professional basketball history, and climbed into the championship match. From the 7th, Samsung Life Insurance will have a championship match against Cheongju KB Stars.
Samsung Life Insurance won 64-47 in the 3rd game of the final playoffs held at the Asan Yi Sun-Shin Gymnasium on the 3rd. As a result, Samsung Life Insurance surpassed Woori Bank with a 2-1 loss and entered the championship for the 18th time in 2 years. On the other hand, after the 2017-18 season, Woori Bank, which took on the 14th championship challenge after 3 years, was caught by Samsung Life Insurance and could not achieve its dream.
With this playoff victory, Samsung Life became the second team in history to advance to the championship by the fourth-placed team. Hanbit Bank (now Woori Bank) in the winter league in 2001 was the first to win the 4th place team to win the championship, and Samsung Life’s No. 2 record in 20 years.
Samsung Life dominated the game over Woori Bank throughout the playoffs. By using the second half of the regular league and the rest period, using backup members to develop organizational skills and gained the effect of attacking Woori Bank. Coach Lim Geun-bae also wrote a strategy to diversify the available players, saying, “The key players are not specific players, but Bae Hye-yoon, Kim Han-byul, and Yoon Ye-bin, etc., and the rest of the players such as Kim Bo-mi should (play).”
As a result, Samsung Life took the lead in the first quarter. Woori Bank couldn’t score until it scored 9 points. While the ball went evenly across all of Samsung Life’s players and scored relatively easily, Woori Bank managed to catch up with 13-17, relying on veteran Park Hye-jin.
Yongin Samsung Life Insurance players are cheering when they win the final playoff game held at the Asan Yi Sun-Shin Gymnasium on the 3rd. WKL provided
However, the difference widened from the second quarter, when Park Hye-jin, who was the main goal in the first quarter, was blocked by the defense of Samsung Life Insurance Yoon Ye-bin. While the young Woori Bank members were swayed and shrunk due to lack of experience, Samsung Life even played back-up players. At the end of the first half, the score gap widened to 13 points.
Champion Woori Bank also started counterattacking in the second half. After Choi Eun-sil brought a three-point shot from a quick attack, bringing the atmosphere, Park Ji-hyun and Sonia Kim, who were sluggish in the second game, resolved the attack and ended the third quarter by narrowing the score by six points. Samsung Life was blocked by Woori Bank’s help defense and scored only 9 points in the third quarter.
The Asan Woori Bank players who lost in the final playoff game held at the Asan Yi Sunshin Gymnasium on the 3rd are leaving the court without strength. WKBL provided
However, Samsung Life has shown its backside in the fourth quarter. Yoon Ye-bin, the protagonist of 26 points in the second game, fell off the court due to a knee injury, but he accumulated scores step by step with the calm play of Bae Hye-yoon and Kim Han-byul. In addition, the pressure defense was also effective and the goal was minimized.
As the score reached 16 points with 4 minutes left until the end of the game, Woori Bank manager Sang-woo Sang-woo called the main scorer Park Hye-jin to the bench and actually raised a white flag.
“The burden on Woori Bank was great, so I cleared my mind and did my best until the end,” said Yoon Ye-bin, a playoff award player. I will rest well and fight my mental power.”
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