Park Ji-soo and Kim Han-byul pay attention to’Ace Confrontation’
KB Ji-su Park (right) and Kim Han-byul of Samsung Life are fighting for the ball in the 4th leg of the 2020-2021 women’s professional basketball championship match held at Cheongju Gymnasium on the 13th. Cheongju = News 1
The championship match (3 wins from 5 matches) in the women’s professional basketball game in which KB and Samsung Life collided is unfolding as the best match ever. In April 2007, it is not only the fifth game played in 14 years after the Winter League Shinhan Bank-Samsung Life Games, but also the drama that becomes the’first in history’ that reverses the 0% probability no matter which side wins will be completed. In the 5th game held at Yongin Gymnasium on the 15th, KB, who placed 2nd in the regular league, challenges to win 3 consecutive wins after the first 2 losses in history, and Samsung Life Insurance is also aiming to win the championship of the 4th place team in the regular league for the first time ever.
In particular, the confrontation between the two teams is more interesting as Park Ji-soo (23, KB) and Kim Han-byul (35, Samsung Life) have a confrontation with certain aces. KB, who was forced to give up the 1st and 2nd games first, and then flocked to the edge of the cliff, is poised to complete the’Great Reversal Drama’ in the 5th game, holding both game 3 and 4 with Park Ji-soo ahead. On the other hand, if Kim Han-byul is struggling to win the 5th game, it will be the first ever championship of the fourth-place team in the regular league. The only cases in which the fourth-place team has won the championship match are only two of the 2001 Winter League Hanbit Bank and this year’s Samsung Life Insurance. In particular, if Samsung Life wins the 5th game, it will be the first case in the women’s basketball with a team with a win rate of less than 50% (14-16 loss) in the regular league.
The key to Game 5 is the’physical strength’ of the two aces Park Ji-soo and Kim Han-byul. In particular, there were two overtime matches in the 2nd and 4th game only in this Champ. Here, Park Ji-soo and Kim Han-byul played the court without taking a second for both the 3rd and 4th games. Park Ji-soo has a neck pain, and Kim Han-byul has a bad hamstring. But they can’t rest in the most important game that took the whole season. After all, the key is who can stand up with a stronger mental power.
That is why it is important for both teams to do the work of the helpers to support them. Samsung Life expects Lee Myung-kwan’s’surprising performance’ in the 3rd and 4th game, while Yebin Yoon, Hyeyoon Bae, and Bomi Kim are doing well in the 5th game. In KB, Kim Min-jung, who was selected as the best player (MVP) in the 4th game along with Kang Ah-jung, Shim Sung-young, and Yeom Yoon-ah, is hoping to show a’strong without sound’ in the 5th game.
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