Busan KCC Dominates Professional Basketball Semifinals with ‘Super Team’

▲ We are a ‘super team’
Busan KCC’s Choi Jun-yong, Heo Woong and Song Kyo-chang are happy after making a successful attack in the 4th game against Wonju DB in the 2023-24 professional basketball semifinals held at Sajik Indoor Stadium in Busan on the 21st. Busan Yonhap News Busan KCC, who rewrote the history of professional basketball, had their eyes on the championship game (4 wins out of 7 games) from the start. KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin prepared for the final match by taking into account the physical strength of key resources such as Heo Woong and Choi Jun-yong as they face the championship contenders one by one. each other

KCC, who won two playoffs (3 wins out of 5) by a huge margin, advanced to the 2023-24 professional basketball championship game, which will be held from the 27th. In the semifinals, they averaged 21.7 points in their three wins against Seoul SK, and in the semifinals, they averaged 13.7 points in their three wins aca (one loss) against Wonju DB. Coach Jeon Chang-jin, who completed the national team lineup by hiring Choi Jun-yong, is dominating the spring basketball stage with his brilliant mercenary skills.

KCC is increasing its momentum by recruiting select players. Watching the 4th game of the semi-final playoffs against DB held at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 21st, Song Kyo-chang scored 8 points and La Gun-ah scored 6 points in the first quarter , and Alize DeShawn Johnson scoring 10 points in the second. a quarter Seunghyun Lee scored 5 points in the 3rd quarter and Woongdo Heo scored 9 points in the fourth quarter to secure the victory. With the exception of Laguna, the remaining players’ playing time was less than 30 minutes. On the other hand, DB fell as regular season Most Valuable Player (MVP) duo Ethan Albano and Didrick Lawson were blocked.

After winning 80-63 that day, Coach Jeon said, “I do image training in my head every game. “We consider Heo Woong’s physical strength distribution first, and then Choi Jun-yong’s position,” he said, “we tired Albano and Lawson by focusing on defense, and made up for the We have weaknesses by replacing players. He explained, “We got good results by working with 7 or 8 aces, not 1 or 2 aces.” ▲ Busan KCC La Gun-Ah won the 4th game against Wonju DB in the 2023-24 professional basketball semifinals held at Sajik Indoor Stadium in Busan on the 21st Dribbling in the game. Provided by KBL The awakening Laguna also contributes to the upward movement of KCC. Laguna, who began his late-season preparations by participating in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games last October, averaged 15.6 points and 8.4 rebounds in 53 regular-season games. Scoring was the second lowest in the last 10 seasons, and rebounding was the lowest. However, in the four games of the semifinal playoffs, he averaged 22.5 points and 14.8 rebounds.

Laguna said, “I was in good shape before the playoffs, so I expected to be able to perform at more than 150%. He emphasized, “Players with All-Star level talent have improved their performance by sacrificing for each other.”

The reason KCC’s attack is so powerful is because there are so many options to support Laguna. Suwon KT, who advanced to the semi-finals, is attacking with a focus on Heo Hoon and Paris Bass, but when two players are blocked, there are many cases where a solution cannot be found, such as DB where Albano and Lawson are tied. Changwon LG is also struggling with Assem Mareyman. If Lee Jae-do and Yang Hong-seok do not come back, there is a big chance that they will struggle against KCC.

Coach Jeon said, “It was difficult to stop Marey and Bass in the regular season, but with the current situation at Laguna, it’s worth a try,” he said, “If we don’t win with this team, we’ll be criticized. I’ll take some time and think about a strategy. I’m confident whichever team comes out on top,” he said.

Reporter Seo Jin-sol, Busan