Fierce Battle in KBL Semifinals: Suwon KT Sonic Boom vs Changwon LG Sakers Game 5 Preview

In the match between Suwon KT Sonic Boom and Changwon LG Sakers in the 4th game of the 2023-24 KBL Jeong Kwan-Jang Professional Basketball Semifinal Game held at Suwon KT Sonic Boom Arena in Gyeonggi Province on the evening the 22nd, KT Paris Bass surrounded by the defense of LG Yang Hong-seok and Cunningham. 2024.4.22/News1 © News1 Reporter Ahn Eun-na

Changwon LG and Suwon KT, engaged in a fierce and uncompromising battle in the professional basketball (PO) playoffs, will finally fight in the 5th final game. Among the 10 KBL teams, along with Korea Gas Corporation, both teams do not have a successful experience, so they are expected to put out an effort outside with a desperate attitude.

Although both teams are having a tough time, Busan KCC, who are resting after beating the regular season champion Wonju DB 3 wins and 1 loss to advance to play of the competition, happy to see the fierce battle between the two teams.

LG and KT will play the 5th game of the PO semi-final at the Changwon Gymnasium in Gyeongnam on the 25th. LG took the first and third games, and KT won the 2nd and 4th games, continuing the tight game with 2 wins and 2 losses.

LG, who dominated the first game, lost to KT by 20 points in the second game held at home. However, KT was unable to maintain momentum in the third game held at home and suffered an upset loss after allowing a come-from-behind 3-pointer by LG Won-sang Yoon. However, they came from behind to win the 4th game and evened the score with 2 wins and 2 losses.

As both teams are very passionate to win the championship, Game 5 is expected to be more intense than ever. They will have to give it their all, but the performance of Yang Hong-seok and Heo Hoon, who did well in games 1 to 3 but came back with 18 points each, is expected the game 4, important.

However, whichever the two teams win, they will inevitably have a physical burden in the championship game against KCC starting on the 27th.

On the evening of the 21st, Busan KCC and Wonju DB won the 4th game of the professional basketball semi-final playoffs at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan with an 80-63 win, recording a streak record of 3 wins and 1 loss, and the Busan KCC players were happy to advance to the championship game. This is the first time that the 5th place team in the regular league advanced to the championship game since it was launched in 1997. (Provided by KBL) 2024.4.21/News1 © News1 Jinhwan Reporter Kim

KCC won 80-63 in the 4th game of the semi-final playoffs against Wonju DB, the regular champion of the league, on the 21st, and advanced to the championship game first with a streak record of 3 wins and 1 lose

According to the schedule, the winners of LG and KT enter the championship game after only two days of rest, while KCC has another four days of rest.

In the final tournament matches, there were only 4 out of 9 cases where the team that progressed to the 5th match of the semi-finals won the tournament. Among the four competitions, there were only two cases when the two teams that made it to the championship game in the 2001-2002 and 2014-2015 seasons advanced from the semi-final of PO to the fifth game, and so they overcame their physical burden. to win

Therefore, it is important for LG and KT to minimize the loss of power such as injuries in Game 5. Of course, since it is a cliffhanger game, it is inevitable that both teams will fight with it all possibilities, but the team that wins will go all the way to the championship game, so their confidence will be higher.

If one team, LG or KT, can win the final 5th game without losing power, it would not be impossible for them to continue their momentum in the championship game and overcome the physical limitations they have

We are not going to think about complex numbers now. Once you win, you can continue this season and keep your dream of winning alive.

khan@ news1.kr