“Goyang Carrot battles back to even series with dominant win over KGC in PO 2nd round”

4강 PO 2차전서 89-75 완승…1승1패, 승부 원점 
이정현 32점·로슨 24점 활약…17일 고양서 3차전

‘Team of Guts’ Goyang Carrot saved hopes of advancing to the first championship game by avenging the loss in the first game in the 2022-2023 SKT Adot Professional Basketball Semifinals Playoff (PO).

Carrot, led by coach Kim Seung-gi, took the lead in the brilliant performances of Lee Jeong-hyeon (32 points, 5 steals) and Didric Lawson (24 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists) in the PO 2nd round of the quarterfinals of the 3 best-of-5 match held at Anyang Gymnasium on the 15th. Omari Spellman (19 points) and Byun Jun-hyung (16 points) defeated Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation, which ranked first in the regular league, 89-75.

Carrot and KGC, who recorded 1 win and 1 loss in the series, will move to the Goyang Gymnasium on the 17th and play the third match.

Carrot, who suffered a crushing defeat by 56 points, the largest score difference in professional basketball history in the first game, showed a completely different appearance on this day, as if saying, “When was it like that?” At one point early in the first quarter, he gave a 9-point lead to 2-11, raising concerns once again, but narrowed the score and finished with a 25-30 lead.

In the second quarter, Carrot raised the team atmosphere with Lee Jung-hyun scoring 11 points, and tied the opponent’s attack to 12 points with an active defense, turning the tide of the game 46-42 and ending the first half.

In the 2nd quarter, Lee Jung-Hyun performed a one-man show, and in the 3rd quarter, Lawson led the upward trend with 17 points, more than half of the team’s score (26 points). On the other hand, KGC only scored 18 points in the 3rd quarter following the 2nd quarter, widening the gap to 72-60, leaning towards the extra carot of the game.

In the situation where Carrot gave up a turnaround of 56-57 seconds in the 3rd quarter, Lee Jeong-hyun scored 4 consecutive points with free throws and shots under the goal to take the lead again to 60-57, Lawson’s quick attack success and Lee Jung-hyun’s 3-pointer burst, putting cold water on KGC’s pursuit. put on

Carrot, who seized the win, helped the team win lightly without reversing the opponent by scoring 11 points alone, including 3 shots and 3 shots by Han Ho-bin in the last 4 quarters.

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