| Jang Jae-seok of Ulsan Hyundai Mobis is scoring in the 2020-21 Hyundai Mobis professional basketball game against Seoul Samsung held at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Seoul on the 23rd. (Provided by KBL) © News1 |
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis achieved a career of 700 wins for the first time in professional basketball.
Hyundai Mobis defeated Seoul Samsung 81-66 at the 2020-21 Hyundai Mobis professional basketball game held at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Seoul on the 23rd.
As a result, Hyundai Mobis recorded 700 wins for a single team for the first time in professional basketball history. Hyundai Mobis has played 1247 games so far, marking 700 wins and 547 losses.
In addition, Hyundai Mobis recorded 5 consecutive wins, gaining 19 wins and 13 losses, ranking alone in second place. Samsung fell in 3 consecutive losses and remained in 7th place with 15 wins and 18 losses.
The even performance of Hyundai Mobis players led to victory. On this day, five people including Jae-seok Jang (14 points), Sean Long, Ji-hoon Ham (13 points above), Jin-soo Choi (11 points), and Seong-Jin (10 points) scored double digits and secured the victory with ease.
Hyundai Mobis was taken to Samsung in 14-23 until the middle of the second quarter, but succeeded in reversing by exploding the outer guns of Kim Min-gu and Lee Hyun-min following the consecutive goals of Ji-hoon Ham and Jin-soo Choi.
Samsung faced with the goal of Izea Hicks, but Hyundai Mobis finished the first half by 42-37 with Choi Jin-soo’s two points just before the end of the second quarter.
After the start of the third quarter, Hyundai Mobis secured Samsung without a score for about 3 minutes and managed to score 10 consecutive points and flee to 52-37. Afterwards, Samsung pursued with attacks from Kim Hyun-soo and Jang Min-guk, but Mobis finished the third quarter with Choi Jin-soo and Lee Hyun-min at 63-50.
In the fourth quarter, Hyundai Mobis seldom allowed pursuit with the goals of Ji-hoon Ham and Jae-seok Jang. Hyundai Mobis steadily maintained a lead of more than 10 points and ended the game with a leisurely 15 point victory.
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| Lee Jae-do of Anyang KGC is attempting a jump shot in the 2020-21 Hyundai Mobis professional basketball game against Changwon LG held at the Anyang Indoor Gymnasium on the 23rd. (Provided by KBL) © News1 |
Anyang KGC won 88-83 at the home game against Changwon LG at Anyang Indoor Gymnasium and ended their 4th straight victory.
KGC, who escaped from 4 consecutive losses, reached 17-15, marking 5th place. LG was defeated 3 consecutive times and remained in 9th place with 11 wins and 21 losses.
KGC’s Jae-do Lee led the victory by scoring 24 points. Foreign player Chris McCullough supported Lee Jae-do with 18 points, including four 3-point shots.
The two teams had a tight fight until the third quarter, and KGC reached the fourth quarter with 62-64 points behind.
At the start of the fourth quarter, KGC McCullough’s scorecard exploded. McCullough scored 8 points, including two 3-point shots in the first half of the fourth quarter, leading a 72-69 reversal. Following this, Lee Jae-do succeeded in scoring after stealing, and KGC widened the score.
Afterwards, whenever LG pursued, Lee Jae-do succeeded in scoring, and KGC won by five points without allowing any more reversals.
In the match between Incheon E-Land and Busan KT held at the Incheon Samsan Gymnasium, KT won a complete victory 96-79.
As a result, KT recorded 3 consecutive wins, narrowing the ride to 3rd place Goyang Orion (18 wins 13 losses) to 1 game with 17 wins and 14 losses. E-Land’s ranking fell by the limit from 5th to 6th with 16 wins and 16 losses.
Heo Hoon led the KT victory by scoring a double-double (23 points and 10 assists) on this day. Brandon Brown scored 19 points, and Yang Hong-seok and Kim Young-hwan succeeded in 3 stores each, adding 13 points each side by side.
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