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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Suwon KT professional basketball team defeated Ulsan Hyundai Mobis by winning the cup competition held before the start of the 2022-2023 season.
On the 8th, he defeated Hyundai Mobis 74-72 to win the MG Saemaul Geumgo KBL Cup 2022 final held at Tongyeong Gymnasium in Gyeongnam.
It is the first time that kt has taken first place in the Professional Basketball Cup, which began in 2020.
KT, who beat Wonju DB and Jeonju KCC in the group stage, beat Goyang Carrot in the semifinals and Hyundai Mobis in the final, won the cash prize of 50 million.
As the best player (MVP, prize pool of 3 million won), Jeeei Anosike was selected, who joined kt this season.
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Anosike, who scored 32 points and 10 rebounds, including 7 from 3 in the final match, got 42 of 73 votes from the press, becoming the first foreign player to become the MVP of the Cup.
Previously, in 2020, Lee Dae-seong (then Goyang Orion) and last year Kim Seon-hyeong (Seoul SK) were selected.
As a kt, Hyundai Mobis made it to the cup final for the first time, but had to settle for runner-up (30 million in prize money) within a short distance.
In the semifinals, Hyundai Mobis coach Cho Dong-hyun, who defeated his twin brother Cho Sang-hyeon’s Changwon LG and reached the final, met his former KT team in the final and tasted defeat.
Coach Cho worked with kt from 2004 to 2013 as a player and from 2015 to 2018 as a manager.
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At the end of the tight second quarter, kt, who took the lead 19-18 with Anosike’s three shots at the end of the first quarter, ended the first half 37-34 thanks to a buzzer shot by Anosike.
In the second half, Kim Hyun-min, a big veteran who switched to Hyundai Mobis from kt, was entered and played the role of housekeeper.At the end of the 3rd quarter, with Justin Knox’s four consecutive goals, Hyundai Mobis turned the tide 57-53.
In the fourth quarter, where draws and comebacks are repeated, the presence of Anosike returns to shine.
Anosike scored a 3-point shot that made it 68-67 at 1 minute and 55 seconds and two free throws to lead again with a score of 70-69 at 1 minute and 24 seconds ago.
With 1 minute and 9 seconds left, the Hyundai Mobis returned to 72-70 thanks to Kim Dong-jun’s outside cannon, but after that, kt equalized once again with Jung Sung-woo’s deciding goal, followed from that of Anosike after an opponent’s foul 12.8 seconds ago Two free throws equalized the game.
In addition to Anosike, in kt, Yang Hong-seok (13 points, 7 rebounds) and Jeong Seong-woo (10 points, 6 rebounds) were active.
At Hyundai Mobis, Gage Prim (16 points), Knox (14 points, 17 rebounds) and Kim Dong-jun (13 points) played hard.
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