The runner-up team MVP is the second ever
“I will reward you with winning the championship match”
Rookie of the Year Kang Yoo-rim-Ji-sang Sang Woo
Park Ji-soo received the Best Player (MVP) award at the women’s professional basketball regular league awards ceremony for the 2020-2021 season held at the 63 Convention Center in Seoul on the 25th. In the press corps vote (108 valid votes), he won 76 votes, overtaking Woori Bank’s Kim Sonia (24 votes). Park Ji-soo received the MVP honor for the second time following the 2018-2019 season, when KB Stars won the combined championship. It is the second time that the MVP appeared in the regular league runners-up team after the new man (retired) of KDB Life during the 2011-2012 season.
In addition to MVP, Park Ji-soo has a score award (22.3 points), a block award (2.5 points), a rebound award (15.2 points), a two-point field goal award (58.3%), and the Yoon Deok-ju award, which is given to the first place in the team contribution (1361.7 points). Swept. Park Ji-soo is the first in the history of the WKBL (Women’s Basketball Federation) to win seven awards in one season. The previous record was also Park Ji-soo’s awards in six categories in the 2018-2019 season. Park Ji-soo said, “In fact, I was very greedy for MVP, but I wasn’t expecting to win. I will win the championship match and make the MVP award shine.” The map award was taken by manager Sang-woo Lee, who won the 8th regular league championship after joining Woori Bank. The Rookie of the Year was received by Hana Won Q’s Kang Yoo-rim. In the playoffs (PO) Media Day that followed, KB Stars coach Ahn Deok-soo and Shinhan Bank coach Sang-il Sang-il took off in a heated conversation. Coach Jung compared the game against the KB Stars with Park Ji-soo to a heavyweight vs. light-weight fight, and said, “One punch can be a KO, but we will slow Park Ji-soo with a nick and blow a jab to harass him.” The PO will be played on the 27th with a match between Woori Bank, which is the 1st place in the regular league, and Samsung Life Insurance, which is the 4th place, and it will be played with 2 wins in 3 matches.
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