Jeong Kwan-jang defeated Gas Corporation, approaching the 6th place DB by one game
Mar 17, 2025
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Jung Kwan-jang defeated his home team, Daegu Korea Gas Corporation, 73-68 in the 'KCC 2024-2025 Professional Basketball' held at Daegu Gymnasium on the 17th. With two consecutive wins, he narrowed his gap with sixth-ranked Wonju DB to one game. Jung Kwan-jang was thoroughly beaten by the Korea Gas Corporation with one win and four losses this season, but his willingness to advance to the round of six POs was much stronger than that of Korea Gas Corporation, which is ranked fifth, which is virtually stable.
Jeong Kwan-jang allowed 83.8 runs per game in the previous five matches against Gas Corporation, allowing more than five points compared to the average number of runs, and he looked for answers in defense from the first quarter to prevent this.
Jeong Kwan-jang thoroughly blocked Kim Nak-hyun and Bellangel, the starting points of Gas Corporation's attack, and conducted a target-type defense that allowed other players to score. As a result, four players, including Andrew Nicholson and Yushu Ndoye, who are the main scorers along with the two players, went scoreless in the first quarter.
On the other hand, Jeong Kwan-jang ran 28-10 in the first quarter, with Johnny O'Brien scoring 11 points, including three points and seven players who were replaced by rotations for a strong defensive game.
In the second quarter, Gas Corporation began to follow with various defenses, including regional defense, sweatshirts, and surprise double teams. Jung Sung-woo and Kwak Jung-hoon collaborated on three three points, and Eun Do-ye scored a free throw from the paint zone attack and Kim Nak-hyun's layup shot to chase the gap of 24-32, eight points. Considering that the two teams had a huge war of nerves due to rough physical fights in the previous game, the judges tried to prevent the atmosphere from overheating by declaring the rough play of Jung Sung-woo of Gas Corporation and O'Brient of Jeonggwanjang as U foul.
Jeong Kwan-jang's momentum, who led 44-32 in the first half with a field goal success rate of 57% (17 out of 30), continued in the third quarter. O'Brient was responsible for nine points, including three points, following the first quarter, and Dionte Burton, who was replaced by O'Brient, followed with eight points, widening the gap to 64-46.
Gas Corporation's counterattack in the last four quarters was strong. Nicholson scored seven points by lowering the first three points of the day following the success of two paint zone attacks. He recorded the highest record among foreign players with a successful three-point shot in 41 consecutive games. Since then, he has used his unique pressure defense throughout the quarter, continuously causing turnovers of the opponent, or after successful steals, Shin Seung-hoon and Belangel Kim Joon-il scored consecutive fastballs, 64-73 with about three minutes left to catch up again.
However, due to physical limitations caused by many movements, the speed of the Korea Gas Corporation's attack became dull and the gap, which had widened significantly until the third quarter, could not be further narrowed. Jeong Kwan-jang's 43 points were scored by two foreign players, O'Brien and Burton, more than double the 20 points scored by Nicholson and Ndoye of Gas Corporation.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
