Samsung Life Insurance, Bae Hye-yoon, the center of offense and defense, beat BNK and led it to the fifth round of PO
Mar 09, 2025
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Samsung Life Insurance won 51-48 in the fourth round of the playoff (PO) against BNK held at Yongin Indoor Gymnasium on the 9th, balancing the series with 2 wins and 2 losses to determine the team that advanced to the championship game in Game 5. Following the Woori Bank-KB Stars match held the previous day, both POs played by four teams will go to Game 5 for the first time in history. Amid the downward leveling of the overall power this season, this trend continued in PO following the regular league, where the all-time ranking fight took place.
Before the game, Samsung Life Insurance coach Ha Sang-yoon said, `I will definitely win, go to BusanWhile Park Jung expressed his will, BNK coach Park Jung said, `I will end with Yongin", but in the end 'Train to Busan' was confirmed. For BNK, it lost only three games in Yongin in the regular league this season, but failed to break the jinx with two consecutive losses in PO.
Both the players of the two teams, who had blood clots every two days until Game 3, were not in normal physical strength and condition. This is why he only scored low again overall.
Still, Samsung Life Insurance players, who tied BNK to one point in the fourth quarter in the third game, were a little more ahead. Samsung Life started with Jo Su-ah's three-point shot about two minutes after the start of the game, but after that, when the attack was rarely resolved, Bae Hye-yoon and Kiana Smith, the core of offense and defense, were put in at the same time and began to find a way out little by little. BNK continued its lackluster field goal in the fourth quarter of Game 3 two days ago in the first quarter. He threw a total of 10 field goals, but he failed to make a single goal and held on with six free throws.
In the second quarter, Samsung Life Insurance continued to maintain its lead at 17-8 by adding Cho Soo-ah's turning shot to Bae Hye-yoon and Kiana's under-the-goal shots. Shortly after the start of the second quarter, BNK broke the slump of failing to score a field goal for two consecutive quarters, including the previous game, with Kim Sonia's under-the-basket shot, but fell into an offensive slump again when Kim Sonia, who was fighting for a rebound with Samsung Life Insurance's Lee Hae-ran, took to the bench for the fourth foul. Samsung Life Insurance also ended with Samsung Life Insurance's lead of 27-22 in the first half as Jo Su-ah only penetrated the path of attack and continued to score low points.
BNK, which restarted the best 5 after the start of the second half, scored a scoreless shot in the first half by Saki Ijima, followed by Lee So-hee's three-point shot, resulting in the first tie of 29-29.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Samsung Life Insurance's five players, including Jo Su-ah, Bae Hye-yoon, Lee Hae-ran, Mitsuki and Kang Yoo-rim, scored 10 points in a row for about four minutes, and effectively won the game. BNK suffered from a terrible slump in which Kim Sonia, Lee So-hee and Park Hye-jin's inner and outer shots all missed the rim, and even worried that they might reproduce the scoreless fourth quarter of Game 3 again. About five minutes after the start of the fourth quarter, Byun So-jung's under-the-goal shot cut the scoreless, but Kim Sonia was fouled out with about three minutes left in the game and almost lost the momentum of the chase, but Ahn Hye-ji's three-point shot exploded and the chase began at the last minute.
Samsung Life Insurance was chased 50-44, and Bae Hye-yoon was in the biggest crisis with five fouls with 1:41 left in the end, but BNK, which tried for the last time with 7 seconds left, was blocked by the defense and failed to shoot in time, ending the blood clot with a victory.
While Bae Hye-yoon set the center of the offense and defense with a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds, Jo Su-ah backed up with 11 points. The fifth playoff game between the two teams will be held at Busan Sajik Gymnasium, BNK's home, on the 11th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
