What will be the match between Woori Bank and KB in the 5th round of the PO, another series played by Kim Dan-binagata?
Mar 09, 2025
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The playoff (PO) facing Woori Bank and KB Stars in women's professional basketball deserves to be called the so-called 'Totto Series.'
As KB Stars won again in Game 4 on the 8th, the series was tied with 2 wins and 2 losses, and the best-of-five playoff was held until Game 5 for the first time in history, and the winning shot match between Woori Bank's Kim Dan-bi and KB Stars' Nagata Moe came out for three consecutive games, literally showing a blood clot of all time. Along with the hustle play of players who do not give up until the end, the coaching staff's changing resourcefulness battle is also giving all-time interest.
Woori Bank was overwhelmingly dominant with 5 wins and 1 loss in the six regular league matches between the two teams, but it is a reminder that the previous performance is not very important in the short-term match of PO. However, both Woori Bank and KB expose their weaknesses at the same time as clear advantages, so it is clear that no matter which team gets to the championship, it must be strengthened to approach the championship.
Woori Bank's excessive dependence on Kim Dan-bi, as expected by everyone, has rarely improved in PO. In the first game, Kim Dan-bi, whose opponent's defense was concentrated, fed various players, and Lee Myung-kwan's answer with 17 points was the only relaxed game.
Since then, in the second and fourth games, there has been a thrilling match in which the game is decided in the final offense and defense. In the second game, Woori Bank won even if it didn't lose the ball at the end, and Kim Dan-bi's fatal pass miss, who played more than 36 minutes, led to KB Nagata Moe's 0.1-second buzzer beater. In the fourth game, after giving up a dramatic under-the-goal shot to Nagata with 4.1 seconds left in the end of the game, the last offensive pass led to Kim Dan-bi, who was standing under the basket, but was blocked by KB's double team defense and failed to shoot properly, and Woori Bank eventually lost again.
Still, it is a hopeful point to reduce the dependence on Kim Dan-bi, who ran out of physical strength ahead of Game 5, by reversing the double-digit score gap and turning the tables with five three-point collaborations such as Shim Sung-young and Kim Ye-jin, which began in the third quarter, and Shim Sung-young and Kim Ye-jin in the fourth quarter.
KB also showed its limitation in relying only on Nagata in the match. Although Nagata made a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the 2nd and 4th games when he made a winning shot, he put his last hope on Nagata just before the end of Game 3, which was two points behind, and lost without properly throwing a shot, must be improved. Like Kim Dan-bi, the last ball to Nagata is a very obvious repertoire that the opponent can predict.
In addition, while Woori Bank's continuous turnovers to Woori Bank's surprise double team against ball handler Heo Ye-eun were exposed as weaknesses, Nagata stepped up instead and changed Heo Ye-eun to play the role of shooting guard, but this is also a burden on Nagata. Still, KB is also poised to stage an `underdog rebellion' in Game 5 as shooter Kang Yi-seul recovered his shooting sense in Game 4, and Sixmen such as Lee Chae-eun, Yang Ji-soo, and Lee Yoon-mi are making Altoran-like shots in the crisis, easing the burden on the main players. The first-ever fifth PO match between the two teams will be held at Asan Yi Sun-shin Gymnasium, Woori Bank's home, on the 10th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
