Woori Bank also beat KB Stars with Kim Dan-bi's attack and defense power, leaving one win to advance to the championship
Mar 06, 2025
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Woori Bank trailed by nine points in the third playoff game against KB Stars in the `Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball" held at Cheongju Gymnasium on the 6th, but in the second half, it eventually found a solution from the defense and won 51-49 with Kim Dan-bi's 'One Man Show' to make the entire series 2-1 victory. As a result, Woori Bank will enter the championship game for four consecutive seasons if it wins one more game in the remaining two games. On the other hand, KB failed to continue its dramatic victory with Nagata Moe's buzzer beater in the second game.
Still, KB Stars was strong in Cheongju, their home. Woori Bank's Kim Dan-bi allowed a middle jumper after the start of the first quarter, but made three consecutive three-pointers leading to Kang Yi-seul and Song Yoon-ha and again Kang Yi-seul. In particular, KB was glad to see ace Kang Yi-seul's revival of his shooting sense, which was somewhat less contributed to the attack by focusing on defense and rebounding in the first and second games. In addition, Song Yoon-ha scored another three-point shot, and the middle jumper was responsible for eight points in the first quarter alone, showing boldness that was not like a rookie in the first year.
Woori Bank continued to try to make an outside shot as KB often responded with regional defense and Moe Nagata continued to take charge of the defense without a switch against Kim Dan-bi, but rarely listened to Shim Sung-young's three-point game midway through the second quarter. Kim Dan-bi followed him as he scored 10 points with a middle shot without breaking through the basket for a physical save. First of all, Woori Bank's bench called Kim Dan-bi to the bench in the middle of the second quarter and promised to use him as a matchmaker in the second half, and instead, Lee Min-ji scored four points as the main scorer, but all three bench members, including Heo Ye-eun, Lee Chae-eun, Yang Ji-soo, and Lee Yoon-mi, were unable to prevent KB's offensive, which participated in scoring. KB finished the first half with a 32-23 lead for the first time in PO.
But Woori Bank was also a defensive team. After the start of the third quarter, KB's ball handler Heo Ye-eun strongly pressed with a double team defense, causing continuous turnovers.
In the meantime, Kim Dan-bi made his first under-the-goal breakthrough shot, and Lee Myung-kwan's three-pointer followed by Natsuki, turning the tables 41-39. Except for Yang Ji-soo and Lee Chae-eun, KB's other players did not contribute to scoring at all.
KB's scoring shot, which began to remain silent in the third quarter, was rarely activated in the fourth quarter. While failing to make a field goal for more than six minutes, Woori Bank made a series of under-the-goal shots and middle jumpers following Kim Dan-bi's breakthrough, and Shim Sung-young's three-point run made a 50-45 run. KB followed Lee Chae-eun's three-point bonus one-shot success with 7.8 seconds left in the game, but failed to achieve a come-from-behind victory for two consecutive games as Nagata, the hero of the second game, missed the shot time in the last attack. Kim Dan-bi was responsible for Woori Bank's victory again with 20 points and 14 rebounds.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
