Sono avoided last place, and won the championship SK by an unexpected 25 points…Regardless of the final round, you're going to be the last one
Apr 06, 2025
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Sono won 96-71 in an away game against Seoul SK in the '2024-2025 KCC Professional Basketball' held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 6th.
With this, Sono confirmed his escape from the bottom with two consecutive wins, and he also played in six consecutive away games and five consecutive away games against SK this season. On the other hand, SK lost three consecutive games for the first time since December 15 last year. Three consecutive losses are SK's record for the most consecutive losses.
For Sono, it was a game where the fate of 'the last place' was at stake. Sono, who was one game ahead of the lowest-ranked Seoul Samsung, will be 18 wins and 35 losses if he wins on the day, avoiding the bottom regardless of the result of the final match (8th). Even if Samsung and Samsung are tied in overall (3 wins and 3 losses), they are 5.5 points ahead of Samsung (70 points) with an average of 75.5 points in six games.
On the other hand, SK, which confirmed its regular league championship early, had nothing to motivate because it was operating its rotation in preparation for the playoffs. If you have to find it, the championship team's pride was slightly hurt because they had won two consecutive games recently, and they wanted to finish with all six matches against Sono this season.
Sono, who was desperate like this, showed strong motivation from the beginning of the game. In recent years, a multi-point race has been held since the first quarter. Sono scored 34 points, including three 3-pointers, Lee Jung-hyun, who swept 13 points, and Kevin Kembao and Alan Williams combined for 15 points. SK also responded strongly to Sono's early counterattack with 27 points thanks to Ahn Young-joon (8 points), Kim Sun-hyung Oh Se-geun, and Jamil Warney, who led the way with two three-point shots.
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SK's unexpected inferiority from the start of the second quarter continued to the end of the first half. Instead of scoring only 16 points in the second quarter alone, he gave up 29 more points and finished the first half with a whopping 20-point gap (43-63). Sono ace Lee Jung-hyun added two three-point shots, scoring 25 points in the first half, and Lee Keun-joon and Kembao also joined the outer shelling. At the end of the first half, Sono's 3-point shooting success rate reached 53% (19 cities and 10 cities). It was a natural result because it erased SK's unique strength, 'Speed Basketball', such as greatly overwhelming interceptions (9 Sonos, 3 SKs) and scores (15 points for Sonos, 4 points for SK).
SK, which completely dominated the lead, widened the gap to 24 points by 46-70 in about two minutes in the third quarter. It was the first time that SK has struggled so hard against the lower team this season. SK, which was also behind in the rebound fight, lost face at home, finishing the third quarter without narrowing the gap by more than 20 points.
Is it because he was caught off guard too badly. SK also failed to take advantage of its unique strength of being strong in the fourth quarter. The so-called 'mad' Lee Jung-hyun's internal and external performance was not prevented, and the battle seemed to have fallen as he continued to turnovers due to the opponent's pressure defense.
Sono faced a big victory by putting in a large number of Sixmen, including bringing Lee Jung-hyun, who was active with 34 points-5 assists-4 interceptions, to the bench two minutes and 21 seconds before the 94-69 lead.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
