LG 3-point Achilles tendon → SK fast attack + Super serve Isaiah Hicks. SK, LG 86 to 56, 30 points clear. 0% challenge. It's a reality
May 13, 2025
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SK beat LG 86-56 in Game 5 of the KCC Professional Basketball Championship (best-of-seven) held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium on the 13th.
For SK, Jamil Warney (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Ahn Young-joon (21 points) are active. Two-option foreign player Isaiah Hicks (16 points) became the perfect X-factor in Game 5.
For LG, Yoo Ki-sang (14 points) revived, but Carl Tamayo (8 points) was sluggish. SK won two consecutive games after three consecutive losses and recorded two wins and three losses in the series.
LG's victory in Games 1 to 3. However, in Game 4, SK won a big victory.
Before the game, SK manager Jeon Hee-chul said, `In the fourth game, LG suffered a crushing defeat, but there could certainly be a hit early today. The beginning is very important." LG manager Cho Sang-hyun also came from behind at the beginning of Game 3, but won the game from behind. This part became poisonous in Game 4. So he clearly emphasized the importance of the beginning."
Before the game, there was a jinx war of nerves. LG manager Cho Sang-hyun wore the same suit and pink tie from the first game. Socks wore the same thing. However, after losing Game 4, all the costumes were changed.
SK manager Jeon Hee-chul wore the suit and tie he wore in Game 4. Director Jeon said, `Coach Cho Sang-hyun started jinxing, but he took over," he joked.
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LG Yang Joon-seok stirred up the SK defense with his signature snake dribble, and made a fresh start to the game with a mid-jumper.
However, Kim Tae-hoon hit a three-run homer for SK. Then, Tamaoyo dug under the basket for LG. For LG, Maray blocked Ahn Young-joon's under-the-goal breakthrough with a block shot. Maray scored two foul free throws against Warney in the early offens.
However, Warney also countered with five consecutive points. However, LG's two consecutive three-point shots, which have not been shot, have been made. Maray's fastball came out. 14-8, LG's lead.
SK had a sense of outside shooting from Game 4. Double team to Warnie. a swing pass. Choi Won-hyuk hit a three-run shot in the corner. LG's Yoo Ki-sang hit his third three-run shot, but Ahn Young-joon's free throw and Kim Hyung-bin scored under the basket due to a mismatch. In the end, it was tied at 19-19.
Ahn Young-joon's deep 3 that revived in Game 4 and five consecutive points including a fastball layup shot. In the end, SK ended the first quarter with a lead of 24-23, one point difference.
Yoo Ki-sang's shooting sense, which had been sluggish until Game 4, has completely returned. First run of the second quarter with an accurate mid jumper. However, SK also responded with Ahn Young-joon's three-point shot.
For LG, Yang Jun-seok rests on the bench. Yoo Ki-sang stepped out as a ball handler, but the attack efficiency decreased. SK's fastball like a flash and Warney's score came out.
When LG Tamayo's 3rd point failed, Warnie caught the defensive rebound and then quickly hit the cost to cost. I got a free throw. On the other hand, LG missed even Heo Il-young's three points. SK broke through Warney's top again.
It was a signature play in which Choi Boo-kyung made a mismatch between Warney and Tamayo on the screen, and Warney made a breakthrough option at the top. Two free throws. The gap widened little by little. 32-25, 7-point SK lead. LG's Operation Time.
However, LG's attack failed after the operation time. Warnie again completed a free throw with a cost-to-cost fastball. With 5:23 left in the first half, LG has already been caught in a team foul. Two free throws.
It was SK's perfect pace. However, LG is Yang Joon-seok's superb pass by active pass. Maray's under-the-goal score cut the SK pursuit flow.
However, Kim Sun-hyung's 3-point shot is an air ball. However, Choi Won-hyuk quickly grabbed the rebound and made a superb pass. Warnie's shot under the basket, "And One." Choi Won-hyuk played a perfect game in defense and bad things throughout the championship. In addition, it is becoming a lubricant for the team with good pass ability. Warnie's three-point play. He maintained a 10-point lead. And SK will be replaced by Hicks.
LG put the ball into Maray. SK's double team, Marei connects to Tamayo at good timing. An open three-point chance was created, but Tamayo's outpost missed. What is different from LG's offense until Games 1 to 3. There was a lack of outside decisiveness.
At this time, Kim Sun-hyung's handling. After Oh Sae-geun came to the top, the opening chance and three points were scored. It was as instructed by SK's bench. An Young-jun's still. Hicks' fastball also burst. It was 42-27, up to 15 points.
Another strength of SK is Hicks. Warney is the absolute ace, but Hicks regained his form by perfectly raising his physical condition at the end of the regular season. It is more competitive than LG 2 option Daryl Monroe, and even if it faces Maray, it will never be disadvantageous. In the first to third games, SK was chased by the situation and failed to secure much time for Hibs to play. The increase in Hicks' operating time also means that SK's system operates normally.
LG's operation time, LG cut the flow with Heo Il-young's three-point shot. However, SK's Hicks broke through under the basket against Marayi.
However, LG's momentum was not dampened. Yang Joon-seok compiled Deep 3, which received the screen. They trailed by 11 points. In the end, SK ended the first half with a lead of 49-38, 11 points.
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Ahn Young-joon sharply broke through to the left with Jeong In-deok at the corner. He even got "And One." Three-point play is successful.
LG's field commander Yang Joon-seok was caught in foul trouble with four fouls. Change to Han Sang-hyuk. Immediately after Kim Sun-hyung grabbed the rebound, SK's lead was 56-40, 16 points apart.
The flow was perfectly on SK's side.
LG's Operation Time. LG put Maray in. SK's double team. Heo Il-young had a chance. However, the three points missed again. Whenever LG's offense failed, Kim Sun-hyung ran. Pass to Ahn Young-joon. The fastball burst again.
And Hicks midjumper. And a putback score by offensive rebound, a 2-2 alley-oop layup shot, and even a fastball. Hicks' powerful dominance. Game 5 X Factor was Hicks. 70-43, SK's lead by 27 points. LG's defense completely collapsed.
There is 1 minute and 25 seconds left in the third quarter, but the victory or defeat has already been decided.
LG efficiently controlled SK's fastball in Games 1 to 3. In the set offens, he targeted SK's defense with various options, 2-2, centered on Yang Joon-seok and Marayi.
In other words, the tempo of the game itself was accurately taken. The foundation was LG's efficient attack. It did not provide SK with a quick attack by accurately succeeding the attack or increasing the proportion of offensive rebounds.
However, on this day, LG did not listen to the outside at all. The success rate of three-point shots in the first half was only five in 19 cities and provinces. It was only 26 percent. The same was true of the third quarter. Outside shots have a lot of long rebounds. In other words, the possibility of offensive rebounds between Maray and Tamayo is not high. It allowed SK to use its fastball as an excuse.
SK, whose fast attack took place, raised the tempo perfectly. It completely destroyed LG's defense with a fastball or early offense. Kim Sun-hyung, Warney, and Ahn Young-joon were at the center, and Hicks played the role when the big three rested on the bench.
In other words, the reason LG allowed 73 runs until the third quarter was not because the simple defense system collapsed, but because it failed to control SK's tempo, which led to a decrease in offensive efficiency.
SK, which had lost three consecutive games, won the fourth and fifth games completely. In the process, the probability of a three-point shot, which was an Achilles' heel, increased. The unique up-tempo basket came to life perfectly. There was also a rebound between Warney and Ahn Young-joon. As the offense revived, SK's defense became tighter. In Games 4 and 5, LG lost too much, and SK achieved the maximum effect.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
