Hyundai Mobis coach Yang Dong-geun defeated Samsung coach Kim Hyo-beom in a best friend confrontation
Oct 23, 2025
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"Business is business" vs. seniors, so you can afford it."
The men's professional basketball match between Seoul Samsung and Ulsan Hyundai Mobis, which will face off for the first time in the 2025-2026 season at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on the 23rd, attracted interest in that it was a so-called 'Movis Match' before winning or losing.
Samsung coach Kim Hyo-beom, who started as an agent in December 2023, and Hyundai Mobis coach Yang Dong-geun, who took the helm for the first time ahead of this season, are seniors and juniors who led Mobis to two championships, and although the teams are different, they can still talk about each other's strategies and tactics without adding or subtracting. Coach Yang is two years older, but at least in his experience as a coach, Kim is a senior, so he is a general. In a situation where coaches born in the 1970s are the mainstream, the two coaches are also young coaches born in the 1980s. Even when Hyundai Mobis beat Goyang Sono on the 5th and Yang won his first victory since his debut, they shared congratulatory messages with each other.
Ahead of the game, head coach Kim laughed, saying, `I was looking forward to meeting you as the commander, but it's an honor to finally meet you.' Director Yang laughed, saying, `I don't feel anything special,' but added, `Since you're a senior director, you seem to be relaxed"I shuddered.
In addition, Lee Dae-sung, recruited by Samsung last season, had a relationship where he played as a backup for the two coaches at Mobis and later replaced the generation by securing the main position, so this day was meaningful outside the game.
However, Samsung was losing all six games to Hyundai Mobis last season without winning a single game, and it was even more desperate to win this season to shed the stigma of being at the bottom for four consecutive seasons. It is also the reason why head coach Kim strongly said 'Business'.
The score did not lean to either side as much as between the two coaches, and it flowed 'closely' until the end of the fourth quarter. As Samsung succeeded in three-point games centered on Lee Keun-hwi and Lee Kwan-hee, who were recruited this season, Hyundai Mobis also responded with Seo Myung-jin and Jung Joon-won, and Samsung Nicholson and Hyundai Mobis Hammons played equally under the basket.
In the end, the game was decided by the concentration of the last-minute shot. Hyundai Mobis, which was trailing 69-72 with about four minutes left before the end, immediately overturned the score with three consecutive points by Seo Myung-jin and Romero following Park Moo-bin's shot under the basket, which was not overturned in the end. Samsung's three-point score, which had gone in so well earlier, continued to miss, and the victory went to the novice coach. Hyundai Mobis, which won 80 to 76, entered the 50% winning rate with 4 wins and 4 losses. After the game, the two coaches hugged each other and finished their first game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
