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(Changwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = This season’s professional basketball ‘leading scorer’ Paris Bass (KT) got nervous with his last opponent, Choi Jun-yong of Busan KCC, even before the championship game began.
KT, where Bass played a big role, defeated Changwon LG 75-65 in the away game in the final 5th game of the 2023-2024 Jeong Kwan-Jang Professional Basketball Semifinal Playoff (PO, 3 wins out of 5) held at Changwon Gymnasium on the 24th.
KT, which won its 3rd win (2 losses) in the series, heads to the championship game where KCC awaits. Bass, who was the top scorer in the regular season with an average of 25.4 points, destroyed LG by scoring 40 points and 13 rebounds on this day.
LG, which led by 16 points in the first half, lost its composure by giving up 16 points to Bath in the third quarter, and completely collapsed in the fourth quarter.
Bath not only scored, but also stimulated opposing foreign player Assem Marey throughout the game with its unique ‘trash talking’.
An angry Marey received a double technical foul with Bass at the end of the first half, increasing the number of fouls to three and limiting him.
Marey, who exploded in the ongoing battle of nerves, exchanged words with Bass even after the game was over.
Trash talking refers to unpleasant words or actions made to annoy an opponent.
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“I’m used to it because of the environment I grew up in,” said Bass, a self-proclaimed “master of trash talking.” He added, “When I was young, the guys I played basketball with talked strongly to each other,” adding, “It’s part of the competition.”
At the same time, he expressed confidence, saying, “I have the confidence to accept everything anyone says to me during the game. I think they are all players of a lower level than me.”
Bass laughed and said, “The opponent will get used to my trash talking and will try to respond. But by then (the game is over) it is too late,” and added, “If I trash talk, it actually burns me out.”
A player who often shows moves that stimulate the opponent like a bass is KCC’s signature forward Choi Jun-yong.
Since their positions are the same, it is very likely that the two players will continue to clash in the championship match.
Bass said, “During the regular season, Jun-Yong Choi was always trash talking. Every time he did that, I scored 40 points,” and “So Jun-Yong Choi won’t be able to say anything to me in the championship game. Alize DeShawn Johnson told Jun-Yong Choi not to trash talk.” “They say they stopped it,” he said.
Bath’s style of playing on nerves attracts boos from the opposing team’s fans.
Both Ulsan Hyundai Mobis, the PO opponent in the semifinals, and LG were filled with boos toward Bass in the stadium.
“I love it, that’s basketball,” Bass said. “We won in the end. The boos make me more fired up.”
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