Won the championship at KT as a player and coach… Song Young-jin “I will fight well with KCC”

Director Song Young-jin, who remembers the regrets from 17 years ago, says, “Heo Hoon must come back to life.”

(Changwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = Coach Song Young-jin of Suwon KT, a professional basketball team, will appear on the championship stage for the first time in 17 years.

17 years ago, he was a player, and now he is the head coach.

KT, led by Coach Song, defeated Changwon LG 75-65 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 and confirmed advancement to the championship.

They lost the first and third games and seemed to be chasing LG, but after balancing the score with 2 wins and 2 losses, they made a thrilling comeback to overturn the 16-point deficit in the first half in the fateful 5th game.

It’s been 17 years since KT advanced to the championship game in the 2006-2007 season.

At the time, KT, which was challenging for the championship under coach Chu Il-seung, fought a fierce battle with coach Yoo Jae-hak’s Ulsan Hyundai Mobis all the way to the 7th game, but failed to lift the championship trophy.

At that time, the agent in charge of KT was Director Song.

Coach Song said, “I have new feelings. Looking back, I played with a cracked rib, but unfortunately we lost until the 7th game. This time, I will try to have a great match with KCC so that there will be no such regret.”

Coincidentally, KT’s hometown at the time was Busan, where KCC is now based.

Coach Song, who is heading to Busan, now an ‘enemy territory’ according to the championship schedule, said, “Winning has been my long-cherished goal in my basketball life. I have always dreamed of becoming a champion, and I am not thinking about anything else right now.”

This championship will be held as a ‘Heo Brothers Showdown’.

The team waiting for younger brother Heo Hoon’s KT in the championship game is older brother Heo Woong’s KCC.

Coach Song emphasized that to win, we must catch Heo Woong. At the same time, he said that Heo Hoon desperately needs to work harder.

Coach Song said, “Over there (KCC), players are popping up all over the place right now. Still, we have to approach it in the way that has the most probability, and I will try to defend by narrowing the scope a little with the concept of catching Heo Woong.”

He continued, “I think the game will go well if (Heo) Hoon accumulates 4 or 5 assists and then attacks, but he seems to be focusing on scoring.” He added, “In any case, Heo Hoon is a player who carries 1 or 2 opposing defenders, so he is a good player in the game. “If we solve it well, we will go in a favorable direction,” he said.

He then pointed out, “Heo Hoon has to come back to life. Heo Hoon has to do it.”

On this day, Heo Hoon only scored 6 points. Heo Hoon’s absence was filled by Bass, who scored 40 points and 13 rebounds.

Coach Song admitted that Bass, who focuses on individual attacks rather than helping his teammates score, is a “double-edged sword.”

However, because his skills are so outstanding, Director Song says he will not intervene as long as he shows some level of performance.

Coach Song said, “There are definitely two sides to Bath,” and added, “It would be good to be selfless, but I don’t think there will be a problem as long as we guarantee a certain success rate of shots no matter how we play.”

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