The championship match, which will determine the strongest professional basketball player this season, begins tomorrow (27th).
Both teams, KCC and KT, broke expectations and advanced to the championship game, so a fierce match is expected as team morale is high.
This is reporter Yang Si-chang.
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KCC, which ranked 5th in the regular league, regained its status as a ‘super team’ as it entered the playoffs.
They defeated SK and DB, who were classified as championship contenders, in succession, and made history by becoming the first 5th place team to advance to the championship match.
The national team lineup, which includes La Gun-ah, Heo Woong, Choi Jun-yong, Song Kyo-chang, and Lee Seung-hyun, is creating an amazing synergy effect.
[전창진 / KCC 감독 : (투자를) 과감하게 진행해서 좋은 팀을 만들었고요. 팬들을 위해서 KCC는 꼭 우승해야 하고, 우승할 것으로 믿고 있습니다.]
KT had a fierce battle with LG all the way to the 5th game, but the team atmosphere was not inferior to KCC in that it achieved a dramatic victory.
Bath, the top scorer in the regular season, poured in an average of 26.2 points in the semifinal playoffs, instilling the fear that ‘even if you know it, you can’t stop it’.
Even the outside guns of Moon Seong-gon and Moon Jeong-hyun, who showed their power in the playoffs, are subject to caution.
[송영진 / kt 감독 : 선수 시절 함께 했던 전창진 감독님과 챔프전에서 붙어서 감회가 새롭고 되게 영광스러운데 챔피언을 할 수 있도록 최선 다하겠습니다.]
The two teams faced each other six times this season and were tight with 3 wins and 3 losses, but KT won 3 games in a row in the first half and KCC won 3 games in a row in the second half.
Scores and rebound assists were similar, but KCC outscored their opponents in free throws and KT outscored their opponents in steals.
The pride battle between older brother Heo Woong and younger brother Heo Hoon, the ‘key players’ of both teams, is also of greatest interest in this series.
[허 웅 / KCC 가드 : 형제 대결이라고 많은 관심을 가져 주시는데 저 또한 긴장의 끈을 놓지 않고 최선을 다할 거고요.]
[허 훈 / kt 가드 : KCC에는 단 한 번도 지기 싫어서, 빨리 끝내고 우승 트로피를 들 수 있도록 최선 다하겠습니다.]
Is it a dramatic win for the ‘super team’ KCC or KT’s first win since its founding? The championship match between the two teams, which will be played in a best-of-seven series, is about to begin.
This is Heo Jae-won of YTN.
Video editing: Lee Eun-kyung
Design: Wonhee Lee
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