Professional basketball team Suwon KT has won three straight games to move into second place in the standings.
KT won 93-88 at home against Changwon LG in the regular season of the 2023-2024 Korean Basketball Association at the KT Arena in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday.
With its latest three-game winning streak, KT moved into a tie for second place with LG with a 9-5 record. They are four games behind first-place Wonju DB (14-2).
LG, on the other hand, which had its five-game winning streak snapped, lost both meetings with KT this season, dropping from first to second place.
KT was down by two points, 84-82, with 3:44 left in the game after a three-pointer from LG’s Yang Hong-seok, who played for KT until last season.
KT then answered with a three-pointer from Moon Sung-gon, a new signing ahead of this season, to make it 87-82.
LG came back with two free throws from Yang Hong-seok to make it 88-86 with 1:24 left in regulation, but KT answered with two points from Paris Bass and then Moon Sung-gon hit a game-winning three-pointer with 24 seconds left to make it 93-86.
KT Heo Hoon added 17 points and three assists, while Bass finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists.
For LG, Yang Hong-seok led the way with 19 points, five rebounds and five assists against Chinjung, while Asem Marei had a 20-point, 20-rebound performance.
In Goyang Gymnasium, Goyang Sono defeated Anyang Jungkwanjang 86-82.
With their second straight win, the Sono improved to 6-8 and moved within half a game of sixth-place Ulsan Hyundai Mobis (7-8).
Down by one point, SONO cut the deficit to three points, 82-79, with 1:10 left in regulation on a mid-range jumper by Han Ho-bin.
Lee Jeong-hyun then made two free throws to make it 84-79 with 25 seconds left in regulation.
Jung Kwan-jang pulled within two points with 16 seconds left in the game on a three-pointer by Park Ji-hoon, but it was not enough time to turn the game around.
Sono’s Lee Jung-hyun recorded a double-double with 26 points and 10 assists.
Omari Spellman scored three points and grabbed four rebounds in his first appearance of the season, but Chung’s three-game losing streak continued.
Daryl Monroe was also disappointed with his three points and seven rebounds as the foreign players failed to contribute to the scoring. 슬롯게이밍