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Professional Basketball Samsung Wins First KBL Cup by Defeating Sono in ‘First Game Since Founding’
Samsung Lee Jeong-hyeon scored 30 points, including 2 overtime 3-pointers... Sono wins by decision over Lee Jeong-hyeon
Professional basketball team Seoul Samsung lost to Goyang Sono in its first game since its founding and saved the spark to advance to the semifinals of the KBL Cup. 안전놀이터
Samsung won 100-90 after a close overtime match against Sono in the 2023 MG Saemaeul Geumgo KBL Cup Group C match held at Wolmyeong Gymnasium in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do on the 10th.
Samsung, which lost the first game against SK in Seoul, recorded 1 win and 1 loss with this win.
Currently, SK has 1 win and Sono has 1 loss, and whether Samsung advances to the semifinals depends on the results of the SK and Sono match held on the 12th.
If the three teams are tied with 1 win and 1 loss, the team with the highest goal difference will advance to the semifinals.
Sono, a club founded last month as the predecessor of Goyang Day One, which disappeared after a hiatus, unfortunately lost in its first official match.
In the first quarter, Sono took a 27-16 lead led by Jarrod Jones, who scored 10 points, and Jeong-Hyeon Lee, who scored 7 points with a 100% field goal percentage.
Samsung started chasing in the second quarter with Lee Jeong-hyeon and Choi Seung-wook's outside guns, and ended the first half trailing with a 46-49 lead.
The second half was a close game, and Ho-bin Han scored 5 points in a row from the start of the 4th quarter, and Sono took a 79-75 lead.
However, Samsung, with Lee Jeong-hyun's expertise shining in the game, ultimately won.
Samsung Lee Jeong-hyeon scored a three-pointer with 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie the score at 86-86 and send the game to overtime.
Samsung Lee Jeong-hyun scored 30 points and provided 9 assists, the most among both teams.
Sono Lee Jeong-hyun also played well with 29 points and 6 assists, but faltered at the end of the fourth quarter and overtime, which were the deciding points.