On the 5th, the victory or defeat between Daegu Korea Gas Corporation and Suwon kt was decided at the last minute.
Korea Gas Corporation, which started the fourth quarter trailing 57-68, turned it over 75-74 with Andrew Nicholson’s score just over three minutes before the end of the game and secured an 82-74 victory with back-to-back three points by Jung Sung-woo and Sam Joseph Vellangel.
Nicholson (11 points) and Vellangel (8 points) combined for 19 points in the fourth quarter alone.
On the other hand, KT’s ace Hur Hoon had 17 points and four assists until the third quarter, but missed all five shots in the fourth quarter. Ration Hammonds, a foreign player who was selected as KT’s main catcher along with Hur Hoon, also had only three points.
KT coach Song Young-jin took out a defense to block the change. KT, which has a thick forward team, has many players who can defend multiple positions.
However, Vellangel and Nicholson began to break the kt defense without difficulty with a one-on-one attack.
Nicholson scored by confidently attempting a one-on-one attack against Choi Chang-jin and Ha Yoon-ki, and Bellangel against Heo Hoon and Lee Hyun-seok.
When Vellangel caught the ball on one side of the court two minutes before the end with a 78-74 lead, all his teammates went over to the opposite court and watched Lee Hyun-suk one-on-one.
Bellangel threw three stepbacks in front of Lee Hyun-suk, who is 15 centimeters taller than himself, to seal Korea Gas Corporation’s sixth consecutive win.
Nicholson, Bellangel and Kim Nak-hyun, who head coach Kang Hyuk has taken as the centerpiece, are good at one-on-one attacks based on their outstanding shooting skills. When attacking, they target the opponent with various skills inside and outside without long ball possession time or movement.
Nicholson (21.3 points, 48.9%), Vellangel (15.3 points, 38.9%), and Kim Nak-hyun (9.4 points, 38.5%) are currently working together on an average of 46 points, and the three-point success rate is also observed.
In general, 먹튀검증 each team sets a variety of complex tactics and movements so that the player who has been selected as the main ball handler can shake off the opponent’s defense and catch the ball. This takes some time and requires the physical strength of the players.
As Moon Jung-hyun fell out due to injury, Heo Hoon, who carried more of the offensive burden, also struggled to catch the ball after overcoming the defense of Jung Sung-woo and Shin Seung-min.
Amid the heavy burden of carrying the ball, deploying attacks, and shooting to Huh Hoon, Korea Gas Corporation searched for the “engineer” who was in the most comfortable position as soon as he moved to the opponent’s court.
Commentator Lee Kyu-sup said, “If there are many technicians, they can cause errors and attack right away. Their synergy is that they only need to prepare two or three tactics and position the other players on their own.”
“When one player attacks, the opponent has to pay attention to the other two players. There is a lot of space open up,” he said. “The problem with this tactic is that the player who does not participate in the attack loses concentration and interest, and it is up to the coach to adjust it.”