Professional basketball Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation advanced to the championship match for two consecutive years until last season. When I was with coach Kim Seung-gi, there was also 3-point shooter Jeon Seong-hyun.
The reason why KGC was almost excluded from the championship candidates before this season was because of power loss. Jeon Seong-hyun, who became a free agent (FA), left, and the commanding tower, which raised the win rate in short-term matches by putting the team on the championship game for two consecutive years, also left.
Nevertheless, KGC took first place in the regular league this year. The new coach Kim Sang-sik led a team that was supposed to be weak and maintained first place throughout the season, advancing directly to the semifinals. Now, on the way to the championship match, I happened to face Goyang Carrot. Coach Kim Seung-gi, who was with him until last season, will lead and Jeon Seong-hyun will face Carrot in the playoffs in the quarterfinals.
The 2022-2023 SKT Adot Professional Basketball Quarterfinals playoff match was decided by a match between Changwon LG in 2nd place in the regular league, Seoul SK in 3rd place, and KGC in 1st place and Carrot in 5th place. It opens on the 13th with the first match between KGC and Carrot.
The biggest reason why the confrontation between 1st place KGC and 5th place Carrot is tense and attracts attention is the past, as much as the match between LG and SK, which exchanged 3 wins and 3 losses in the regular league.
Coach Seung-gi Kim led the overall championship in the 2020-2021 season and even reached the championship in the 2021-2022 season, but left the team. Around the time KGC played the championship game last season, rumors were already spreading that coach Kim Seung-gi would move to a new club. KGC fought SK until the 5th game and won the runner-up, after which coach Kim Seung-gi moved to the new club, Carrot. Jeon Seong-hyun, who became a free agent, also signed a large contract with a total salary of 750 million won for the first year on his 4-year contract and also went to Carrot.
In the first confrontation between Carrot and KGC in the first round, director Kim Seung-gi’s direct speech became a hot topic. This is because in an interview after the game, he poured out negative words about his current team, which became the opposing team, without filtering. Knowing this fact, the KGC club requested sanctions, and coach Kim Seung-gi received a warning from KBL.
And, he faced at a crossroads on the way to the championship game. 토토사이트
KGC is the strongest team this season that has not lost first place throughout the season. Of course, it is a number in terms of power. Out of the 25 semifinal playoffs of all time, the first place team has been eliminated only twice. In the 2008-2009 season, Mobis gave 4th place Samsung a ticket, and in the 2010-2011 season, KT gave 4th place DB a ticket to the championship. There has never been a time when a team that placed first in the regular league failed to advance to the championship due to being pushed by a team in fifth place. As KGC, we must go up to the championship game.
Carrot was ranked 5th in the regular season, but advanced to the semifinals by beating 4th place Hyundai Mobis. Above all, even after finishing 5th, there was no promise of making the playoffs due to the club’s financial difficulties, and without receiving a full salary, ace Seong-Hyun Jeon made an ‘upset’ in the 6th round, raising momentum. Even in the semifinals, Jeon Seong-hyun’s participation is a big variable. Lee Jung-hyun, the new ace who led Carrot to the quarterfinals, said, “I don’t think it will be easy, but like the sixth round, I don’t know what the outcome will be. I will try hard until the end,” revealing his determination to fight without hesitation. Director Kim Seung-gi, who puts out more unstoppable words in a short-term match to take the momentum, also draws attention.