‘Jeon Seong-hyun 24 points’ 5th place Carrot, 7th place KT overpowered… PO stability
At an important moment, Jeon Seong-hyun’s three points exploded.
Goyang Carrot beat Suwon KT 76-72 in the 2022-2023 SKT Adot Professional Basketball regular season away game held at Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena at 7:00 pm on the 13th.
Carrot played only two minutes due to Didric Lawson’s injury early in the first quarter. Jonathan Alledge played a lot of time, posting a double-double with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Jeon Seong-hyun played an active part with 24 points and 3 rebounds with high-purity attacks such as 3 points and free throws in a clutch situation. Lee Jung-hyun did his part with 14 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals.
With this victory, 5th place Carrot widened the gap with 7th place KT to 6 games. In fact, it is a playoff stability zone. You can go to the playoffs if you pay the regular subscription fee to the KBL (Korea Professional Basketball League).
In KT, Jarrod Jones scored the most points among players on both teams with 32 points and 10 rebounds. Yang Hong-seok recorded 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.
Both teams were in a hurry to win one right away. A close match was held to secure a playoff ticket given up to 6th place.
KT intensively attacked the lower Carrot goal. Carrot was put under pressure with a tall starting lineup consisting of four forwards and one center (Dave Ildefonso, Yang Hong-seok, Han Hee-won, Ha Yoon-ki, and Jones) without a guard.
There was an effect. Carrot players’ stamina was ate by scoring with high efficiency in the paint zone.
However, a lot of mistakes were made in Carrot’s trap defense. When Carrot caught the ball under the goal, he had fun with a surprise double team and a pressure defense that instantly surrounded the KT handler. In the first half, Carrot took a narrow lead, 37-34.
In the second half, the game was fierce. A battle of exchanges took place in the 2-point gap. Neither team got away much. 안전놀이터
When Jeon Seong-hyun scored 3 points from the top, Jones countered with a deep 3 and exchanged turns.
It was Carrot who finally laughed at the match. Jeon Seong-hyun got a foul from Han Hee-won in the process of making a 3-point shot. All three free throws were made, and Han Hee-won was ejected for five fouls.
With 8.7 seconds left in the game, Lee Jung-hyun got a foul in the process of breaking through and made two free throws. For KT, it was painful that Choi Seong-won missed an easy tie-up layup opportunity at the end of the game.