KT-Hyundai Mobis Round of 6 PO is 'Blood Combat Series'

Hyundai Mobis Kim Kook-chan and KT Heo Hoon.

The keyword of the 2023-24 Pro Basketball semifinal playoff between Suwon KT and Ulsan Hyundai Mobis is the "blood fight series." Hyundai Mobis, which took the last PO in the regular league as sixth place, has been struggling against KT, which is third place, breaking expectations, and every game is going well.

Hyundai Mobis beat KT 79-77 in the second round of the PO held in Suwon on the 7th, balancing the series with one win and one loss. KT won the first game 93-90 on the 5th. The first game was three points apart and the second game was two points apart. Both games produced winning shots around 20 seconds after the end.

The second game lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes, which is the record for the longest game in professional basketball history in regular time without extra time. The time was delayed due to several U fouls (fouls that violate the spirit of sports) video readings during the game, and Hyundai Mobis' gauge Prim was once recognized for U fouls. In the middle of the game, players from both teams had a war of nerves that went to the verge of a collision.

As a result, as this blood fight continues, the atmosphere of the series is somewhat favorable to Hyundai Mobis.     스포츠토토

When comparing objective power and one-on-one matchups, KT has a clear advantage in this series. Heo Hoon, Moon Sung-gon, and Ha Yoon-ki of KT are national team players, while Paris Bath was the top scorer in the regular league. For Hyundai Mobis, Park Moo-bin and Miguel Andre Okzon are both rookies, and it is difficult to say that Kim Kook-chan and Lee Woo-seok are still the best stars in terms of name value. Gage Prim was seventh in the regular league.

How Choi Jin-soo and Bath are engaged in a war of nerves.

However, Hyundai Mobis is making KT tired by banking on its sticky defense. "We will tire Heo Hoon and Bath, KT's main scorers," Hyundai Mobis coach Cho Dong-hyun said. KT's one-two punch Bath and Heo Hoon's inability to display clutch capabilities is a key reason why KT is unable to overwhelm Hyundai Mobis.

Hyundai Mobis added Lee Woo-seok to Heo Hoon in close defense, and Kebe Aluma, who is good at defense, to Bath. On top of that, veteran Choi Jin-soo will join Bath's defense.

Both Bath and Hur Hoon have scored more points in PO than in the regular league. However, the problem is that due to the opponent team's persistent defense, the team's physical stamina rapidly declines in the match-winner in the latter half of the game, and has failed to display meaningful scoring due to lack of offense in the pattern that they like.

Hyundai Mobis is also exploiting Bath's tendency to be good at war of nerves but also to be good at getting excited at the same time. "I prepared to fight against Bath because she does a lot of tracy talk, and Choi Jin-soo of our team also helped me because he is good at English," Aluma said after the second game.

Hyundai Mobis has neither an excellent professional defense nor a top scorers who can score more than 20 points. However, the team is still holding on to the bench by fully mobilizing bench members. Hyundai Mobis overwhelmed KT with a score of 32-19 in the first game and 29-5 in the second game.

Hyundai Mobis coach Cho Dong-hyun showed confidence, saying, "I think the longer the series, the more favorable we will be."

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