December 9 wins 1 loss 8th place in one month → 5th place
SK, defeats Samsung and wins 6 times in a row tied for second place
All of the top professional basketball teams continued their winning streak in Christmas games.
KCC, ranked 5th in this season's regular league, won 96-90 in a visiting game against 9th ranked Korea Gas Corporation on the 25th and went on a 7-game winning streak. Ahead of the opening of this season, KCC was ranked as the top championship candidate among all 10 teams, but entered December in 8th place with only 4 wins and 8 losses in the 12 games after the opening.
KCC is riding high, recording 9 wins and 1 loss in 10 games in December. In terms of performance in December, it ranks first in the league. KCC won the game with even performance, with 7 players scoring in double digits. KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin said after the game, “It was 7 games in a difficult schedule. “I didn’t expect the players to do this well,” he said. “Seeing them survive game by game even in difficult situations, it seems like they are getting better little by little.”
SK also recorded six consecutive wins and rose to a tie for second place with LG. SK defeated Seoul 89-74 that day. Foreign player Jamil Warney led the team to victory with a double-double performance of 28 points and 13 rebounds. SK won the Christmas match against Samsung, which shares the same hometown in Jamsil, Seoul, for three years in a row. Last-place Samsung suffered its 20th loss (4 wins) of the season.
DB, the league leader this season, also defeated 6th place team Hyundai Mobis 102-92 and won 3 times in a row after 2 consecutive losses. For DB, foreign players Didrick Lawson (36 points) and Ethan Albano (25 points) combined for 61 points to lead the team to victory. DB maintained a 4-game gap with the tied 2nd place group. 토토사이트