Busan KCC, which has made a turnaround in the playoffs, defeated Wonju DB, the No. 1 team in the regular season.

KCC defeated DB 95-83 in the first round of the 2023-2024 Jeonggwanjang Professional Basketball League quarterfinals playoffs at the Wonju General Gymnasium on Friday.

KCC, which was considered a strong favorite to win the championship this season with a spectacular lineup but only finished fifth in the regular season, defeated No. 4 Seoul SK in the best-of-six playoffs in three games. The team was not at full strength due to rotating injuries throughout the season, but they returned to their normal lineup and played a full game in the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, they faced DB, who had won the regular season ‘wire-to-wire’. KCC lost to DB 1-5 in the regular season. However, in their first meeting in the quarterfinals playoffs, they rebounded with a 12-point victory.

Never before has the fifth-place team in the regular season reached the championship game, but KCC made history by taking the first game. In the 52 best-of-five playoffs, the winner of the first game has reached the championship 41 times, a 78.8 percent chance.

Lagana and Song Kyo-chang exploded. Ragan added 34 points and 19 rebounds, while Song added 22 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two steals, and one block, including three three-pointers. KCC also got 15 points from Choi Jun-yong with three three-pointers and 13 points from Heo Woong as the super team members dominated the game.

For DB, Lee Sun Albano, who shared the regular season domestic and international MVP honors, had 12 points, six assists, and four steals, and Dedrick Lawson had 27 points, but Kim Jong-kyu, who forms the “DB Mountain Castle” with Lawson, had just two points and Kang Sang-jae had eight points.

KCC hit six three-pointers in the first quarter alone to take an early lead and never let go.

After falling behind 7-8, they tied the game again at 10-8 on a 토토사이트 three-pointer by Heo Woong, but took the lead on two straight three-pointers by Choi Jun-yong. At 18-15, Lagunia made it a little more comfortable with a three-pointer, and at 21-16, Lagunia’s basket and a free throw by Song Kyo-chang made it 24-16 before Calvin Jeffrey Epistola’s three-pointer with two seconds left in the period made it 27-16 to end the first quarter.

Taking a 50-39 halftime lead, KCC continued to push in the third quarter, led by Lagana, who continued to be a force under the basket. Song Kyo-chang hit a three-pointer just before the end of the third quarter to extend the lead to 21 points and win the game.

The two teams will meet again on the 17th for Game 2 at the Wonju General Gymnasium.

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