Nicholson Scores 3 Points 2 Seconds Before the End... Korea Gas Corporation's First Win in Professional Basketball
After a close game with SK, they won 96-94
Nicholson exploded with 37 points, including 5 3-pointers, and LG won by 21 points over Samsung.
Cunningham, Gutang, and Lee Jae-do are also active.
The returning Andrew Nicholson scored a thrilling three-point comeback two seconds before the end of the game, and Daegu Korea Gas Corporation defeated Seoul SK and won its first win of the new season. 스포츠토토
Korea Gas Corporation defeated Seoul SK 96-94 after a close game in the 2023-2024 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball regular league home game held at Daegu Gymnasium on the 29th.
Korea Gas Corporation, which lost two games after the opening game, defeated SK thanks to Nicholson's heroic performance and laid the foundation for a rebound.
On the other hand, SK, which had been on a three-game winning streak, suffered its first consecutive loss of the season after losing 67-78 to Ulsan Hyundai Mobis on the 27th.
Nicholson, who officially joined on the 27th after the opening, played an active part as a member of Korea Gas Corporation in the 2021-2022 season.
Nicholson, who announced his return with 31 points and 10 rebounds in the 83-92 loss against Changwon LG on the 28th, scored 37 points that day and led the team to a dramatic victory.
Nicholson, who grabbed a rebound 19 seconds before the end of the game when he was down 93-94, turned the game around by scoring a thrilling 3-pointer in front of Leon Williams 2 seconds before the end.
Nicholson, who made five 3-point shots, including this game-winning score, showed off his high-sensitivity shooting ability by hitting 7 out of 11 2-point shots.
He also made all 8 free throws.
Forward Shin Seung-min also added scoring, scoring 21 points with a field goal success rate of 82%.
Daeheon Lee (12 points) also did his part under the goal.
In SK, where main gun Jamil Warney was out due to an injury, Kim Seon-hyung, last season's most valuable player (MVP) in the regular season, was strong with 27 points and 8 assists, but bowed out due to Nicholson's performance.
Heo Il-young and Oh Jae-hyeon also did their best, scoring 21 and 20 points, respectively.
Oh Se-geun, the best big man in professional basketball who transferred from Anyang Jeonggwanjang to rival team SK at the end of last season, played 21 minutes, but performed poorly with 6 points and 6 rebounds.
LG defeated Seoul Samsung 90-69 in the away game.
LG, which dropped three games after the start of the new season, immediately rebounded as a team that took second place in the regular league last season.
It was their first consecutive win after defeating Korea Gas Corporation 92-83 the previous day.
Samsung, which defeated Goyang Sono 98-78 on the 27th, was unable to continue its upward trend and suffered its second loss (one win) of the season.
This game attracted the attention of fans as it was a match between Samsung's center Kofi Coburn, who has the largest physique in professional basketball at 210cm tall, and LG's goalkeeper Assem Marey.
However, LG coach Cho Sang-hyun mainly used Dante Cunningham, who is closer to the forward position, instead of Marey, to exploit Coburn's weakness of slow feet.
Coburn scored 15 points and 11 rebounds, but was poor at screens and had little synergy with the guards.
In addition, they had difficulty defending the opponent's 2-on-2 attack and allowed 20 points to Cunningham, whose strengths are mid-range shots and penetration.
LG's Filipino player Justin Gutang, who joined the Asian quota system, also scored 19 points by penetrating under the goal with his unique resilience.
Jaedo Lee also added 18 points from the outside.
At Samsung, Jo Jun-hee, a rookie who studied abroad in the U.S. and was surprisingly selected as the 4th overall player, scored 10 points, including 2 3-pointers, but it was painful to see other domestic players perform poorly.
