Professional basketball team’s Jeong Kwan-Jang broke its 10-game losing streak thanks to the performance of Lens Abando, who returned from injury.
CheongKwanJang won 92-87 in a home game against Goyang Sono in the 2023-2024 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball Regular League held at Anyang Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do on the 3rd.
After defeating Ulsan Hyundai Mobis 114-90 on January 21, Cheong Kwan-Jang, who had lost 10 consecutive KBL games, won for the first time in about 5 weeks.
Cheong Kwan-Jang, who recorded 14 wins and 31 losses, is still ranked 9th, but narrowed the gap with 8th place Sono (15 wins, 30 losses) to one game. 카지노사이트
He also shook off the pain of losing all four games to Sono this season.
Abando’s return on this day was a great help to Jeonggwanjang.
Abando was diagnosed with a fractured lumbar bone, sprained wrist ligament, and concussion while jumping and coming down during a match with Sono on December 28 last year, and had to focus on treatment and rehabilitation for over two months.
In particular, during this process, it was pointed out that Sono’s foreign player Chinanu Onuaku pushed Abando too hard, and there was even talk that Abando would take legal action against Onuaku.
Coincidentally, Abando, who made his comeback against Sono on this day, added one point with a free throw following a steal with 1 minute and 37 seconds left in the game, which was trailing at 86-82.
During this quick attack, Lens Abando fell to the court due to a foul by Sono Lee Jeong-hyeon and appeared to be somewhat shocked, but fortunately this time, Abando continued to play.
In addition, Abando played a decisive role by drawing a foul from Onuaku during a 3-point shot, one minute before the end of the game when Lee Jung-hyun hit a 3-point shot and was trailing by 2 points.
Abando made all three free throws, bringing the score back to 90-85, and Cheong Kwan-Jang’s victory became likely.
Sono later caught up with a 3-point lead thanks to Onuaku’s dunk and had another opportunity to attack, but Lee Jeong-hyun’s 3-point shots were missed in succession and they were unable to tie the score.
For Cheong Kwan-Jang, Robert Carter scored 19 points and 7 rebounds, and Abando scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 assists.
For Sono, Dajuan Summers was diagnosed with a hamstring injury for four weeks, making it difficult for him to play in the remaining games. Onuaku, who played 39 minutes and 51 seconds alone, scored 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Jeong-hyun Lee and Ji-hoo Kim scored 18 points each.
On this day, the Anyang crowd did not hide their dissatisfaction with Abando’s injury by booing Onuaku every time he caught the ball.
In the 2nd and 3rd place match between Suwon KT and Changwon LG held in Suwon, LG won 75-60.
LG Yang Hong-seok scored 20 points against KT, where he played until last season, scoring the most points in the team.
LG, which won 3 consecutive wins and accumulated 28 wins and 17 losses, narrowed the gap with 2nd place KT (29 wins, 15 losses) to 1.5 games.