Professional basketball SK defeats Cheong Kwan-Jang and advances to EASL

Warney scored 36 points, Oh Jae-hyeon scored a perfect 20 points, including 3 and 4 shots.

SK Oh Jae-hyun

Professional basketball team Seoul SK defeated Anyang Cheong Kwan-Jang and advanced to the finals of the East Asian Super League (EASL) for the second year in a row.

SK defeated Jeong Kwan-Jang 94-79 in the 2023-2024 EASL semifinals held at the Lapu-Lapu Hoops Dome in Cebu, Philippines on the 8th (Korean time).

SK, which had bowed to Cheong Kwan-Jang in the finals of the EASL invitational tournament in March last year and took second place, successfully avenged itself and advanced to the finals for the second year in a row.

SK will face the Chiba Jets (Japan), who defeated New Taipei Kings (Taiwan) 92-84, for the championship trophy at 8 p.m. on the 10th.

Prior to the final, Cheong Kwan Jang and New Taipei will play the 3rd and 4th place match at 5 PM on the same day.

Jamil Warney

SK, which had a low field goal success rate in the early first quarter, was unable to accumulate points.

From the middle of the first quarter, SK Ahn Young-jun started using outside guns in the left and right corners, and at the end of the first quarter, Oh Jae-hyun's 3-point shot split the rim and chased Jeong Kwan-jang with a 23-26 score.

SK succeeded in a comeback in the second quarter with Oh Jae-hyeon's 3-pointer, and as Leon Williams dominated the bottom of the goal and continued to create offensive opportunities, ace Jameel Warney exploded with offensive power.

Cheong Kwan-jang's Filipino Lens Abando, who appeared in front of his hometown fans, raised the mood with an outside strike, but it was not enough, and SK finished the first half with a 45-40 score.

In the third quarter, SK scored 5 points in a row with Warney's 3-pointer and Choi Boo-kyung's layup to run away with an 11-point lead.

In the final quarter, with a 67-58 lead, SK took the win by creating a 14-point gap with Warney's outside shot 4 minutes and 49 seconds before the end.

Jeong Kwan-jang tried to narrow the gap with Jeong Hyo-geun's consecutive 3-point shots and Robert Carter's score, but 2 minutes and 51 seconds before the end, Warney split the rim with his trademark floater to create a double-digit gap.

1 minute and 22 seconds before the end, Youngjun Ahn sealed the victory with a dunk following a steal.

On this day, SK Warney scored 36 points and 16 rebounds, and Oh Jae-hyun scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers.

Leon Williams recorded a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

For Cheong Kwan Jang, Robert Carter played hard with 21 points and 9 rebounds. 스포츠토토맨