“In my heart, I want to give us 100 points, but we need to grow.”
Changwon LG defeated Anyang Jungkwanjang 82-75 on Thursday at Changwon Gymnasium in their 2024-2025 KCC Pro Basketball home game, their first three-game winning streak to open the season in 15 years. The team extended its home winning streak to nine games, including a six-game home winning streak last season.
With the score tied at 61-61 with 8:52 left in the fourth quarter, the game was halted for about 14 minutes due to a faulty basket.
LG scored 12 straight points on the resumption to take the lead after a three-pointer by 카지노사이트 Cady Laren.
Head coach Cho Sang-hyun
Final thoughts.
It was a seesaw until the third quarter, but the focus of the young players and their energy on defense led to a good result. As a coach, I am very happy, happy and grateful for the growth of the young players. I thought the game was going to be tough, and we had rotation difficulties with Jeon Sung-hyun and Doo Kyung-min missing, but we overcame it, and I’m so grateful that they focused until the end even though they had leg cramps even though they had more than 30 minutes of playing time.
Yang Jun-seok’s score
In my heart, I want to give him 100 points, but he needs to grow more. I want Yoo Yoo-sang, Jung In-deok, and Tamayo to grow more. I think they will grow into good players as seniors, not as coaches. It’s my job to take responsibility and make them grow into good players.
We said before the game that we would fight for two points, but we gave up a lot of three-pointers.
It was a defense miss. I told Jong-hyun to score and defend the rest, but I missed the derivation on the back screen, coming out of the screen, and unnecessary help defense. Those were mistakes.
How much of a reprimand do you give for defensive mistakes?
Obviously, if it’s wrong, we look at the video, we have a meeting, and we correct the defense. Every team has different defensive changes, so I tell them who to shoot and who to play a little bit of help defense, and the next time I meet with the coach, I show him the video, referring to the defensive changes. If something goes wrong, I don’t criticize them too much because they are young players, but I tell them that I want them to fix it.
How Yang Jun-seok has changed from last season
When we traded Lee Jae-do, we thought we had to grow Yang Jun-seok, and we hoped he could overcome the pressure through the training camp in the Philippines and Japan. He got a little better. When we meet a good defender like Oh Jae-hyun of SK, the results will come. So far, I’ve been able to handle the pressure well. In the cup tournament, I was told to score zero points, but I’m getting better at not being intimidated and looking for my own goals. Defensively, they’re doing what we want them to do. As you saw in today’s (24th) game, Ki-sang, In-duk and Jun-seok know the defense system and rotation so well that it works well. That’s a plus.
Heo Il-young contributed to the scoring after the transfer.
Oh, not enough, not enough (laughs). It’s always not enough in my eyes. Honestly, I played her when Gomez was playing because I had to defend against smaller players. He knows my training style and personality too well. He helps me a lot, not only in training but also outside the game. He’s been doing a great job. I joked with Heo that I didn’t hit it in the first two games, but he’ll hit it later with an average. I think I’ll continue to use him depending on the team and the player. The good thing is that when Sung-hyun and Kyung-min come back, there will be changes in the lineup.
I used Yoo Yoo-sang at point guard for a while.
I had Jang Tae-bin ready, but he didn’t have enough leading, so I left him to Jun-seok. Marei and Tamayo are practicing because they can be ball handlers. It wasn’t bad. I’ll keep Tae-bin ready until Kyung-min comes back, but I’ll also think about other options centered on Ki-sang and Monroe.
Game suspension
To be honest, I panicked. More than panicking, I was worried about the atmosphere. I told the players to move their bodies more, and I think that was the turning point. From then on, we were more focused and the players stepped up.
Sono on his next opponent’s winning streak
We have two or three defensive options, and if it works, we go with it, if not, we change it. The offense will look for weaknesses and we have to butter them up with our existing players until Sung-hyun and Kyung-min come back. How to stop Lee Jung-hyun from scoring with defense and how to give him fewer 3-pointers.
Kim Sang-sik
Game Recap
Today, we tried to make up for what didn’t work in the first game against SK, and it went better than the first game, but it was still a result of our concentration in the last minute, when we didn’t commit any fouls until there was a minute left and they scored consecutive points. We should have defended first, even if we were fouled, but we tried to be greedy on offense without fouling and play poor defense. I think we need to emphasize and talk about concentration at the end. It’s going to be tough because we have players who played a lot. We can’t afford to relax. We have to do our best and play with a lot of players. We will try to improve in the next game by filling in the gaps.
Jung Hyo-geun absent
It’s a situation where we need to reflect. We replaced Lee Jong-hyun with Kim Kyung-won because the game was getting to a certain point. Of course, Jeong Hyo-geun must have felt it too, so of course I have to play him. Today, things were going well, so I played Jong-hyun, who hasn’t played much, to focus on him.
Impact of the stoppage
I thought it would help us because the players were struggling, but it took away the flow of the game.