Gas Corporation blew the "20-point lead" → Coach Kang Hyuk blamed himself, "I handed over the game by my mistake, I'm sorry for the players."

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Daegu Korea Gas Corporation Pegasus lost all of its 20 points lead, losing by one point for the second consecutive game. Kang Hyuk, 50, the head coach of the Korea Gas Corporation, also blamed himself for the defeat.

Korea Gas Corporation lost 69-70 to the Goyang Sono Sky Gunners in the third round of the "2025-2026 LG Electronics Professional Basketball" at Goyang Sono Arena in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 1st. On this day, Korea Gas Corporation not only led 39 minutes and 19 seconds, but also led by 20 points, but was caught up.

With this defeat, Korea Gas Corporation lost 3 percent of its victory rate with 8 wins and 19 losses (0.296 win rate) along with 2 consecutive losses. The difference between the 9th-ranked Ulsan Hyundai Mobis and the 9th-ranked Ulsan Hyundai Mobis widened from 0.5 games to 1 game. Sam Josef Vellangel scored 21 points, Kim Joon-il scored 16 points, and Ra Gun-ah scored 15 points on the day, but failed to withstand the crisis.

Coach Kang Hyuk went to the press conference right after the end of the game and said, "In the first half, I did well in general, including defense, but I saw another bad performance since last year. "I gave the opponent the power to chase because of the turnovers, and at that time, I had to direct the pattern or do it first, but I don't think I could catch that part," he said.

Head coach Kang Hyuk then said, "I had to tell him to play a little more calmly from one small play and catch him, but I think I, the coach, made a mistake and handed over the game. I'm sorry to the players, and I'll prepare better to prevent this from coming out from the next game," he added.

Asked why Ra Gun-ah (37) continued to play instead of Nick Perkins in the match, head coach Kang Hyuk said, "La Gun-ah is definitely old, so it's hard to play for a long time. Perkins seemed out of shape. So it was difficult to make changes and I wanted Lagan to hold on. In the end, I think it's my fault for not making a change."

Perkins ran for only 6:35 and failed to score on the day, scoring only two rebounds. Ra Gun-ah played 33 minutes and 25 seconds and performed well with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, but she revealed her tiredness in the second half.

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