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There is only one opportunity at stake to advance to the postseason, which will determine farming in a season. Which team will take the last chance, which is also open to the last team.
The Professional Basketball Association (PBA) will hold the fifth round of the "Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2025-2026" at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang for nine days from the 3rd.
The fifth round of the PBA team league, which will resume, is the last regular round of this season and will be the stage to determine the last team to advance to the postseason. Hana Card Hanapay (winning the first round), Welcome Savings Bank Welcome Finix (winning the second round), SK Rent-a-Car Direct (winning the third round), and Crown Haitai Raon (winning the fourth round) have already won each round, and attention is focusing on who the other team will be.
If the previous round winner wins in the fifth round, the next-ranked team will advance to the postseason based on the overall regular league ranking according to the team league regulations. Last season, Woori Financial Capital (3rd overall), which ranked the highest among teams that did not win the round, won the first and fifth rounds as SK Rent-A-Car won the first and fifth rounds, took the postseason stage.
It may be the scenario that High1 Resort High1 Winners, who are ranked fourth with 16 wins and 20 losses and 53 points but have not won yet, want the most. Although he aims to win, point management is also very important for High1 Resort because Morogado only needs to go to Seoul.
This is the same for Woori Financial Capital Woori WON Wivis (51 points) and Harim Dragons (50 points) in 6th place. Everyone's primary goal is to win, but the overall ranking is also bound to pay attention.
On the other hand, Huons Healthcare Legend (43 points), the lowest, is up to 10 points apart from the fourth-place High1 Resort. It may be more realistic to seek to advance to the postseason with one shot of winning rather than the final ranking.
It is also expected that the top teams will compete fiercely. Among the five teams entering the postseason, the team with the highest regular league ranking goes straight to the final, with Hana Card (24-12, 70 points) ranking first overall, and SK Rent-A-Car (23-13, 69 points) closely trailing by one point. Welcome Savings Bank (21 wins, 15 losses, 62 points), which is ranked third overall, is also in a position to pursue the top overall ranking.
The fifth round of the team league will start with the match between Welcome Savings Bank and High1 Resort at 12:30 p.m. on the 3rd, followed by NH Nonghyup Card-Crown Haitai (PBA Stadium) and Huons-Hana Card (PBA Lounge) at 3:30 p.m. Harim-SK Rent-A-Car at 6:30 p.m. and SY-Woori Financial Capital at 9:30 p.m.
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