A 21-year-old girl standing shoulder to shoulder with the "three-point shooting masters"... "My stomach is big. I knew you'd do a good job." Complimenting seniors. [Busan site]

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A 21-year-old girl stood shoulder to shoulder with the prominent "three-point shooting masters." Kim Jong-un (21, Busan BNK Sum) is on the verge of a miracle in the All-Star 3-point shoot contest.

Kim Jong-un participated in the Pocari Sweat 3-point shooting contest in the BNK Financial Group 2025-2026 Women's Professional Basketball All-Star Game held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 4th. In the preliminary round, the top three players advanced to the final round and decided the game.

Kim Jong Un was the only non-all-star player in this competition, where two players per team competed in the preliminary round. However, he surpassed them in shooting sense. Having made all three from practice, he got off to a good start. He showed a steady pace and eventually scored 20 points, the second highest after Kang Yi-seul (KB Stars, 23 points) and Lee So-hee (BNK, 21 points).

Kim Jong-un, who shot first in the final, missed the first pitch in the left corner, but then found a sense and cut the rim again. He scored five points in the first zone, and his pace dropped little by little after the middle. Still, he finished with 15 points as the last color ball in the right corner went in. Lee So-hee and Kang Yi-seul also scored 15 points, and the game went to extra time.

Kim Jong-un, who chose the left corner, made three, but failed to score a color ball and finished with three points. Later, Lee So-hee scored 5 points and Kang Yi-seul scored 4, and Kim Jong-un narrowly missed the championship.

Nonetheless, she was praised by her seniors. "She has high potential," said Lee So-hee, the winner of the three-point shoot contest. I know because I've been on the same team, but the distribution is big. I thought I would do well," said All-Star MVP Byun So-jung (BNK), "Nimo (Kim Jong-un's nickname) also has a really good shot touch during practice. I thought I would do well, and I thought I would do well because it was home."

Speaking to Star News, Kim Jong-un said, "I really didn't expect (to go to the final round). I think I had a good experience because I just went there unexpectedly. It was fun," he said. He said, "Time is running out, and at the end, it was so hard when I threw the ball. So I thought, 'It's not going to be easy, I should throw it quickly,' he said. "Rather than shooting intensively, I threw it quickly."

The three-point shooting contest features the best players from each team. In particular, Kang Yi-seul, who faced each other in the final, won three consecutive tournament championships and is the best shooter to win three points in seven out of eight seasons from the 2017-18 season. And Lee So-hee was the only one who scored three points in the 2022-23 season that Kang Yi-seul couldn't ride. These players and Kim Jong-un stood shoulder to shoulder.

Kim Jong-un said, "When I first said I was going, I didn't think much about it. "When I came here, everyone threw three-point shots well and had a high probability," he said. "I was thinking about what to do, but I actually didn't think too much," he said calmly. "So I was able to reach the final."

Due to the nature of the contest, which required a quick shot, I had no choice but to get tired at the end. Kim Jong-un said, "At the end of the final round, my cheeks fell out little by little. So I thought, 'That's it, I had a good experience,' he said. At the same time, he laughed, saying, "I'm happy that So-hee won."

He didn't play in the All-Star Game, but how does it feel to feel the heat of the court. Kim Jong-un said, "There are many spectators, and there are many older sisters who are good at it. I was also very nervous," he confessed. "I gave them a high-five and had a good experience because they did a good job," he said with a smile. In particular, referring to Saki Iijima (Hana Bank), who taught him defense last year, he said, "I want to take a lot of pictures together because I haven't seen him in a long time."

The All-Star Game was last played by Kim Jong-un of Hana Bank, who has the same name, before retirement. Kim Jong-un, who is also called "Jong-eun" to distinguish him from his seniors, said, "He is a player who naturally says, 'As expected, as expected' while watching videos every day. I hope she finishes the rest of the game without getting hurt," he said.

Kim Jong-un, who is in his third year as a professional player this year, is a six-man, but he energizes the team whenever he is deployed. He said, "I'm grateful for even a small role and I'm trying to do my best," and added, "Sometimes I do it without thinking, and I'm surprised by 'I did this'."

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