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The first and second places in the regular league met on the single-tree bridge. Bucheon Hana Bank and Cheongju KB Stars will have an important match.
Hana Bank and KB Stars will face off in the fourth round of the regular league of BNK Financial Group 2025-2026 women's professional basketball at Bucheon Gymnasium on the 25th.
Home team Hana Bank is currently the lone leader with 13 wins and four losses. The away team KB Stars are in second place with 10 wins and 7 losses. This game is expected to be a watershed moment for the top-ranked competition.
Hana Bank recently won six consecutive games and lost two points against Samsung Life Insurance in Yongin on the 24th, breaking its winning streak. It is urgent to settle the mood and prevent losing consecutive games. KB Stars, on the other hand, has been on the rise since January with three wins and one loss. On the 23rd, he won 85-58 against Shinhan Bank in Incheon.
The head coaches of both teams met before the game expressed their will to win.
"Hana Bank is an active and energetic team in both defense and offense," KB Stars coach Kim Wan-soo said. "In the end, the key is how to calm the energy of young players."
"We have to counterattack as well. We shouldn't be pushed back in the initial fight, he said. "If the sisters take the center stage and at the same time young players win the fight, we will be able to play well."
As for Park Ji-soo's physical condition, he said, "It's not 100% yet. "We need more time until our physical condition the year before last year," he said, "We are increasing our performance by adjusting the playing time to the extent that we do not overdo it."
In response, Hana Bank manager Lee Sang-beom put all his life and soul into escaping the crisis of losing consecutive games. Head coach Lee Sang-beom said, "If you win consecutive games and then stop, the next game is the most difficult and important," adding, "Whether it's a men's team or a women's team, they often fall into consecutive losses after winning consecutive games. Today's game is the biggest key this season," he said.
He also expressed the burden of the back-to-back schedule. Coach Lee Sang-beom said, "I'm very disappointed in yesterday's game, but I have to deal with a strong team with a physical burden," adding, "Round 4-5 is the most difficult time physically, but even injured players are coming out, so it's not easy to operate the rotation."
Regarding the Park Ji-soo blockade law, he said, "I'm going to leave Jinan and Yang In-young to defend one-on-one," adding, "It wasn't bad in the previous Cheongju away game." If it doesn't work out, we plan to change it to a double team or rotation defense," he said.
He said, "The atmosphere may be gloomy due to yesterday's defeat, but we have to overcome it with mental strength. We will make a good start and use our concentration to overcome the crisis wisely," he pledged.
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