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The head coach of the No. 1 team looked stiff. Rather than simply losing a game, there was a sense of disappointment with the helpless performance that lost its color.
Bucheon Hana Bank, led by head coach Lee Sang-beom, was completely defeated 75-87 by Cheongju KB Stars in the fourth round of the BNK Financial Group 2025-2026 Women's Professional Basketball Regular League at Bucheon Gymnasium on the 25th.
With the defeat, Hana Bank recorded its 13th win and 5th loss. After the last six consecutive wins, the team has been mired in two consecutive losses. The second-place KB Stars 11 wins and 7 losses and the gap narrowed to two games, putting the leading Mercury on alert.
Coach Lee Sang-beom said in a press conference after the game, "I have nothing to say."
Coach Lee Sang-beom then said, "I don't know when we started standing and playing basketball. I know it's physically difficult because it's a back-to-back game, but I did my defense too quietly," he criticized.
The decisive factor in winning or losing the day was the energy level. Hana Bank fell to a perfect 23-42 in the rebound fight. In particular, he collapsed on his own, allowing as many as 16 offensive rebounds to his opponent. The inferiority in height had to be overcome with activity, but even the feet stopped.
Coach Lee Sang-beom, who continued his unusual rebuke, said, "In the end, it's a difference of mind. I told the players to get their act together. I also have to get my act together, he said. "I have to think about how we have played so far. When did we droop like this and be dragged around as the other person wanted?"
Hana Bank was forced to play for two consecutive days following its defeat in the Samsung Life Insurance match the previous day. It was a situation where the physical burden was inevitable.
Director Lee Sang-beom said, "I'm not saying I didn't work hard. It's true that it's hard because it's a back-to-back schedule, but it's the second problem. This is a home. We have to show that we did our best in front of our home fans," he stressed.
"In the past, we led the game by pressing the opponent, but today it went as the opponent wanted it to. We can overwhelm the opponent if we do well, but we couldn't do that, he said. "We are currently in first place, but as always emphasizing, we are a team that needs to play one step more than others to win."
In the first half, a tight race continued as the first and second-place showdowns. However, Hana Bank, which collapsed rapidly in the third quarter, failed to catch up to KB Stars and was completely defeated, falling into a losing streak.
With the defeat, Hana Bank bowed its head in both consecutive home games and faced the task of changing the atmosphere.
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