Yang Dong-geun's despondent smile, "Ham Ji-hoon announced his retirement → Was there an impact? "A match that I've never played before"

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Ulsan Hyundai Mobis' challenge to win four consecutive games ended in vain. Coach Yang Dong-geun (45), who suffered a 45-point defeat against a team competing for the seventh place, laughed despondently right after the game.

Ulsan Mobis, led by head coach Yang Dong-geun, lost 54-99 to the Goyang Sono Sky Gunners in the fourth round of the "2025-2026 LG Electronics Professional Basketball" held at Goyang Noso Arena on the 27th. Mobis, who never took the lead, lost three consecutive wins and lost the seventh place to Sono.

The match was decided by a whopping 45 points. The rebound was also 45-32, with Mobis losing ground. Except for the tie, Sono led for 38 minutes and 25 seconds. Sono Lee Jung-hyun scored 23 points and Kang Ji-hoon also scored 15. On the other hand, Mobis showed poor scoring ability to the extent that Cho Han-jin, who scored 12 points, was the highest scorer. Park Moo-bin and John Igbounu scored 11 points side by side, but the entire team was tied to 54 points. In particular, the success rate of two-point shots remained at 23%.

Coach Yang Dong-geun, who came into the interview room as a loser after the game, said, "If you play 54 games in the season, you can see such games. In fact, today was a game that I hadn't played anything. I'm so sorry as a director," he apologized first.

At the same time, he pointed out that he failed to block Sono's scoring position. Coach Yang said, "The opponent Kang Ji-hoon is in the best condition these days, so I asked him to check the shot as much as possible, but I think the flow has actually gone over there. Lee Jung-hyun is also a player who has so much strength in tough shot situations that he can give 40 to 50 points if he fails to break the flow there. I think that part gave a lot of atmosphere," he reflected.

Coach Yang Dong-geun then said, "In the end, I think the momentum fight is important. So I'm planning to practice, hoping that our team will have a player who can break the opponent's flow," he said, preparing for the next game.

Ahead of the game, the retirement of Mobis' franchise star Ham Ji-hoon (42) was announced. It was about leaving the court after this season. In response, Yang said, "Did Ham Ji-hoon's announcement of retirement affect the players? I just laugh and leave the interview room with the words, "I just think about it with a smile."

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