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It wasn't over until it was over. The game with as many as 24 points led to a close race in an instant.
Wonju DB beat Suwon KT 96-89 in the fifth round of the 2025-2026 LG Electronics' professional basketball regular league at Suwon KT Sonic Boom Arena on the 1st.
As a result of this day, the away team DB continued its upward trend by winning three consecutive games following consecutive defeats of Changwon LG and Korea Gas Corporation. DB, which won seven consecutive games in the fourth round and raised its ranking, followed LG by 1.5 games with 24 wins and 13 losses with a victory over KT.
KT ranked fifth with 19 wins and 18 losses, allowing it to catch up to sixth place Busan KCCC (18 wins and 18 losses).
DB Lee Yoo-jin scored 17 points, including 3 points and 5 points, and played an active role. Lee Jung-hyun also scored 15 points and seven assists, including three points and five. Henry Ellonson scored 20 points, Essam Mustafa 18 points, and Jung Hyo-geun added 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists.
KT Derrick Williams scored 25 points, the most by both teams. Rookie Kang Sung-wook worked hard with 23 points, including two three points. Kim Sun-hyung, who returned from injury for the first time in 85 days, played 17 minutes and 53 seconds to mark 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
From the first quarter, DB took the lead with a high external success rate. As many as eight out of 11 three-point shots split the rim. Lee Jung-hyun scored three points and Lee Yoo-jin and Ellonson hit two each.
Lee Jung-hyun and Ellonson scored three consecutive points in a tight 6-6 trend. KT trailed with two points from Kang Sung-wook, Williams and Moon Jung-hyun. DB scored 35 points in the first quarter alone, beating KT, which scored 18 points.
In the second quarter, both teams engaged in fire fighting. The DB burst to the outskirts of Jung Ho-young and Min Soo. He targeted KT under the basket with a two-man game between Mustafa and guards. The score was widened to 51-27 24 points.
There is a variable. KT Moon Jung-hyun was replaced by an injury with 2:26 left in the second quarter. Moon Jung-hyun headed to the locker room with the help of the staff.
At the end of the quarter, KT caught up fiercely. Hicks and Jung Chang-young succeeded in two points and free throws in a row, catching up to 46-62 16 points and finishing the first half.
The atmosphere turned upside down early in the third quarter. KT followed Williams and Kang Sung-wook by 54-628 points with back-to-back outposts. Williams scored 11 points, including three. Park Joon-young's three points were scored and followed by 65-661 points.
The DB was also full of people. After Lee Jung-hyun broke the flow with three points, Ellonson and Lee Yoo-jin ran away again with consecutive points. The third quarter ended with DB leading 81-75.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, DB stole the atmosphere again. Following back-to-back defensive success, drive-ins by Albano and Mustafa gave them an 88-77 11-point lead.
KT also did not give up until the end. Following Williams' dunk, Kang Sung-wook scored four points in a row to make a three-point one-shot game.
At the end of the game, Geary DB took the victory. Jung Hyo-geun and Ellonson scored four points in a row, widening the gap to 92-85 with 1:34 left. In the end, DB shook off KT's pursuit and won the away game, winning three consecutive games.
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