2nd place on thin ice vs Playoff ticket... "Kim Sun-hyung and Kang Sung-wook two guards are the key." [the site of a water source]

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It is a showdown between the two teams. Both Seoul SK coach Jeon Hee-chul (53) and Suwon KT coach Moon Kyung-eun (55) vowed to win.

KT and SK will face off in the regular league of LG Electronics' professional basketball from 2025 to 2026 at KT Sonicboom Arena in Suwon at 7 p.m. on the 6th.

Seoul SK, which has 27 wins and 16 losses, is tied for second with Anyang Jeong Kwan-jang. According to the results of this game, it is an opportunity to regain the second place alone and narrow the gap between the first-runner Changwon LG and three games. SK was on the rise before the A-match break. He has won eight games and lost one in nine games, closely chasing the lead Changwon LG by three games.

At the heart of it is the main gun Jamil Warney. Against KT, Warney scored 26.3 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.8 assists, and 1.8 block shots in four games, and bombed under the KT goal. The success rate of two-point shots also reached 60.3 percent. However, key point guard Kim Nak-hyun will miss even the KT match due to a wrist injury.

It is the first face-off since the A-match break. Coach Jeon Hee-chul, who was the interim head coach of the Korean national team (two consecutive wins against China) during the A match in December last year, said in an interview before the game, "I rested well this time," adding, "KT is using Kang Sung-wook and Kim Sun-hyung as its main players, and I think we need to control them well." "SK had a weak side to a team with good two-guard ability," he said.

Coach Jeon Hee-chul then said, "Because of this, I practiced defense intensively yesterday and today. "We will try different defense methods for the two players, with Ahn Young-joon playing Kang Sung-wook and Oh Jae-hyun playing Kim Sun-hyung," he said. "We can take the lead only when we hit the opponent's mismatch in the first quarter."

Suwon KT, which has a long way to go to protect the playoffs in the round of 6, will try to break the chain of losing consecutive games at its home turf. Home team Suwon KT currently maintains the playoff spot with 21 wins, 22 losses and 6th place. However, he is trailing seventh-ranked Goyang Sono by only 0.5 games, which has recently built wins with a scary momentum. If they lose this game, they could give up the sixth place.

Even KT is in the swamp of nine consecutive losses against SK. With Ha Yoon-ki and Joel Cagoulan, the core of the team, out of the season, KT coach Moon Kyung-eun is counting on the return of injured resources recovered during the A-match break. Han Hee-won, who had a knee injury, as well as Park Joon-young and Moon Jung-hyun, were listed on the roster side by side.

Coach Moon Kyung-eun said, "It is difficult in reality because the injured continue to be sick alternately, but they are holding up well in the top six." "I hope foreign players will have a little more stability, and if Kang Sung-wook and Kim Sun-hyung two-guard are settled, the rotation problem will also be solved."

In particular, regarding Kim Sun-hyung, who suffered a finger injury, he said, "It's not a fracture, but I took a few days off because it was a rupture," and added, "But the speed of practicing for three days was tremendous. Rather, I think I forgot the pain in my heel because I was paying attention to my fingers. Please watch to see if Kim Sun-hyung's speed is good today," he said with a smile.

Regarding the must-win strategy against SK, he said, "It is most important not to lose the rebound after Warnie's shot," adding, "SK eventually gives the ball to Warnie if the attack doesn't work, and other players fly in optimized for rebound when Warnie shoots." For this game, he trained repeatedly for two weeks, focusing only on the SK match. "I'm worried that the players will be stressed out and harden, but I must show my concentration in rebounding and defense," he added.

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