SK manager Jeon Hee-chul said, "This is not a professional team... I was worse than an amateur" [the site of a water source]

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The head coach also made unusually intense remarks due to the helpless defeat. Seoul SK coach Jeon Hee-chul's patience exploded with the collapsed attitude of the squad in an important game that could have been a watershed in the ranking fight.

SK was completely defeated 70-81 in the 2025-2026 LG Electronics professional basketball regular league against Suwon KT at Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena on the 6th. SK, which tied for second place with the loss, lost 27 wins and 17 losses, losing its chance to regain second place alone and close the gap with the leading Changwon LG.

Coach Jeon Hee-chul said at a press conference after the game, "It's a game that I have nothing to say. I'm angry," he said, adding, "I usually try not to blame the player, but SK was not a professional team, including me. The players' performance, posture, mind, and behavior were all at a level I've never seen since I came to SK," he said.

Coach Jeon Hee-chul then said, "Amateur would have been better focused than this. "It was that important game," he said. "SK is a team that takes time to find a performance if you don't play strangely. "I think I recognized the defense against Kim Sun-hyung and Kang Sung-wook, but there were 16 turnovers from the outside," he pointed out.

In fact, SK self-destructed by showing lack of concentration at every crisis. Coach Jeon Hee-chul, who reprimanded the players even after the first half, said, "After the first half, I told the players that I committed turnovers that I shouldn't come out as a professional player," adding, "Today was a game I couldn't win." Rather than blaming the opponent for his good performance or Derek Williams (27 points)'s shot, he continued by saying, "Our team's overall skills, attitude, and mind were unwinnable."

Coach Jeon Hee-chul called for the players' strong self-reflection. "Honestly, the players have to reflect a lot on themselves. "I didn't have a good attitude in the game," he said. "It's my job to lead such a team, but today I only played hard and had no substance. I played a game that I couldn't win," he said.

The game was a painful loss to SK in many ways. Proud of being a natural enemy, he was winning nine consecutive games against the opponent, but the loss allowed him to lose against KT in 460 days. SK, which lost its lead by giving up eight points to Lee Doo-won from the first quarter, went after Oh Jae-hyun at one point in the third quarter, tying the game 51-51 with a three-point shot, but was hampered by turnovers at every critical moment.

At the end of the third quarter, Oh Jae-hyun returned with a taping fighting spirit despite the bad news of collapsing due to an ankle injury, but it was not enough to change the flow. In the middle of the fourth quarter, KT Williams was allowed a series of decisive outfield shots, and the score gap widened to 13 points 2 minutes and 48 seconds before the end of the game, dampening the willingness to chase.

On the other hand, KT broke the chain of losing consecutive games against SK, which was terrible, thanks to Williams' strong performance with seven three-point shots, and achieved a victory against the team before this season. KT, which has recovered its winning percentage (22 wins and 22 losses), has widened its gap with seventh-place Goyang Sono to give a green light to sixth-place Mercury.

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