KCC, No. 3 SK, 'Only two points apart' is in front of the '6th round PO'... Choi Jun-yong scored 19 points. "Great performance."

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I can see the playoffs. Busan KCCC won a dramatic victory and succeeded in widening the gap with sixth-place rival Suwon KT.

KCC beat Seoul SK 81-79 in the 2025-2026 LG Electronics Professional Basketball Regular League held at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 1st.

The sixth-ranked KCC (27 wins and 25 losses), which won its second consecutive game on the day, is one step closer to confirming its spring basketball by beating seventh-ranked KT (25 wins and 26 losses) by 1.5 games. On the other hand, third-place SK (31-20), which has lost two consecutive games, is on alert for the semifinal playoff, which is given up to second place in the regular league, with a gap of two games with second-place Anyang Jeong Kwan-jang.

KCC laughed at the end of the game. Choi Jun-yong led the team in the offense and defense with 19 points and 7 rebounds, and brothers Heo Woong (14 points) and Heo Hoon (12 points) scored double-digit points side by side to support firepower. Under the basket, Sean Long took the center stage with 11 points and 11 rebounds, double-double, and Song Kyo-chang also added 10 points. SK struggled hard with Jamil Warney and Choi Boo-kyung scoring 18 points each, but they couldn't overcome the last crisis of the game.

The game fluctuated from the beginning. KCC started nervously immediately after the start of the game, losing 10 points in a row, but ignited the chase with a signal from Sean Long's outer shot. KCC, which succeeded in turning the tables with Choi Jun-yong's 3-point shot just before the end of the first quarter, finished the first half 44-35 with Huh Woong and Yoon Ki-chan's outer support in the second quarter.

In the second half, SK's counterattack was strong. KCC gave up 11 points in a row at the beginning of the third quarter, allowing the game to turn around at one point, and the game later developed into a seesaw game with no idea what to do.

The fate was decided at the end of the fourth quarter. 21.3 seconds before the end of the 77-77 tie, Choi took the lead with a score following a bold breakthrough. While SK Kim Nak-hyun's outer shot missed, Heo Hoon calmly succeeded in both free throws 6.9 seconds before the end, sealing the game. SK chased with Eddie Daniel's score just before the end of the game, but there was not enough time to turn the game around.

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