Did I lose on purpose?' Suspicion of defeat in the final round of the regular league... SK and Jung Director Referred to the Finance Committee

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Controversy arose over the sudden and intentional defeat in the final game of the regular league, where the final ranking is determined.

The Korean Basketball Federation (KBL) announced in a press release on the 9th that it will hold the 31st 12th Finance Committee at KBL Tower in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at 3 p.m. on the 10th.

According to the federation, the agenda of the finance committee is deliberation on the unfaithful game between Anyang Jeonggwanjang vs. Seoul SK.

The game between Jung Kwan-jang and SK, who were referred to the KBL Finance Committee, was the final game of the LG Electronics professional basketball regular league from 2025 to 2026 on the 8th.

Regardless of the result of the final match, Jung Kwan-jang had confirmed the second place in the regular league, and SK was able to head to third or fourth place depending on the result of the day.

While SK and Jeong Kwan-jang played in the fourth quarter, the other team's game ended first. Goyang Sono finished fifth and Busan KCC finished the regular league in sixth place. According to the six-tier playoff (PO) regulations, the third, sixth, and fourth and fifth-ranked teams in the regular league will compete for the semifinal PO.

After the fifth and sixth-place teams were decided, SK allowed Kim Myung-jin to come from behind by missing both free throws in 65-65 situations 13 seconds before the end of the game with Jeong Kwan-jang. The second free throw bounced off the backboard.

After that, Jeong Kwan-jang added two points to win 67-65. SK tried to shoot late in the last attack, but ended the game by being blocked by the opponent's defense's block shot.

As a result, SK finished the regular league in fourth place and will face fifth-ranked Sono, not sixth-ranked KCC, in the playoffs.

In response, a KBL official said, "We monitored the game between SK and the chairman of the articles of association, and there was a part that was judged to have been unfaithful, so we opened the finance committee. We will deliberate, including the opinions of each club, he said. "We will check various game scenes from various angles."

KBL held a financial committee in 2017 due to a similar controversy. At that time, the manager of club A was reprimanded and fined 5 million won, and club B was given a warning.

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