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Bucheon Hana Bank, the women's professional basketball team, beat Yongin Samsung Life Insurance to advance to the championship game one step ahead.
Hana Bank won 61-56 at home in the first round of the BNK Financial 2025-2026 Women's Professional Basketball Playoff (PO, 3 wins out of 5 games) against Samsung Life Insurance at Bucheon Gymnasium on the 9th.
With the victory, Hana Bank has a 83.3% chance of advancing to the championship match of the winning team in the first round of the PO. In all-time POs, the winning team in the first round advanced to the championship match 45 times out of 54. Based on the best of five games, the probability was 92.9% with 13 out of 14 games in history.
Hana Bank's Jung Ye-rim scored 16 points, including 3 points and 3, and Jinan also played a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Samsung Life Insurance's Lee Hae-ran worked hard with 15 points, 13 rebounds, and a double-double, but it was not enough.
The game was decided in the last four quarters when Hana Bank entered with a one-point lead of 47-46. Hana Bank began to widen the gap by combining Park Jin-young and Park So-hee with nine points, and Park Jin-young's outer shot exploded 2 minutes and 18 seconds before the end to seal the victory.
Hana Bank and Samsung Life Insurance will play the second game at the same place at 4 p.m. on the 11th.
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