As expected, KCC's great rebellion, 6th place in the regular league → 100% chance of going to the semifinals PO... DB wins 2 consecutive away games

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Super team Busan KCC won two consecutive away games and dominated the semifinals with a 100% chance of advancing to the semifinals. KCC coach Lee Sang-min's boast, which declared that he would challenge the impossibility of 0% of the sixth-ranked team in the regular league, did not seem to have been useless.

KCC defeated Wonju DB 105-97 in the away game of the second round of the 2025-2026 LG Electronics Professional Basketball semifinal playoff at Wonju Gymnasium on the 15th.

In the history of the KBL, the winning teams in the first and second round of the semifinals have reached the semifinals (25 times in total) without exception. KCC was very close to the 100% probability that history proved.

Even KCC is a team that has already experienced a playoff miracle. At 2023-2024, he won the championship game in fifth place in the regular league, writing a new history of the KBL. However, there has never been a single time when the sixth-ranked team has been on top of the 56 playoffs in history.

In response, director Lee Sang-min declared a new history challenge. At the time of PO Media Day, head coach Lee Sang-min said, "The sixth place has a 0% chance of winning, but I will make that myth again this time," adding, "I also remember adrenaline coming up when I went to the playoffs as a player." The players' mindsets will be completely different from those of the regular league," he said.

The true value of the super team was demonstrated in the PO. Heo Woong showed 27 points and 7 assists, including 5 3-pointers, and Choi Jun-yong dominated the match and marked 26 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Sean Long also added 22 points from under the basket.

On the other hand, DB showed the power to overturn the 15-point deficit with Henry Ellonson scoring 43 points and Ethan Albano scoring 24 points, but he knelt in the last-minute concentration battle.

In the beginning of the game, KCC's flow was one-sided. In particular, KCC, which had Sean Long's cheerful alley-oop dunk in the middle of the first quarter, took the lead with an 18-8 run. DB countered with Ellonson's personal skills, but KCC seemed to be taking the lead by finishing the first half with a big lead of 58-43.

However, DB's counterattack began in the third quarter. Following Ellonson and Albano's scoring shots, Park In-woong and Lee Yong-woo's outer guns participated, driving 11 points in a row. DB, which chased 69-71 in an instant, faced the last four quarters with Ellonson's equalizer and Park In-woong's come-from-behind 3-pointer at the end of the quarter turning the game around 80-73.

Choi Jun-yong shone in the clutch situation. KCC chased step by step with the scores of Heo Woong and Song Kyo-chang, and Choi Jun-yong scored a decisive come-from-behind three-run point three minutes and 35 seconds before the end of 89-90. There was also a crisis that allowed Sean Long to tie 95-95 with a five-fault Red Card, but Choi Joon-yong was responsible for six consecutive points alone with about two minutes left in the game, completely breaking DB's willingness to chase.

KCC, which has won two valuable away games, is now seeking to confirm its advance to the semifinals to its home base Busan.

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