In a match between the first and second place in professional basketball, Anyang Cheong Kwan-Jang, ranked second, defeated leader Samsung, Seoul, and recorded an exciting 4-game winning streak.
Cheong Kwan Jang defeated Samsung 87-80 in the 2026-2027 KCC professional basketball regular league away game held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium on the 14th.
Cheong Kwan-Jang, who had won 4 consecutive wins, reached 10 wins (4 losses) of the season and was closely chasing the sole leader, Samsung (11 wins, 3 losses).
Samsung, which boasted a formidable momentum of 9 consecutive wins in the opening season for the first time in KBL history this season, was caught by CheongKwanJang and its upward trend was halted, but it maintained first place.
Samsung took the lead 26-13 in the first quarter alone, hitting five 3-point shots.
However, in the second quarter, the offense repeatedly ignored the rim and even the defense collapsed, failing to score a single point for 5 minutes and 35 seconds.
Meanwhile, Jeong Kwan-Jang scored 18 consecutive points, including four 3-pointers, and quickly turned the game around.
Samsung scored its first point half way through the second quarter when Chris McCullough scored a goal-bottom shot following an offensive rebound, but ended the first half trailing 39-45.
In the third quarter, Samsung pulled the reins of pursuit with Justin Gutang and Kerem Kanter at the forefront, but Jeong Kwan-Jang did not give up the lead thanks to the performance of guards with scoring ability such as Park Ji-hoon and Moon Yoo-hyun, entering the final quarter with a score of 68-64.
Samsung, which was shaken by a series of mistakes in the early fourth quarter, trailed by 70-74 in the middle of the quarter thanks to consecutive fast-break goals by Lee Kwan-hee, who is playing a 'solver' role this season.
Afterwards, with the score gap again widening to 72-81, Ho-Bin Han kept the spark of hope alive by scoring a 3-pointer with 2 minutes and 35 seconds left in the game.
However, Jeong Kwan-Jang broke Samsung's will to chase after Park Ji-hoon's cold 3-point shot 1 minute and 38 seconds ago to run away with a 9-point lead, 85-76.
At Jeonggwanjang, Park Ji-hoon led the victory with 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists, and Davon Reed added 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Byun Jun-hyung, who returned from injury after two games, did his part with 6 points and 8 assists.
For Samsung, Kanter played hard with 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Busan KCC defeated Seoul SK 75-70, thanks to Heo Woong, who came out as the solution in the fourth quarter, and won for the fourth time in a row.
KCC, with 4 consecutive wins, jumped from 9th place to tied for 5th place (6 wins, 8 losses) with Daegu Korea Gas Corporation, Suwon KT, and Changwon LG.
SK, which suffered three consecutive away losses, fell one place to fourth place (6 wins, 5 losses).
KCC widened the gap in the second and third quarters when two foreign players played, with Sean Long and Louis King showing great concentration.
Even though SK Jamil Warney and Isaiah Hicks were close to each other for about 6 minutes in the third quarter, Long scored behind the goal after three consecutive rebounds.
However, SK took advantage of KCC's somewhat aggressive attack in the mid-to-late third quarter and ended the quarter by narrowing the gap, which had widened to 11 points, to 3 points with consecutive scores from Young-Jun Ahn and Nak-Hyun Kim and 3 points from Won-Hyuk Choi.
In a close match that lasted until the last minute, it was Heo Woong's fingertips that decided the winner.
Heo Woong scored 3 points from a distance in about 2 minutes to give KCC a 65-61 lead.
Afterwards, SK managed to tie the game with scores from Kim Nak-hyun and Ahn Young-jun, and this time, Heo Woong received an assist from his younger brother Heo Hoon with 1 minute and 18 seconds left and scored a long-distance 3-pointer to make it 69-66.
Heo Woong’s activities did not stop there. With 43 seconds left, he made a bold breakthrough and scored a layup, and also scored an and-one free throw to make the difference by 4 points.
When SK entered foul play, KCC Long made 3 out of 4 free throws to preserve the victory.
Heo Woong led the way to victory, scoring 23 points, the most for both teams, including 4 3-pointers. Above all, the two 3-pointers scored in the fourth quarter were decisive.
Long was responsible for 18 points, King was responsible for 14 points, and Heo Hoon recorded 10 points and 4 assists.
At the Changwon Gymnasium, last-place Ulsan Hyundai Mobis defeated Changwon LG 79-78 in a close game, breaking their four-game losing streak.
Hyundai Mobis remained in 10th place (4 wins, 10 losses), and LG fell half a step to tied 5th place.
Omari Spellman led Hyundai Mobis to victory by scoring 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, the most for both teams. In particular, he was responsible for 8 points alone in the 4th quarter, which was the deciding factor.
With 1.5 seconds left at the end of the 4th quarter, when LG was trailing by 2 points, it was unfortunate that Archie Goodwin missed 1 of 2 free throws and could not take the game to overtime.
