(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Professional basketball Seoul SK stopped Seoul Samsung's opening 10 consecutive wins in the first 'S-Derby' of the delayed season.
SK defeated Samsung 90-76 in the 2026-2027 KCC professional basketball regular season game held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 1st.
SK, which started the regular season late due to the international competition schedule, went on to win five games in a row by defeating Samsung, which they had only faced for the first time, in the second round. He maintained 2nd place on the leaderboard (5 wins, 1 loss).
Leading Samsung was unable to extend its record for the longest opening win streak in professional basketball history to 9 more games.
The team also failed to achieve the record of winning against all clubs in the shortest game ever. The record in this category is 11 games played by Wonju Dongbu (current DB) in the 2007-2008 season.
This was the first match between the two Seoul-based clubs after they decided to share the Jamsil Student Gymnasium, which SK had been using exclusively, as their home starting this season, so the victory had added meaning to SK.
Jamsil Indoor Stadium, which was used as Samsung's home, is being demolished due to redevelopment of the Seoul Sports Complex area.
The stadium, where Samsung was the home team and SK was the away team, was filled with 5,084 spectators.
It looked like it would be a difficult game for SK as Eddie Daniel, the vital force of SK, suffered an injury to the muscle behind his thigh and was expected to be sidelined for 8 weeks, but it turned out to be the opposite when we opened the lid.
From the second quarter, the game began to become clearly divided.
Samsung faltered by committing too many turnovers, and SK ran away by steadily scoring points with its signature fast break every time Samsung made a mistake.
SK took a double-digit lead, 44-33, at 1 minute and 19 seconds with Jamil Warney's fast pass followed by Isaiah Hicks' dunk.
Samsung committed 9 turnovers in the first half. SK had 1.
Samsung's chase in the second half was blocked by SK Oh Jae-hyeon.
Oh Jae-hyeon showed off not only his tenacious defense, which is his specialty, but also his scoring ability. He scored a whopping 12 points in the third quarter alone, making the Samsung players even more breathless.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, SK ran away with a 31-point lead, signaling an early victory.
Oh Jae-hyeon with 22 points and 7 rebounds and Hicks with 24 points and 8 rebounds led SK to victory.
Youngjun Ahn also did his part with 16 points and 8 rebounds.
For Samsung, Kerem Kanter played hard with 15 points and 15 rebounds.
At the Changwon Gymnasium, Wonju DB defeated Changwon LG 104-98, led by Lee Seon Albano, who scored 34 points.
DB, who broke their two-game away losing streak, recorded 6 wins and 5 losses, moving up a half-step from tied 4th place with Daegu Korea Gas Corporation to 4th place alone.
LG failed to repay the fans who came to watch its delayed first home game with a victory.
As the Changwon Gymnasium underwent construction to replace facilities such as the electronic display board, LG played its first round home game for the first time after playing only 9 away games in the first round.
LG went down one place to 7th place (4 wins, 6 losses).
About 5 minutes into the third quarter, when LG was trailing by 5 points, DB Allen Williams was sent off for 5 fouls.
LG seemed to be tightening the reins of the chase, but DB widened the gap with Albano, who scored a federal goal with his brilliant individual skills.
Albano scored 8 points in a row in about a minute, including 3 points and a jump shot following a brilliant dribble.
In the 2nd minute, Lee Yong-woo's 3-pointer led DB to 76-66, creating a double-digit gap.
LG also did not stand still. In the middle of the fourth quarter, Jeong In-deok's 3 points and Yang Hong-seok's consecutive scores narrowed the gap to 3 points.
DB then created an 8-point gap again with Lee Yun-ki's 3 points and Kim Bo-bae's layup following Lee Yun-ki's steal and Albano's fast pass.
LG continued to chase with Yoo Yu-sang's 3-pointer in the last minute, but was unable to turn the game around.
Albano was in full swing, scoring 34 points and providing 8 assists, the most for both teams.
Lee Yong-woo, who was responsible for 20 points, including 5 3-pointers, also shined.
Rayson Hammonds, who was the only foreigner on the court after Williams' exit, also played his part with 28 points and 9 rebounds.
For LG, it was painful that scorer Carl Tamayo had to step down early in the third quarter after suffering a broken ankle when he stepped on teammate Assem Marey's foot.
At Goyang Sono Arena, Suwon KT defeated Goyang Sono 103-96.
Paris Bass led the victory with 34 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists, including 3 points that put KT ahead 99-91 in the last minute.
KT, which continued its 3-game winning streak against Sono, rose to 6th place (5 wins, 6 losses), while Sono ranked 8th with 4 wins and 7 losses.
