Warney scored 36 points, Oh Jae-hyeon scored a perfect 20 points, including 3 and 4 shots.
Professional basketball team Seoul SK defeated Anyang Jung Kwan Jang and advanced to the finals of the East Asian Super League (EASL) for the second year in a row.
SK defeated Jung Kwan Jang 94-79 in the 2023-2024 EASL semifinals held at the Lapu-Lapu Hoops Dome in Cebu, Philippines on the 8th (Korean time).
Seoul SK, which had bowed to Jung Kwan Jang in the finals of the EASL invitational tournament in March last year and took second place, successfully avenged itself and advanced to the finals for the second year in a row. 파워볼게임
SK will face the winner of the upcoming match between Chiba Jets (Japan) and New Taipei Kings (Taiwan) for the championship trophy at 8 p.m. on the 10th.
Prior to the final, at 5 p.m. on the same day, the losers of the match between Jung Kwan-Jang and Chiba-New Taipei will play the 3rd and 4th place match.
SK, which had a low field goal success rate in the early first quarter, was unable to accumulate points.
From the middle of the first quarter, SK Ahn Young-jun started using outside guns in the left and right corners, and at the end of the first quarter, Oh Jae-hyeon’s 3-point shot split the rim and chased Jung Kwan-jang with a 23-26 score.
SK succeeded in a comeback in the second quarter with Oh Jae-hyeon’s 3-pointer, and as Leon Williams dominated the bottom of the goal and continued to create offensive opportunities, ace Jameel Warney exploded with offensive power.
Jung Kwan-jang’s Filipino Lens Abando, who appeared in front of his hometown fans, raised the mood with an outside strike, but it was not enough, and SK finished the first half with a 45-40 score.
In the third quarter, SK scored 5 points in a row with Warney’s 3-pointer and Choi Boo-kyung’s layup to run away with an 11-point lead.
In the final quarter, with a 67-58 lead, SK took the win by creating a 14-point gap with Warney’s outside shot 4 minutes and 49 seconds before the end.
Jeong Kwan-jang tried to narrow the gap with Jeong Hyo-geun’s consecutive 3-point shots and Robert Carter’s score, but 2 minutes and 51 seconds before the end, Warney split the rim with his trademark floater to create a double-digit gap.
1 minute and 22 seconds before the end, Youngjun Ahn sealed the victory with a dunk following a steal.
On this day, SK Warney scored 36 points and 16 rebounds, and Oh Jae-hyun scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers.
Leon Williams recorded a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
For Jung Kwan Jang, Robert Carter played hard with 21 points and 9 rebounds.