Professional Basketball Gas Corporation Defeats Samsung Despite Nicholson’s Absence… Belangel 24 Points

In the professional basketball league, Daegu Korea Gas Corporation avoided a losing streak by defeating last-place Seoul Samsung despite Andrew Nicholson’s injury absence.

Korea Gas Corporation defeated Samsung 81-75 in the 2023-2024 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball regular league away game held at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul on the 4th.

KOGAS, which lost to Wonju DB by 1 point on the 2nd and was unable to win three games in a row, successfully rebounded and maintained 7th place with 19 wins and 27 losses on the season. 동행복권파워볼

They are 5.5 games behind 6th-place Ulsan Hyundai Mobis (24 wins, 21 losses), which is the Maginot line to advance to the playoffs.

Samsung, ranked 10th, suffered 4 consecutive losses against Korea Gas Corporation, and ended up with 10 wins and 35 losses.

Gas Corporation, with Nicholson absent due to a bad ankle, took the lead 26-17 in the first quarter with Sam Josef Belangel scoring 9 points.

In the second quarter, Samsung piled up points thanks to Lee Jeong-hyeon’s skillful ball distribution and tied the score at 29-29 with 5 minutes and 15 seconds left, but after Park Bong-jin scored five consecutive points from inside and outside, KOGAS took a breather by running away with a 34-29 lead.

The score at halftime was 40-32.

KOGAS widened the gap to 53-37 5 minutes and 24 seconds before the end of the third quarter with a series of 3-pointers from Park Bong-jin, Belangel, and Kim Nak-hyeon, but Samsung trailed to 50-58 in the second half of the third quarter thanks to the struggles of Lee Jeong-hyun and Ishmael Lane. It stuck.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Lee Jeong-hyeon played a big role with two outside shots and a three-point play, and the team trailed by 68-70 with 4 minutes and 38 seconds left.

However, KOGAS, which regained its defensive concentration, made it 75-68 with Maxwell’s 3-point play and Kim Nak-hyeon’s 2 free throws and did not lose the lead until the end.

Belangel scored 24 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds, Nak-Hyun Kim scored 18 points, including 4 3-point shots, and Maxwell scored 17 points and 13 rebounds, contributing to the victory for KOGAS.

In Samsung, three players recorded double-doubles: Lee Jeong-hyun with 20 points and 10 assists, Lee Won-seok with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Kofi Coburn with 14 points and 15 rebounds.