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The two teams are struggling, but Busan KCC, which beat the regular season winner Wonju DB by 3-1 and is taking a break from the championship game, is happy to see the blood fight between the two teams.
LG and KT will have their fifth round of semi-final PO match at Changwon Gymnasium in South Gyeongsang Province on Saturday. LG is holding the first and third rounds, while KT has won the second and fourth rounds, continuing a tight race with two wins and two losses.
Having the upper hand in the first game, LG suffered a crushing defeat by KT by 20 points in the second game at home. However, KT failed to continue its momentum in the third game at home, and allowed a come-from-behind three-point shot to LG's Yoon Won-sang, and suffered a reversal defeat. However, it turned the tables in the fourth game, balancing its two wins and two losses.
As both teams are passionate about winning the championship game, the fifth round is expected to be fiercer than ever. We have to pour all of it into it, but it is expected that Yang Hong-seok and Heo Hoon, who succeeded in revival by scoring 18 points each in the 4th round after being sluggish in the 1st to 3rd rounds, will be important.
However, regardless of which of the two teams wins, they have no choice but to have a physical burden in the championship match against KCC, which will be held from the 27th.
KCC won 80-63 in the fourth round of the semifinal playoff against the regular league winner Wonju DB on the 21st and is first in the championship game with a 3-1 record in the series.
On the schedule, the winner of LG and KT will take only two days off and start the championship game, while KCC has four more days off.
In the past championship matches, only four out of nine teams have won the semifinal PO to the fifth round. Of the four winning cases, only two of the 2001-2002 and 2014-2015 seasons actually beat the physical burden and won the championship because both teams that reached the championship went from the semifinal PO to the fifth round.
Therefore, it is important for LG and KT to minimize power loss such as injury in Game 5. Of course, an all-out battle is inevitable for both teams as it is a cliff-edge game, but morale can be even higher as the winning team will dramatically advance to the championship game.
If either LG or KT can win the last five games without losing power, it will be possible to continue its momentum in the championship game and overcome its physical limitations.
"Now is not the time to think about complicated moves. Once we win, we can continue this season and maintain our dream of winning the championship.