Professional Basketball SK Wins by 13 Points Over Ryukyu

Professional basketball SK wins by 13 points over Ryukyu in East Asia Super League

Leon Williams, great performance with 23 points and 17 rebounds

Professional basketball team Seoul SK won its first win in the East Asian Super League (EASL), a competition between professional basketball clubs in East Asia.

SK, the runner-up team in this competition last season, defeated Ryukyu Golden Kings (Japan) 82-69 in the second game of Group B of the 2023-2024 EASL Group Stage held at Sono Arena in Goyang on the 1st. 카지노

SK, which lost 79-80 to Ryukyu in the first game held at the Okinawa Arena in Japan on the 18th of last month, avenged itself with a huge win that day.

SK and Ryukyu in Group B each had 1 win and 1 loss.

At the beginning of the first quarter, SK seemed to be pushed back by Ryukyu's successive outside offensive attacks, but they gradually built up points with aces Kim Sun-hyung and Heo Il-young at the center.

SK, which succeeded in a comeback with Oh Jae-hyun's 2 points, began to push Ryukyu with 3 points from Heo Il-young and Song Chang-yong.

The two teams traded scores in the second quarter, and SK entered the second half with a 42-34 lead.

At the start of the third quarter, Ryukyu Golden Kings was closely behind by 2 points with 3 points from Alan Durham and Shota Onodera, and SK also responded with 3 points from Kim Seon-hyung.

SK succeeded in scoring 9 consecutive points, including Oh Se-geun's 3-point play, and Leon Williams' outside shots exploded one after another, at one point running away with a 17-point lead.

In the final quarter, SK virtually solidified the victory by scoring three points in a row from Jae-Hyeon Oh and Il-Young Heo, as well as a goal from Bu-Kyung Choi.

SK, which did not allow Ryukyu to catch up, won by 13 points.

For SK, Leon Williams recorded a double-double with 23 points and 17 rebounds, and Kim Sun-hyung led the attack with 12 points and 8 assists.

Heo Il-young and center Oh Se-geun, who transferred ahead of this season, did their part with 12 points each.

For Ryukyu, Keita Imamura contributed with 18 points.

SK took second place behind Anyang Jeonggwanjang in the inaugural EASL held from March 1st to 5th this year using the 'Champions Week' format, which compressed the group stage and tournament schedule into five days.

Ryukyu, Japan's B-League champion in the 2022-2023 season, also finished fourth in the last EASL.

The two teams were tied in Group B with New Taipei of Taiwan and Meralco of the Philippines in this tournament.

This EASL, now in its 2nd year, will hold group stage games in a home-and-away format every Wednesday until February 7th next year, considering each league's schedule, and the top teams in the group will play a semifinal tournament from March 8th to 10th.

The winning team will receive $1 million (approximately 1.35 billion won) in prize money, the runner-up team will receive $500,000, and the third place team will receive $250,000.

1st day record (Goyang Sono Arena)

East Asia Super League Group B 2nd match

Seoul SK 82 (24-17 18-17 26-19 14-16) 69 Ryukyu Golden Kings