Carrot won 87-76 in a confrontation with Daegu Korea Gas Corporation in the 2022-23 professional basketball regular league held at Goyang Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do on the 9th. With this victory, Carrot, who surpassed the 50% win rate with 16 wins and 15 losses, regained the 5th place alone by beating Jeonju KCC. KOGAS, which also aimed for three consecutive victories, recorded 12 wins and 17 losses in the season, reducing the ride with Wonju DB in 9th place to half a game.
On this day, the team made 16 3-point shots, overwhelming Korea Gas Corporation (4). The team’s 3-point shooting success rate also complied with 44%. In particular, it was Lee Jung-hyun’s performance in his second year as a pro that led to the team’s victory. Lee Jung-hyun made an outstanding performance on the day with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. In particular, he tried 11 3-point shots and succeeded in 9 of them, constantly piercing the rim of Korea Gas Corporation, which showed weakness in preparation for 3-point shots.
While Lee Jung-hyun was on fire, Jeon Seong-hyun, a ‘living legend’, also exerted his strength. Jeon Sung-hyun recorded 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, including 5 3-point shots. He succeeded in writing the first history of Korean professional basketball by recording three or more 3-pointers in a total of 16 consecutive games until today.
For Korea Gas Corporation, Lee Dae-seong, who stepped on the court of his parents Goyang, scored 19 points, and Lee Dae-heon also scored 24 points, leading the game on an equal footing with Carrot in the early stages. Thanks to the performance of the two, the game flowed evenly until the middle of the 2nd quarter, but Jeon Seong-hyun, who started to explode from the 2nd quarter, and Carrot, who exploded from the 3rd quarter, collapsed and gave up the victory.
On this day, Lee Jung-hyun exploded with 8 points from the first quarter. Lee Jung-hyun, who reported the first goal of the day with a 3-point shot, succeeded in stealing against Lee Dae-seong immediately after scoring and succeeded in scoring an additional point, continuing the momentum. Lee Jung-hyun was hot, but Korea Gas Corporation also had a solid combination of Lee Dae-sung and Lee Dae-heon. KOGAS started with Shin Seung-min’s 3-point shot with 1 minute and 13 seconds left at the end of the first quarter, and Park Ji-hoon and Lee Dae-seong scored consecutively, ending the first quarter with a score of 20-21.
Unlike Lee Jung-hyun in the first quarter, Jeon Seong-hyun hesitated, but Carrot started hitting from the second quarter. Jeon Seong-hyun, who scored a 3-point shot in just over a minute from the start of the second quarter, joined Lee Jung-hyun’s scoring streak. Jeon Seong-hyun succeeded in making his third 3-point shot before the first half was over, and succeeded in achieving the record of 3 or more 3-point shots in 16 consecutive games for the first time in professional basketball history, and Carrot scored a goal between Didric Lawson and Jeon Seong-hyun in the last 1 minute and 30 seconds. The score widened to 44-36 and finished the first half.
In the second half, Lee Jung-hyun burned even hotter. Lee Jung-hyun also bombed Korea Gas Corporation, scoring 11 points in the third quarter. All three 3-point shots went in. KOGAS chased after Lee Dae-sung and Lee Dae-heon with 5 points in a row with 8 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter, but started to regain the mood with Lawson’s mid-range shot that widened the score. Carrot, who caught the flow, widened the score to 70-55, a 15-point gap, as Lee Jung-hyun scored two 3-pointers in the last minute. 메이저놀이터
Carrot’s 4th quarter, which fully solidified his winning streak, was close to a celebration for the two shooters. Lee Jung-hyun added two 3-pointers in the 4th quarter and made the final 9th 3-pointer, imprinting himself in front of the fans as the hero of the day. He hit his last 3-pointer with 25 seconds left in the game to literally seal the win. Seong-Hyun Jeon also added two 3-pointers in the 4th quarter, and finished the game with a statistic down to MVP (Most Valuable Player) 0 by filling in 20 points that day.