Jeong Kwan-Jang Overtime Win: Park Jihoon Scores 19 | KBL Basketball

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Ha-eun = Professional basketball team Anyang Jeong Kwan-jang achieved a come-from-behind victory over Seoul Samsung after a close overtime game and achieved a refreshing third consecutive win.

Cheong Kwan Jang defeated Samsung 90-82 after overtime in the 2025-2026 LG Electronics professional basketball regular league home game held at Cheong Kwan Jang Arena in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 22nd.

Cheong Kwan-Jang (16 wins, 8 losses), who had won three games in a row, ranked alone in second place, trailing leader Changwon LG (16 wins, 6 losses) by one game.

The first victory against Samsung this season was also announced.

Samsung recorded 9 wins and 14 losses, standing still in 7th place.

Jeong Kwan-Jang gave up the lead to Samsung’s 3-point basketball, which ranked first in outside shooting in the first half.

In the first quarter, they allowed two shots each to Lee Kwan-hee and Andrew Nicholson, and in the second quarter, they allowed two shots to Lee Geun-hwi, allowing eight three-pointers in the first half alone.

Cheong Kwan-Jang, who finished the first half trailing by 7 points, began chasing in earnest in the third quarter by controlling the opponent’s outside guns and taking the upper hand in the rebound battle.

While Samsung was making a series of mistakes, Lens Abando’s score, Park Jeong-woong’s 3 fast breaks, and Abando’s 2 free throws tied the score to 7 points, narrowing the gap.

Entering the fourth quarter trailing by 4 points, 60-64, Cheong Kwan-Jang managed to turn things around with Park Ji-hoon’s score in the middle of the quarter and Kim Jong-gyu’s score following Park Ji-hoon’s steal, and 44 seconds before the end of the quarter, Park Ji-hoon’s score allowed them to get back up to 6 points.

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However, they immediately allowed a 3-pointer to Nicholson, and 2.1 seconds earlier, they also hit an outside shot from Ho-bin Han, tying the score at 79-79, and Kim Jong-gyu’s final layup missed the rim, leading to overtime.

In a see-saw game, Jeong Kwan-Jang turned the tables on Park Ji-hoon’s outside shot 2 minutes and 56 seconds ago and then ran away with a 4-point lead with Bryce Washington’s two free throws.

Park Ji-hoon hit the rim with two free throws at 20.4 seconds and 13 seconds before the game was declared a win.

Park Ji-hoon (19 points, 5 assists) was at the forefront of victory, scoring 15 points in the game, including 8 points in the fourth quarter and 7 points in overtime.

Johnny O’Bryant (21 points), Abando (10 points, 7 rebounds), and Park Jeong-woong (10 points) also contributed.

Samsung hit 12 3-pointers, but lost in the final battle of concentration and lost in a row.

Nicholson struggled with 26 points and 7 rebounds, and Lee Kwan-hee scored 16 points.

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