SK Basketball Wins | Ham Ji-hoon Retirement Game

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bae Jin-nam = Professional basketball team Seoul SK pushed Ulsan Hyundai Mobis, whose ‘one-club man’ Ji-hoon Ham had begun his retirement tour, into a swamp of four consecutive losses.

SK defeated Hyundai Mobis 78-75 in the 2025-2026 LG Electronics professional basketball regular league home game held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 6th.

SK, ranked 4th with its 23rd win (15 losses) of the season, narrowed the gap with Wonju DB and Anyang Cheonggwanjang (24 wins, 13 losses), tied for second place, having played one less game, to 1.5 games.

In this season’s match against Hyundai Mobis, despite the win on this day, they are inferior with 2 wins and 3 losses, but have recently escaped two consecutive losses.

On the other hand, 8th place Hyundai Mobis, who recently lost 4 consecutive games and 5 away games, had 12 wins and 25 losses.

On this day, the game against SK was the start of the retirement tour for Ham Ji-hoon, who played 18 seasons for Hyundai Mobis and decided to end his brilliant career as a player at the end of this season.

Hyundai Mobis tried to add meaning to the win, but its losing streak only prolonged.

SK took the lead in the first quarter with Jamil Warney, who scored 10 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.

SK threw 11 3-point shots and succeeded in 6 in the first half alone, running away with an 11-point lead, 46-35.

Hyundai Mobis also did not back down easily.

In the third quarter, they held the opponent scoreless, and following Seo Myung-jin’s 3-pointer, Rayson Hammonds scored 7 points in a row, quickly bringing the lead to 4 points.

SK broke the lead with Warney’s free throw and widened the score again with Alvin Tolentino’s fast break score.

In the fourth quarter, Hyundai Mobis’ pursuit was even fiercer.

With 2 minutes and 20 seconds left in the 4th quarter, Seo Myeong-jin’s goal brought the score to 71-70, making it impossible to know whether they would win or lose.

Then, Warney ran out the attack time limit 1 minute and 23 seconds before the end and hit a 3-point shot, overcoming the crisis of a comeback.

Afterwards, Eddie Daniel scored under the goal, giving SK a 76-70 lead.

Hyundai Mobis trailed 74-76 with 36 seconds left, with Hammonds succeeding in both foul free throws, and Hammonds’ finish following Park Moo-bin’s steal in the ensuing defense.

Then, SK eventually escaped Hyundai Mobis’ pursuit with Tolentino’s score in the attack that followed the timeout.

Tolentino scored 25 points by hitting five 3-pointers, and Warney, the fourth-round MVP, achieved a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

SK Oh Jae-hyun, who injured his right ankle ligaments in a game against Fubon Braves (Taiwan) in the East Asian Super League (EASL) on the 28th of last month, recovered faster than expected and made his return that day, playing 34 minutes and 59 seconds and recording 12 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Hyundai Mobis’ Hammonds played hard with 33 points and 11 rebounds, but it did not lead to a team victory.

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