WOMEN BASKETBALL REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION KB COACH KIM WAN-SOO “CONFIDENT OF QUARTERFINAL PO”
After leading Cheongju KB to the regular-season title in the women’s professional basketball league, head coach Kim Wan-soo said, “I’m confident no matter who our quarterfinal playoff (PO) opponent will be,” and did not hide her determination to win the overall title.KB won 68-60 at home against Busan BNK in the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women’s Professional Basketball League regular season on Thursday at Cheongju sportstotozonecom Gymnasium in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Chungcheong Province.KB, which recently clinched the regular season title with a 13-game winning streak, returned to the regular season crown after two years following the 2021-2022 season.”I want to focus on the work that remains to be done rather than the joy of the moment,” said head coach Kim Wan-soo, who celebrated his second regular season title in three seasons, “I’m proud and grateful that the players overcame the difficulties they faced.””We started preparing for the season on April 7 because of the team’s poor performance last year,” he said, adding, “It was a long off-season, but the players endured it well without losing anyone, and the club also provided good support to focus on training and games.”Kim Wan-soo, who won the regular season title in his first season in charge in 2021-2022, finished fifth in the league last season amid a bad season in which Park Ji-soo, the centerpiece of the team, only appeared in nine of the 30 regular season games.
“I didn’t realize it (winning the title) in the first year, but once we struggled, I remembered the hardships and struggles of the players during that period, and it made me cry,” Kim said.Heo Ye-eun, who played guard for the championship team, also recalled the difficult off-season, saying, “The day we started training last year was April 7,” and “I thought the season would never come.”KB is flying high with 24 wins and 2 losses this season, but coach Kim Wan-soo said, “The two losses were the low point,” and praised the captain’s dedication, saying, “The team could have faltered, but captain Yoon-ah Yim held the center well, so the losses became medicine instead of poison.””We are confident no matter who our opponent is,” said Kim, who will face the fourth-place team in the best-of-four playoffs starting on March 9, “and we will emphasize our strengths and hide our weaknesses as much as possible.”The teams currently in contention for fourth place are Bucheon Hana OneQ and Incheon Shinhan Bank. KB has won all five games against both teams this season.”I’ll do my best, but I don’t plan to play Park Ji-soo, Kang Yi-sul, and others too much,” Kim said of the team’s plans for the remainder of the regular season. “If we emphasize the basics like shooting, screens, defensive steps, and pass timing until the playoffs, we’ll have fewer mistakes and a 토토사이트 better shooting percentage.”
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