Professional basketball Seoul Samsung defeated Wonju DB and took a step closer to escaping from the bottom.

Samsung won 83-77 in the 2022-23 SKT Adot Professional Basketball DB and home game held at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on the 13th.

Samsung, which had lost 5 consecutive matches against DB (including last season) before the game on this day, won a valuable victory in the 6th confrontation.

The runner-up is also getting closer. With a record of 12 wins and 28 losses, Samsung trailed 9th place Daegu Korea Gas Corporation (13 wins and 27 losses), who are on a losing streak of 8 matches, by one game.

On the other hand, 8th place DB (16-24) suffered a painful loss to the lowest place Samsung, and suffered 4 consecutive losses, widening the gap with 6th place Suwon KT, which was the last line to advance to the playoffs, by 1.5 games.

In Samsung, Dallal Willis took the lead with 18 points and 8 rebounds, while Lee Jung-hyun (15 points), Anthony Moss, Shin Dong-hyuk (above 13 points), and Lee Ho-hyun (10 points) contributed to the victory with double-digit scores.

DB Kim Jong-gyu scored 24 points, the most of both teams, but had to watch the defeat due to poor scoring support from fellow players. It was regrettable that the sluggish performance of foreign players and the absence of Kang Sang-jae due to a calf injury.

Samsung, which led 24-21 in the first quarter, kept the victory without allowing a turnaround. In the third quarter, they struggled against DB’s fierce counterattack and allowed a tie, but at each critical moment, they escaped the crisis well and escaped the pursuit, eventually ending the game with a victory. 스포츠토토

Samsung, which is on the verge of escaping from the bottom, will play the S-Derby against Seoul SK on the 16th. On the 18th, DB also aims to escape from a losing streak against SK.