“He’s a superstar, he’s a national team player, so I knew he was on a different level.”
The team lost 64-76 to Daegu KOGAS in the Group A preliminary round of the 2024 DB Insurance KBL Cup in Jecheon at Jecheon Gymnasium on Sunday. After falling to Seoul Samsung 80-87, the team finished the tournament with two losses.
Despite finishing with two losses each time, this tournament has the smallest point differential of -19 points. The other four competitions had a minimum of -30 points and a maximum of -46 파워볼사이트 추천 points.
The difference between the two teams is largely due to Yang Hong-seok’s play. In two games, Yang averaged 21.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 40.0% (6-of-15) shooting from three-point range.
After the game, Yang Hong-seok shared his thoughts on playing his first official game after joining the mercantile sector.
“It’s too bad. I didn’t have any special injuries, but I had a bad back during the process of increasing my workouts at Sangsung, so I took a long break. I came back about two weeks before the Cup and I felt that the time (to build up my body) was short, but in the practice matches with the professional team, my shots were going in and I was in good shape, so I told my coach that I could play in this tournament. After the first match against Samsung, it was a pomp and circumstance, and it was my first real match in months, so I couldn’t breathe when I got on the court today (July 7). Normally, in a regular league, you play one match, rest a day, and you’re fine for the next match. Here, I couldn’t recover. It’s a pity because I missed too many easy shots, I wasn’t focused from the beginning, I wasn’t running around. I wasn’t in good shape, and I needed to put it in when it was crucial, but I couldn’t do it. But we still have the national championships, so we need to get in shape.”
Sangmu will start the national championships on Thursday against Dankook University. With a week to prepare, the team will be able to show a better performance than the one they had today.
“In a tournament, you can’t play a losing game, you have to win everything,” said Yang Hong-seok. We have to make sure that we can win,” he said.
When asked about his back problems after playing against Samsung on May 5, Yang Hong-seok said, “It’s been about six months since the playoffs in April that I’ve played so intensely. “After the game against Samsung, I couldn’t do anything but lie down for a whole day. I was supposed to do recovery training and lie down, but the conditions weren’t good, and when I tried to heat up and play again, it was hard to breathe properly after I went back and forth once today. I thought I was in trouble, but I also missed an easy chance created by Byun Jun-hyung in the first half.”
Byun Jun-hyung, who was absent against Samsung, was a cut above the rest. In particular, his passing was excellent. Byun Jun-hyung and Yang Hong-seok led the way for Sangmu.
“All of the players who came to Sangmu were enlisted because they were outstanding, and I’m grateful that attention was paid to our two players,” said Yang Hong-seok. ”In the second half today, we just ran after the ball and didn’t take the initiative. Sergeant Byun Jun-hyung hit two crucial shots and kept us in the game until the end, otherwise we would have lost.”
When asked about his first official match with Byun Jun-hyung, Yang Hong-seok praised him, saying, “His passes came very easily, and when I ran on the inside, the pass came to me.” “He’s a superstar and a national team member, so I knew he was on a different level,” he added.
During the morning training session, Yang Hong-seok was acting as the squad leader even though Jeon Hyun-woo was not enlisted.
When asked about his role as squad leader, Yang Hong-seok said, “I feel burdened because Sergeant Jeon Hyun-woo is so good,” and added, “I think that if we all communicate together, even if the horse is the squad leader, our individual stats will go up.”
The most important national championships are ahead.
“I have good memories of winning the national championship in my senior year of high school,” said Yang Hong-seok. After the match against Samsung, coach Kim Jae-woo gave us a vacation. He said that if we won today, he would give us more vacation. I’m grateful to him because he motivates us to train hard, even though we have to do our best as soldiers.” ‘I want to win the national championship so that I can give him a good rinse, and make good memories with the sergeants and comrades who are leaving the army,’ he vowed.