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KBL Playoffs - KGC Takes Commanding Two Game Lead

KBL Playoffs - KGC Takes Commanding Two Game Lead

ANYANG, South Korea - Anyang KGC took a commanding 2-0 lead in the best of five series with the KT Sonic Boom, escaping with a 65-61 win.



KT Falls at Home, Wonju Wins League Title

KT Falls at Home, Wonju Wins League Title

BUSAN, South Korea - Wonju Dongbu Promy continued their dream season, winning the regular season championship and their 14th game in a row with a convincing 73-60 win over KT. It’s the fourth regular season championship in the teams 15 year history.



Basketball - KT Sweep SK This Weekend

Basketball - KT Sweep SK This Weekend

SEOUL - KT used a big fourth quarter run to defeat the Seoul SK Knights for the second time in three days.

Cho Sung-min scored 21 points and added six assists, and Charles Rhodes had 12 boards and 12 points to lead KT to their 29th victory of the year.

Park Sang-oh scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth, where KT took a commanding 20 point lead midway through the quarter, though they only lead 49-46 after the third.

KT shot 53% from the field, including seven three pointers in the game. SK struggled from the three, hitting only 22% (4/18) of their shots.

SK was lead by Amal McCaskill with a game high 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Byun Ki-hoon added 13 and five boards.

SK fell to 16-30 with the loss.



Basketball - KT Needs Overtime To Beat SK

Basketball - KT Needs Overtime To Beat SK

BUSAN, South Korea - Cho Sung-min scored 28 points, and Park Sang-oh added 23 as the KT Sonic Boom beat the Seoul SK Knights 79-71 in overtime Friday night.

Charles Rhodes also added another double-double, with 12 points and 15 rebounds.

SK got off to a quick start, led by some hot shooting by small forward Kim Hyo-bum, who went a perfect 3-3 from behind the arc. KT only hit one of six three pointers, allowing SK to build up an early 24-13 lead.

KT regrouped early in the second, going on an 8-2 run to close the gap to 26-24, but SK started to penetrate the middle, scoring twelve straight points in the paint to close the half with a 38-33 lead.



LG's Moon Tae-young Wins All Star Game MVP

LG's Moon Tae-young Wins All Star Game MVP

SEOUL - Moon Tae-young won the MVP of the Korean All Star Game Sunday afternoon in Seoul, helping the Dream Team to a 143-119 victory over the Magic Team.

Moon scored 24 points, added 10 rebounds, four assists and two steals. Rod Benson was also a favorite to take the award, as he scored 24 points and added 15 rebounds. Yang Dong-geun scored 17 fourth quarter points to lead the Dream Team with 25 points.

Eric Sandrin (Lee Seung-joon) led all scorers with 27 points and six rebounds. Incheon’s Moon Tae-jong added 20 points and six rebounds, while DeShawn Sims added 19 points and five rebounds.

The Sonic Boom took three contest titles on the day, with Charles Rhodes and Kim Hyun-min winning the dunk contests for import and domestic players, while Cho Sung-min won the shooting star award.

Jeon Tae-poong also won the three point competition.



KT Sends Three Players to the All Star Game

KT Sends Three Players to the All Star Game

SEOUL - Three members of the KT Sonic Boom will be heading to Seoul to participate in the 2012 KBL All Star Game. Guard Cho Sung-min was elected as a starter for Team Magic, while Cho Dong-hyun and Charles Rhodes were also coaches selection.

The game will take place January 29 at 3 p.m. in Seoul.

Team Dream

Starting 5

Tony Akins, Kim Sun-hyung, Eric Sandrin, Jarod Stevenson, Oh Se-keun

Coaches Choice

Kim Tae-sool, Lee si-jun, Yang Hee-jong, Lee hyun-ho, Choo Seung-gyun, Ha Seung-jin, Alexander Johnson

Team Magic

Starting 5

Yang Dong-geun, Cho Sung-min, Kim Joo-sung, Greg Stevenson, Rod Benson

Coaches Choice


Park Ji-hyun, Kim Hyun-joong, Cho Dong-hyun, Chris Williams, Choi Jin-soo, Charles Rhodes, Song Chang-moo.



Basketball - Big Three Lead KT Past LG

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Basketball - Big Three Lead KT Past LG

CHANGWON - Charles Rhodes, Park Sang-oh and Cho Sung-min combined for 78 points to lead KT to an easy 96-78 win over Changwon LG Sakers Friday night.

Rhodes led the charge with 32 points, while adding nine rebounds. Cho added 24 points while Park added 22.

KT erupted for 53 first half points, taking a 12 point halftime lead. They shot 53% from the field for the game, in one of their best shooting performances in the past couple of weeks. KT also hit eight three pointers in the game.

LG was lead by Aaron Haynes with 23 points.

KT's next game is at home Wednesday night versus the Seoul SK Knights.



Basketball - Anyang KGC Blow Out KT

Basketball - Anyang KGC Blow Out KT

ANYANG - Anyang KGC won their sixth straight game, using a 57 point second half to blow the game open and beat the Sonic Boom 89-66 at home Wednesday night.

 



Boom Split a Pair of Games over the Weekend

Boom Split a Pair of Games over the Weekend

BUSAN, South Korea - The KT Sonic Boom looked impressive Saturday, then fell flat Sunday, as they split two games over the weekend.

On Saturday at home, The KT Sonic Boom got off to a quick start and never looked back, defeating the Seoul Samsung Thunders 72-61 for the second time this week.



KBL - Park Leads KT Past SK

KBL - Park Leads KT Past SK

BUSAN - KT forward Park Sang-Oh played like the reigning MVP, leading a balanced scoring attack as the KT Sonic Boom easily defeated the Seoul SK Knights 78-60 at the Sajik Indoor Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.



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