Oh Jae-hyun’s ‘surprising activity’… SK, 2 consecutive championships, 1 win left
on the 5th Professional basketball Seoul SK’s 3rd year guard Jae-hyun Oh Draft’ knocked on the professional door. Wearing the SK uniform as the first pick in the second round, Oh Jae-hyun stood out in the defense with his 187 cm tall height, quick speed, and wide range of motion.
However, Jaehyun Oh’s weakness is shooting. His jump shot success rate dropped significantly due to his bizarre shooting form in which he crouched down and shot. Teams facing Oh Jae-hyun responded with a ‘sagging defense’ that allowed him to shoot outside shots.
In the 5th game of the 2022-2023 professional basketball championship match (7 matches, 4 wins) between Seoul SK and Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 3rd, Oh Jae-hyun led SK to a 66-60 victory with a weak outside shot. SK, who won the series 3 wins (2 losses) with the victory on this day, will win the championship game for the second year in a row if they catch the 6th game in Anyang on the 5th. Until last season, 9 teams, which accounted for 81.8% of the 11 teams with 3 wins in the championship game 2 wins and 2 losses, lifted the championship trophy.
Oh Jae-hyeon, who started in place of starting point guard Kim Seon-hyeong, led the team’s offense by scoring 10 points, including two 3-pointers, in the first five minutes of the game. Jae-Hyun Oh, who scored only 2 points in the 3rd and 4th games, succeeded in making a 3-point shot, which was pointed out as a weakness, and SK coach Jeon Hee-cheol was able to save Kim Seon-hyung and Jamil Warney’s ‘one-two punch’ until 4 minutes before the end of the 1st quarter.
Afterwards, SK, which focused on attacking Kim Seon-hyung and Jameel Warney, finished the first half with a huge 41-28 lead, but in the third quarter, SK showed a stalemate in attack and allowed a turnaround.
In the 4th quarter, both teams entered into a seesaw game with their defenses blocking the opponent’s attacks. The 58-58 tight tie situation was broken by SK’s symbol ‘quick attack’ and Oh Jae-hyun’s 3-point shot. Jae-hyeon Oh removed the rebound four minutes before the end of the game and passed the ball forward for a long time, resulting in Kim Seon-hyung’s layup shot. It was SK’s first fast break of the day.안전놀이터
Later, with a 62-60 lead, Oh Jae-hyun made a bold breakthrough to get the opponent’s foul and make one free throw. Then, 38 seconds before the end, he made a decisive corner 3-point shot to make it 66-60. Ginseng Corp. was struck by lightning after playing a sagging defense to induce Oh Jae-hyeon to shoot a 3-point shot.
On this day, Oh Jae-hyun scored 14 points by shooting 4 3-pointers, which was his weakness, and making 3 of them, becoming the number one contributor to the team’s victory. SK’s one-two punch Kim Seon-hyung scored 16 points, and Warney’s field goal rate was only 37%, but he secured 15 rebounds and kept the bottom of the goal.
Oh Jae-hyun, who showed tears in a broadcast interview after the game, said, “I am sorry that I could not live up to those expectations even though the coaching staff and his teammates trusted and appointed me. My co-workers helped me a lot to save me. I’m glad I reciprocated today,” he said of his victory.