Park Hye-Jin Park, the most rebounds on the team…”I still can’t believe it”
“Honestly, I still can’t believe we won.” Park Hye-jin (34, 179 centimeters) repeated the phrase over and over again after the game. It was a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
Park finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and five assists in 39 minutes and 53 seconds in Game 3 of the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women’s Professional Basketball Championship against Cheongju KB Stars at Asan Sunshin Gymnasium on Monday. Asan Woori Bank got firepower from Kim Dan-bi (21 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals) and Choi Yi-sam (10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists) to pull out a 62-57 victory.
It was a game where Park Hye-jin showed her true colors. Park led Woori Bank’s comeback in the third quarter, when the score was 23-35. She actively participated in rebounding and contributed to quick offensive transitions. Park also showed guts. She led Woori Bank’s comeback with a proprietary deep three with just over a minute left in the third quarter, and then made a three-pointer from an unstable position just before the end of the third quarter.
After the game, Park Hye-jin said, “Honestly, I still can’t believe we won. We didn’t give up because we were down by a lot of points in the first half, but as the game went on, we thought, ‘It’s not going to work.’ We went in with the mindset of trying again in the second half. We came out with more energy and I think it paid off, but I still can’t believe it,” she laughed.
Park went on to explain the circumstances of her deep three attempt, saying, “I don’t feel bad shooting it in practice, but strangely, it didn’t go in in the game. So in the second game, I hesitated on the shot. I thought, ‘Today (28th), I’ll do what I’m good at, whether it’s porridge or rice. I tend to feel short when I enter the game. There was no defense, so I threw it confidently.”
Her nine rebounds were the most on the team. “It’s great that (Park) Hye-jin just runs and plays,” said head coach Satellite Woo before Game 3. When I look back, she gets all the rebounds at important moments,” he praised.
“On offense, I don’t think I’m as helpful as I was when I was in my prime or when I was in good shape,” Park Hye-jin said, “but (Kim) Dan-bi and (Park) Ji-hyun were guarding (Park) Ji-soo, so I felt like I had to do something on the sidelines.
With a valuable victory under their belt, Woori Bank will play the fourth game (30th) with a 2-1 lead. If they win, it will be their 12th win. The data shows how favorable 카지노사이트 Woori Bank is. A team that wins the third game in a 1-1 series has a 90.9% (10/11) chance of winning the title.
“I don’t want to put points on my performance this season. If the team can win, I want to play a role, whether it’s rebounding or defense. It’s hard to judge my physical condition, but I think my body has improved since the playoffs, so I can shoot well from a long distance,” said the lucky Park Hye-jin. “In the championship game two seasons ago, we lost because we didn’t play properly. The players said, ‘Let’s play without regret,’ but the coach said, ‘There is no such thing. If you lose, you’re dead’ (laughs). We don’t think about losing. I hope we can play well as everyone has gained confidence,” he said.