The first game after changing the coach was also a failure Samsung, last place for 3 consecutive seasons

Kim Hyo-beom, acting director of Seoul Samsung. 

Seoul Samsung, ranked last in professional basketball, took the drastic measure of replacing its coach, but was completely defeated by the third largest score of the season. As the gap with 9th place widens, we are at risk of finishing in last place for the first three years in a row since the launch of professional basketball, but there is no clear solution in sight.

Samsung lost to Daegu Korea Gas Corporation by a score of 82-107, 25 points, in the 2023-24 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball regular league away game held at Daegu Gymnasium on the 23rd.

Samsung's loss on this day was the team's third loss by a large margin of the season, following the Wonju DB game (73-102) on November 18th and the DB game (67-91) on the 8th of this month.

The opponent is not a strong team. Korea Gas Corporation was the 9th ranked team, right above Samsung, and in the season record, Samsung had the upper hand with 2 wins (undefeated) before this game.

However, Samsung was unable to withstand Korea Gas Corporation's firepower from the first quarter and conceded a large number of goals, and by the end of the third quarter, the gap had widened to 35 points (57-92). Although it was only one game, the level difference between the two teams was seriously revealed. Samsung destroyed itself with 14 errors and had a field goal success rate of only 38.8%.

Samsung's leadership changed on the 21st. Due to poor performance and plummeting grades, former coach Eun Hee-seok voluntarily resigned. Coach Eun Hee-seok, who took office as Samsung's 7th head coach in April 2022, left in disgrace after failing to complete his three-year contract.

Samsung appointed coach Kim Hyo-beom as acting head coach and set about revamping the team's atmosphere, but they were unable to exert any effort from the first game and were completely defeated.

Samsung, a renowned family of tradition, declined after finishing second in the championship match in the 2016-17 season. From the 2017-18 season to the 2022-23 season, it never ranked in the top six. In particular, it recorded 9 wins and 45 losses in the 2021-22 season and 14 wins and 40 losses in the 2022-23 season, ranking at the bottom for the first two years in a row.

Seoul Samsung team. 

Since the launch of professional basketball in 1997, there has been no last-place team for three consecutive years, and Samsung is on the verge of overturning that disgrace.

Samsung suffered a crushing defeat that day, widening its lead over 9th place Korea Gas Corporation to 2.5 games. There are still 32 games left, so there are many opportunities, but overturning the 2.5 game gap seems daunting for Samsung, the ‘weakest team’.

Samsung has had a miserable record of 1 win and 9 losses in the last 10 games. In addition, they had not yet reached the turning point, but they recorded 8 consecutive losses, 6 consecutive losses, and 3 consecutive losses. As the game progresses, the situation gets worse.

Acting coach Kim Hyo-beom said after finishing the Korea Gas Corporation match, “Now is the time to improve our performance, but it is definitely not easy,” and “I was lacking a lot. “I have to prepare harder,” he said, bowing his head.

We need to change the flow, but it is difficult to find a breakthrough. In addition, it is a forced march to play an 8-game away game starting with the DB game on the 8th. Samsung faces Seoul SK, Ulsan Hyundai Mobis, and Goyang Sono one after another every 2-3 days, and they are all daunting opponents for Samsung, which is in a total predicament. 스포츠토토맨