In the professional basketball All-Star Game held for the first time in two years, 'Team Heo Woong' defeated 'Team Heo Hoon'.



'Team Heo Woong' defeated 'Team Heo Hoon' 120 to 117 in the 'Brother Showdown' in the 2021-2022 KGC Ginseng Corporation Cheong Kwan Jang Pro Basketball All-Star Game held at the Daegu Gymnasium.



Heo Woong, who scored 21 points as team captain Heo Woong, was honored as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the All-Star Game, standing tall as the main character of the day.



This is the first time the professional basketball All-Star Game is held in Daegu, and last season, the event was canceled due to the Corona 19, and it is the first time in two years since the 2019-2020 season that the All-Star Game is held at the stadium.



The All-Star Game was played against team Heo Woong, led by Heo Woong, who ranked first in the fan vote, and team Heo Hoon, who placed second in the fan vote.



Heo Woong took first place with 163,850 votes, a record high in the fan voting for the All-Star Game, while his younger brother Heo Hoon took second place with 132 votes and assumed the captain of each team.



The brothers set a new record for the most votes (12354 votes) by Seoul Samsung manager Lee Sang-min, who played for Jeonju KCC in the 2002-2003 season.




In 'Brother Showdown', former national team coach Heo Jae, father of brothers Heo Woong and Heo Hoon, appeared as a special referee in the first quarter and gave fun.



At the beginning of the quarter, former coach Heo Jae pointed out Heo Hoon's traveling foul and received strong protests from his son.



At the beginning of the second quarter, when the song 'Mugunghwa has bloomed' rang in the stadium, all players stopped, and the fans were presented with a fun scene in which Heo Woong scored in a one-on-one match with Heo Hoon.



The two teams, which showed a witty performance, engaged in a full-fledged scoring contest in the middle of the second quarter.



Team Heo Woong, who once led 41-31, gave points in succession to Heo Hoon, Choi Jun-yong (SK), and Yang Hong-seok (kt), allowing for a short comeback, and ended the first half with a 61-60 chase.



In the middle of the third quarter, Team Heo Hoon took the lead 72 to 68, but Team Heo Woong took the lead again with the players scoring evenly.



In the second half of the quarter, Nak-Hyun Kim and Kwan-Hee Lee's 3-point shot exploded, making Team Heo Woong 94-89.



Team Heo Hoon continued to pursue until the second half of the fourth quarter, but Team Heo Woong did not give up the initiative until the end.



Team Heo Woong put the key to the victory with Laguna's under-goal goal 24.4 seconds before the end of the match, chased 117-118.



In the 'Pocari Sweat 3-point Shooting Contest' held after the end of the first quarter, Lee Kwan-hee defeated Heo Woong 19-12 to win the championship.



In the domestic player category of the 'KCC Dunk Contest' held at halftime, kt's 'super rookie' Yoongi Ha, who appeared as a Hulk, in the domestic player category, and Omari Spellman of Ginseng Corporation became the champion in the foreign player category.



In addition, during the 2nd quarter operation time, 'KBL Allaz', which consists of rookie players such as Lee Woo-seok, Lee Won-seok (Samsung), Lee Jeong-hyeon (Orion), and Ha Yoon-gi (kt), will be held in line with the girl group Espa's 'Next Level'. 'Sword Group Dance' was introduced.



After the 3rd quarter, both teams had a dance match with 'Street Kble Fighter', and all the All-Stars made the All-Star Game rich with a joint performance tailored to 'Hey mama'.



The 3,300 seats at the Daegu Gymnasium were sold out in 3 minutes from the start of the reservation on the 10th, and all 3,300 spectators gathered for the All-Star Game that day and filled the stadium.



Meanwhile, KBL had a moment of silence before the start of the game to commemorate coach Yang Jeong-go before Pyo Myeong-il, who passed away after a battle on the 12th.



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