Didric Lawson and Lee Jung-hyun’s one-two punch exploded.
Goyang Carrot won the home game against Suwon kt in the 2022-23 SKT Adot Professional Basketball Round 5 held at Goyang Gymnasium on the 10th, 83-67, and escaped the crisis of a losing streak. kt fell into a 2-game losing streak.
Lawson (22 points, 안전놀이터9 rebounds, 5 assists) dominated the game. Lee Jung-hyun (16 points, 5 assists), Jonathan Alledge (13 points), support fire, and solid team defense broke kt.
After the early rush of Ha Yoon-ki (19 points and 11 rebounds), kt was the only match left by Yang Hong-seok (14 points and 9 rebounds). It was able to rise to 6th place, but it self-destructed.
Carrot was shaken by the limit of height from the first quarter. He gave up a whopping 17 points to Ha Yoon-gi alone. Instead, Lawson’s rim attack and Lee Jung-hyun’s 3 consecutive points fired back. In the first quarter, where Jeon Seong-hyun’s 3-point shot split the rim, the score was 23-25, 2 points inferior.
Carrot’s firepower exploded from the second quarter. Allegy went back and forth between the inner and outer rims and split the rim. With the addition of Lee Jung-hyun, Jeon Seong-hyun, and Kim Kang-seon, Carrot completely destroyed kt’s weak outer defense. Carrot, who added 29 points in the second quarter alone, finished the first half with a score of 52-42.
Carrot maintained the pace of the game in the second half. Lawson’s stable scoring under the goal widened the score gap. The third quarter ended with a 68-53, 15-point lead as Kim Gang-seon and Jo Han-jin’s 3-point lead. This is the result of making good use of the moment kt self-destructed.
Carrot also had a good start in the fourth quarter. Lee Jung-Hyun and Jo Han-Jin’s 3-point shot ran away to 74-53, 21 points. Afterwards, kt’s counterattack swayed for a while, but Kim Jin-yu’s hustle, Lawson’s goal under the goal, and Lee Jung-hyun’s 3-point shot kept the gap. There was no reversal for the rest of the time. Carrot, who continued the lead, won.