March 3, 2017
The Korean League playoffs are finally set! Outside of Woori Bank, who clinched the regular season with ten games to play, everyone else had a chance to fill the last two spots. Soon after, Samsung was the favorite to take the second spot and the third was wide open. It could have come down to the last and final game of the season between KDB and KB Stars but KDB was unable to defeat Shinhan Bank on Thursday to give them a chance to play for third and final place. Instead, with their loss, KB will take the final playoff spot.
It comes as a surprise as KB sat in the cellar of the standings for quite some time. It wasn’t until rookie sensation Park Ji-soo joined the team and began to take over as one of the best players in the entire league. In her first season in the WKBL Park is averaging a double double of 10 points and 10 rebounds. She’s also dishing out almost three assists per game.
Woori Bank will wait for the winner of the best of three series between KB and Samsung. Samsung will have home court advantage as game 1 will take place on their court, game two will be at KB, and if necessary, game 3 will be back in Samsung’s gymnasium. Playoffs start March 10th. The finals will begin on the 16th of March.
Standings;
*Woori Bank 32-2
*Samsung 18-16
*KB Stars 14-20
Shinhan Bank 13-21
KEB Hana 13-21
KDB Winnus 12-22
* Clinched playoff spot
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