Women's professional basketball championship, Game 4. Will the referee's whistle be a big factor?
Asan Woori Bank and Cheongju KB are playing the biggest championship game of all time. The best-of-five, best-of-three championship game. The two teams have been battling it out with no letup.
In the first game, Woori Bank dramatically overturned a 10-point deficit to win the best-of-three series, and in the second game, KB won 1-0 thanks to Park Ji-soo's heroics.
In the third game, which was a watershed moment in the championship, Woori Bank dramatically overturned a 16-point deficit as the 'first half abandonment, second half penalty' worked.
However, just before the third game, KB requested a referee briefing. Referees Jung Jin-kyung, Ryu Sang-ho, Jung Do-young, and Kim Do-hyun, as well as KB's head coach Kim Wan-soo, coach Jin Kyung-seok, and coach Oh Jung-hyun, attended the referee briefing, which was held from 5 p.m. on the 29th.
The Korean Women's Basketball League (WKBL) announced on its website on Monday the results of the referee briefing session for Game 3 between KB and Woori Bank, which was held at Asan Sunshin Gymnasium on Monday.
Of the 23 points requested by KB, the WKBL recognized one incorrect call and 11 unknowns. And unusually, it released the results on its website. This is the first time since 2019.
The incorrect call was KB's failure to point out a basket count situation. The unknowns were missed foul plays, including a chip call that was a light call.
However, the specific 11 unknowns were not disclosed.
This could be an important factor in the officiating in the best-of-four series.
A WKBL representative said, "The fact that KB's request was granted with one incorrect call and 11 unknowns does not mean it was a favoritism. The referee briefing only judged the shots requested by KB. The analysis of the third game showed that if Woori Bank had requested unknowns and incorrect calls, the numbers would have been similar.
In fact, 바카라사이트 the WKBL analyzed the results of Game 3 before KB's request for a referee briefing and found similar numbers.
Another official said, "Before KB's request for a referee briefing, the analysis was the same: 10 unknowns against KB and 10 unknowns against Woori Bank. We believe that there were no calls that were decisively unfavorable to either team until the third game. Furthermore, there were no calls that could have affected Woori Bank's chase. It may be different from the regular season, but we try to keep the same standards in the playoffs and championships," he said.
Game 4 between the two teams will be held at Asin Sunshin Gymnasium on April 30 at 6 p.m.
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