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Korea’s KBL: results from the league’s own game records, signings and the table.
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Samsung hold off Sono 95-87 to go 9-0
Kerem Kanter scored 32 with 12 rebounds, and Samsung closed on a 10-0 run after Sono led twice in the fourth quarter. Sono went 2:54 without a point.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Lee Jung-hyun's three at the buzzer gives Sono a 97-96 win over KCC, SK come back from 20 down to beat LG, and Samsung go 8-0
KCC led by two with six seconds left in Goyang. Johnny O'Bryant III grabbed a missed free throw and Lee Jung-hyun hit the winner as time ran out. SK trailed LG 37-17 on Saturday and won 86-85, then beat KT on Sunday. Samsung won at Hyundai Mobis and at Korea Gas and are still unbeaten.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Assem Marei grabs 34 rebounds as LG beat Hyundai Mobis 88-83, and DB come back from 11 down to win 102-95 at KT
LG scored the last seven points in Ulsan after Darius Bazley's 34 put Mobis ahead with 2:21 left. On Friday, Wonju DB won the fourth quarter 31-16 in Suwon behind 30 from Rayshaun Hammonds and 26 points and 11 assists from Ethan Alvano.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Kerem Kanter scores 30 as Samsung beat KCC 97-86 to go 6-0, and Jameel Warney's 18 rebounds lift SK past Jung Kwan Jang 84-76
Samsung trailed early, never trailed after the middle of the second quarter and led by 15 in the third. On Tuesday, SK came back from 15-2 down to hand second-place Jung Kwan Jang its second loss.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 21, 2026 · 4 min read
DB win the third quarter 38-18 and rout Korea Gas 104-78 as Ethan Alvano goes 6 for 6
Wonju led by 39 late in the third on Monday night and ended Korea Gas's three-game winning streak. Henry Ellenson scored 22, Rayshaun Hammonds 21 off the bench, and Lee Yong-woo made five threes.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Kerem Kanter scores 42 against LG, then Samsung hold off DB 95-92 to go 5-0: KBL roundup
Eight games from Thursday to Sunday. Seoul Samsung are the league's only unbeaten team, Anyang Jung Kwan Jang won twice to reach 6-1, and Johnny O'Bryant III scored 56 in two Sono wins.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 18, 2026 · 7 min read
Louis King scores 44 as KCC beat Nagasaki Velca 98-83 in the EASL meeting of the Korean and Japanese champions
The game was tied 76-76 with about eight minutes left in Nagasaki. KCC scored 22 of the last 29 points, King made all nine of his free throws, and the B.League champions lost their first EASL game.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 14, 2026 · 2 min read
Ra Gun-ah scores all 14 of his points in the third quarter as Korea Gas erase a 17-point deficit and beat KT 82-69
KT led 35-18 midway through the second quarter in Daegu. Korea Gas closed the half on a 9-0 run, won the third quarter 28-14 and finished with a second straight win, its first at home this season.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
John Mooney's late three and free throws carry Jung Kwan Jang past Sono 85-81, and Hyundai Mobis earn a first win
The lead changed hands five times in the last three minutes in Anyang before Mooney scored the last five points. Jung Kwan Jang are 4-1 and second. On Monday, Gaige Prim scored 33 as Mobis beat DB 99-89 without trailing.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Kerem Kanter's three with six seconds left beats Sono 82-81 and keeps Samsung unbeaten
Samsung came back from 11 down in the fourth quarter to move to 3-0, alone at the top of the KBL. Jung Kwan Jang beat LG 88-65, and KT won 87-81 at KCC after 13 lead changes.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Keve Aluma and Ra Gun-ah give Korea Gas its first win, 81-75 at Hyundai Mobis
Aluma had 26 points and 14 rebounds and Ra 25 and 10 as Daegu KOGAS led for the last three quarters and left Ulsan winless at 0-3. In Busan, Henry Ellenson scored 24 and Wonju DB beat KCC 85-79.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 10, 2026 · 3 min read
Lee Kyu-tae's 11 fourth-quarter points hand Jung Kwan Jang its first loss as Samsung go 2-0
Samsung beat Anyang Jung Kwan Jang 66-58 at Jamsil and are the KBL's only team with two wins and no losses. KT survived a 12-0 Sono run and won 88-79 behind 30 from Paris Bass.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Yang Jun-seok's last four points carry LG past DB 96-92 after 21 lead changes
Lee Yong-woo's three tied it 92-92 with 52 seconds left in Wonju. Yang answered with a basket and two free throws, and LG made 12 threes to DB's five.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Louis King's late threes lift KCC past winless KOGAS 103-98
King scored 29 off the bench, including two threes in the last 75 seconds after KOGAS cut a 16-point lead to two. Keve Aluma had 30 points and 13 rebounds for KOGAS, now 0-3.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 7, 2026 · 3 min read
Paris Bass leads KT past LG 97-72 with 23 points and 14 rebounds
Suwon KT won the second quarter 26-13 and the fourth 28-13, and led by as many as 27. Both teams are now 1-1. Miguel Oczon made four threes for KT.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 6, 2026 · 2 min read
John Mooney grabs 17 rebounds as Jung Kwan Jang win 86-80 at Korea Gas and stand alone at 2-0
Jung Kwan Jang scored 15 straight points in the first quarter and never trailed again. Mooney had 23 points and six assists. SJ Belangel scored 23 for Korea Gas, who made 13 threes and lost the boards 40-28.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Jung Kwan Jang hold off Hyundai Mobis 88-85 as two late threes miss
Anyang led by 16 with 8:41 left. Ulsan scored 20 of the last 27 points and cut it to 87-85, then missed two threes in the final three seconds. John Mooney had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Gaige Prim 33 for Mobis.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 4, 2026 · 3 min read
Kerem Kanter scores 30 as Samsung win at KT 81-76 despite Paris Bass's 35
Kanter scored nine straight Samsung points early in the fourth quarter and finished with 13 rebounds. Bass scored 15 KT points in a row across the third and fourth, but KT never led after halftime.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 4, 2026 · 3 min read
KBL opening weekend: DB come back on Sono 95-86, Sono beat Korea Gas 82-73
The rest of the KBL's first weekend in brief. Kang Sang-jae's back-to-back threes turned a Wonju comeback into a lead, and Johnny O'Bryant III scored 26 in both of Goyang Sono's games.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 4, 2026 · 3 min read
Archie Goodwin scores 25 as Changwon LG open the KBL season with a 103-68 rout of Busan KCC
LG outscored KCC 28-10 in the second quarter, led by as many as 36 and shot 55% from the field. Yang Hong-seok added 22, and Assem Marei had 14 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists.
Han Ji-wooDesk name · Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min read