In the “SK Rent-a-Car Match,” the youngest player, Cho Kun-hwi, defeated captain Kang Dong-gung to reach the quarterfinals. In addition, Palazon and Park Ki-ho, including “Defending Champion” Kang Min-gu, also joined the quarterfinals 꽁머니환전.
On the night of the 10th at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Conditional Hwi won a set score of 3:0 (15:4, 15:8, 15:6) against Gangdong Palace in the round of 16 round of the “Welcome Savings Bank Well-Bang PBA Championship” in Game 8 of the 23/24 season.
Conditional Hwi exploded in attack from the beginning of the first set and led by 10:0 in two innings, and filled five runs in the remaining four innings to bring the first set in six innings.
In the second set as well, Conditional Hwi-Q was furious. He scored a high run of seven points on the first pitch, and added eight points during the four innings to end the set in five innings.
Even in the third set, Cho led the game by a wide margin of 10:1 in seven innings. After a brief lull, Kang also failed to find a way out due to the attack. In the end, Cho finished the game by scoring two runs with a bank shot in the 14th inning with a 13:6 lead. Cho made the quarterfinals for the first time in more than three years after Game 5 (semi-finals) of the 21/22 season.
Kang Min-gu (Blue One), who won his first professional championship trophy in the competition last season, won a come-from-behind victory over Kim Jong-won with a set score of 3:1 (8:15, 15:13, 15:9, 15:12), and Javier Palazon (Huons) defeated Lee Kuk-seong with a score of 3:1 (15:8, 15:4, 11:15, 15:2) with two long hits (11 points, 10 points).
Park Ki-ho, a “third-division tour” who defeated Semi-Signer (Huons) in the round of 32, won a set score of 3:2 (13:15, 13:15, 15:9, 15:9, 11:6) in the round of 16.
Kim Byung-ho reached the quarterfinals for the first time in four years, with Kwon Hyuk-min and Hwang Hyung-beom winning side by side in the previous one or two turn games. Lim Sung-kyun also made his first quarterfinal appearance of the season.
The quarterfinals of the PBA Game 8 will be divided into four rounds, starting with the first game at 11 a.m. on the 11th and until the 10 p.m. game.