Обсуждение участника:Park Hye-jin, the main character of Woori Bank's victory, said, "Can I win again like this?"
If you pick the "Best 5 Best Scenes" of the 2023-2024 Women's Professional Basketball Season, you can't leave this moment out.
On the 30th of last month, Woori Bank's Park Hye-jin (33) hit a long-range 3-pointer with 1:39 left in Game 4 of the championship match between Asan Woori Bank and Cheongju KB (three out of five), making it 70-66. This increases Woori's chances of winning and losing three games.
Park Hye-jin was a key player when Woori Bank achieved six consecutive wins from the 2012-2013 season. She was named the MVP three times, tying for first in the category.
However, about two years ago, the psychological burden caused by injuries and "burnout" increased, showing a slight slowdown.
Woori Bank's Kim Dan-bi and rookie Park Ji-hyun, who were also recruited as free agents two years ago, have established themselves as the center of the team, and Park Hye-jin has already played a supporting role.
It feels a little insufficient to call Park Hye-jin, who once "struggled" the league, only "supporting".
At least it needs to be called the 'main supporting actor', and in fact, it was Park Hye-jin who hit the most decisive blow in this year's championship game.
Park Hye-jin, who met with Yonhap News Agency at Woori Bank Gymnasium in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul on the 4th, said, "It feels empty even if the winner gets up the next day," adding, "I still think I'll have to take a few days off and work out again."
But you said that the feeling of winning this time is definitely different from the previous one.
"(Kim) Danbi came, and (Park) Ji-hyun was also a player who had to grow into the center of the team, so he had to give up his greed," he said. "There were times when I was upset."
Park Hye-jin said, "After suffering a knee injury during the season, my physical condition did not improve quickly, so I wanted to do my best even if it was a small role ahead of the playoffs and the championship game. I'm grateful that I finished it with a smile at the end. I'm thinking about it."
This year's championship match was a close game in which the winner was unknown until just before the end of the first to fourth rounds, and in particular, it was a great match that upset experts' expectations that Woori Bank won the "KB."
Park Hye-jin said, "I was shocked to lose the first round of the playoffs against Samsung Life Insurance, but that actually helped us," adding, "I gained confidence against KB by winning the first round when I was trailing by 10 points early in the fourth quarter."
He said, "The championship I always remember was my first in the 2012-2013 season, and that changed with this one. Fans say it was an interesting championship game, but it was really difficult and painful for the players. But now that I think about it, it was really a championship game." He said with a smile, "I wondered if I could do it again, and I was really happy to be there."
It also became a hot topic this season for its short hairstyle.
Park Hye-jin said, "After the last season, I felt exhausted to the point where I was agonizing over retirement, and no matter how much I rested due to my knee injury, I never felt like playing basketball again. I just kept resting and returned to the team the day before the opening media day. I changed my hairstyle with the determination to try something new."
"When I look at the picture at that time, I'm surprised and wondering, 'Why did I grow my hair like that with such confidence?'" he said. "Even if I try to grow it out again, I think I did too much."