Anyang Jungkwanjang center Lee Jong-hyun was asked by Darryl Monroe before the team’s 2023-2024 Jungkwanjang Pro Basketball regular season game against Seoul Samsung at Jamsil Gymnasium on Thursday.레모나토토 도메인

Jong-hyun went on a scorching run against Samsung’s Lee Won-seok in the first quarter. He even hit a three-pointer. He scored nine points in the first four minutes of the game, giving him 11 points in the first quarter alone. His score remained at 11 points after the buzzer sounded in the fourth quarter.

Despite not scoring another point after the first quarter, Lee’s 11 points in the first quarter set the stage for Jeong’s five-game winning streak. His teammates, including Park Ji-hoon (16 points) and Choi Sung-won (12 points), took charge in the second through fourth quarters. With Lee Jong-hyun’s performance, the team jumped out to a 13-3 lead early in the game and never looked back, winning 81-63 to extend their winning streak to five games.

Lee Jong-hyun also contributed to the team’s victory in the away game against DB on October 10, scoring nine points in the first quarter alone.

When asked after the game, Jong-hyun said, “I don’t play in the first quarter thinking I have to score. I just go with the flow of our offense and that’s how I score. (Daryl) Monroe made some really good passes to me, and I was able to score a lot of points because of that,” he said.

“Before the game, he asked me, ‘How are you feeling?’ I said, ‘Very good,’ and he said he was going to give me a lot of passes. Monroe told me that he asked (Oh) Se-geun a lot of times. He really gave me a lot of passes and I scored easily. I’m in good shape these days,” he said, smiling.