2020–21 KBL season

KBL
Season2020–21
Dates9 October 2020 – 6 April 2021
Games played54 per team
Teams10
TV partner(s)SPOTV
Regular season
Season MVPSong Kyo-chang
(Jeonju KCC Egis)
Finals
ChampionsAnyang KGC (3rd title)
  Runners-upJeonju KCC Egis
Playoffs MVPJared Sullinger
(Anyang KGC)

The 2020–21 KBL season was the 25th season of the Korean Basketball League (KBL), the highest level of basketball in South Korea. There was no defending champion as the previous season was cut short towards the end and the play-offs were cancelled.[1]

Clubs

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Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Jeonju KCC Egis 54 36 18 .667 Qualification to semi-finals
2 Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 54 32 22 .593
3 Anyang KGC 54 30 24 .556 Qualification to quarter-finals
4 Goyang Orion Orions 54 28 26 .519
5 Incheon Electroland Elephants 54 27 27 .500
6 Busan KT Sonicboom 54 26 28 .481
7 Seoul Samsung Thunders 54 24 30 .444
8 Seoul SK Knights 54 24 30 .444
9 Wonju DB Promy 54 24 30 .444
10 Changwon LG Sakers 54 19 35 .352
Source: [1]

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Playoffs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
4
Goyang		1
 
 
 
5
Incheon		3
 
1
Jeonju		3
 
 
5
Incheon		2
 
 
 
 
 
1
Jeonju		0
 
 
 
3
Anyang		4
 
3
Anyang		3
 
 
 
6
Busan		0
 
2
Ulsan		0
 
 
3
Anyang		3
 
 
 
 

Individual awards

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Yearly awards

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Individual statistic leaders

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Category Player Team Statistics
PPG(O) United States Shawn Long Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 21.3
PPG(D) Heo Hoon Busan KT Sonicboom 15.6
RPG(O) United States Shawn Long Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 10.8
RPG(D) Yang Hong-seok Busan KT Sonicboom 6.7
APG South Korea Heo Hoon Busan KT Sonicboom 7.5
SPG South Korea Lee Dae-sung Goyang Orion Orions 1.9
BPG United States Isaiah Hicks Seoul Samsung Thunders 1.5
FG% United States Cliff Alexander Busan KT Sonicboom 63.3%
FT% United States Nick Minnerath Seoul SK Knights 83.4%
3FG% South Korea Kim Dong-wook Seoul Samsung Thunders 43.9%

Round MVP

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The following players were named MVP of the Round:[3]

Records

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  • On 25 March 2021 Song Kyo-chang became the youngest player in KBL history to reach 3000 career points.[4] He had been drafted out of high school in 2015 and is also the first high school graduate to win the regular season MVP.
  • Heo Hoon is the first player in KBL history to simultaneously rank first in the statistical categories of scoring (domestic players) and assists (overall).[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Seoul Samsung Thunders, Seoul SK Knights and Wonju DB Promy were tied numerically but ranked accordingly based on their head-to-head records.

References

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  1. ^ "출범 23년 만에…프로농구도 시즌 종료" (in Korean). mk.co.kr. March 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ "2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 6라운드 MVP" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ "'얼리 엔트리 성공신화' 송교창, 역대 최연소 3,000득점 달성" (in Korean). BasketKorea.com. 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ "2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 정규경기 결산 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. 6 April 2021.
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