KOR - Ulsan win KBL championship

ULSAN (Korean Basketball League) - Ulsan Mobis Phoebus claimed their second Korean Basketball League (KBL) title on Tuesday after overcoming Busan KTF MagicWings 82-68 at Dongcheon Stadium in Game Seven of the championship series.

Busan forced the decisive game having at one stage trailed 3-1 in the series, but the home side dominated and never looked back after taking a 35-28 lead at half-time.

Point guard Yang Dong-geun led the way for Ulsan with 19 points, five assists and four steals as he claimed Most Valuable Player honours for the series to go along with his regular season MVP award.

American imports Chris Burgess and Chris Williams added a combined 37 points for Ulsan.

Ulsan won their only previous KBL title in 1997 but reached last year's final series, where they were swept 4-0 by Seoul Samsung Thunders.

Colin Pereira
FIBA