2011 Eurobasket: Georgia Bounces Back With 69-53 Win Over Ukraine
by Kris Willis on Sep 4, 2011 11:10 AM EDT
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The Georgian National team outscored Ukraine 39-20 in the second half to score a 69-53 victory and evened their record at 2-2 in the 2011 Eurobasket Olympic Qualifying tournament. The second half run was fueled by turnovers by the Ukraine National team who committed 23 in the game.
Manuchar Markoishvili and George Tsintsadze led the way for Georgia with 14 points each. Tornike Shengelia added 12 points. Atlanta's Zaza Pachulia finished with six points and six rebounds.
Stiven Bertt and Oleksiy Pecherov led Ukraine in scoring with 11 points each. Utah Jazz center Kyrylo Fesenko finished with seven points and four rebounds in 14 minutes of action. The Ukraine National team is coached by former NBA and Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Fratello.
The victory places Georgia in good position to advance as each of the top three finishers in Group D will move on the second round of the tournament. Ukraine drops to 1-3 in the tournament while Bulgaria at 1-2 faces off against undefeated Russia later today. Georgia's final game of the preliminary round is tomorrow morning against Bulgaria.
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Some of these games are a lot of fun to watch, but I just wish the tournament would last a bit longer.
It’s nice to see all of the international nobodies in the NBA play like stars with their national teams. One thing that surprised me was how stacked Spain is, even more so than last year with the additions of Calderon, Pau, Ibaka, etc. I thought Ibaka was African, but I guess he gained citizenship out there. I don’t know if any other team can match that frontline. Zaza will definitely have his hands full if they get that far.
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