Premium Member niremetal Posted August 3, 2010 Premium Member Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 (edited) Way to go, Zaza! :thumbsupsmileyanim: http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.gameID_7663-C-2-1.html Zaza: 26 pts, 8 rebs, and 2 assists in 27 minutes Gortat: 10 pts, 3 rebs, and 1 assist in 28 minutes Georgia (or Sakartvelo, as they call it in Tbilisi) routed Poland 84-65. The Polish Hammer got nailed. I watched part of the game. Gortat looked as clueless about what to do against decent players in Europe as he does here in the States. I've always said that no one would even know Gortat's name if he weren't backing up a superstar. One game doesn't prove that, of course, but it's particularly satisfying to see Zaza crush him in what was a pretty significant game - one more win basically secures Georgia a place in Eurobasket 2011, which is the Olympic qualifying tournament. Well done, Z! Edited August 4, 2010 by niremetal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted August 3, 2010 Moderators Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Polish Hammer no match for the Georgian Screwdriver. ~lw3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted August 3, 2010 Moderators Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Skita sighting... Gollee, he doesn't even start over there... ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 one more win basically secures Georgia a place in Eurobasket 2011, which is the Olympic qualifying tournament. What? That was the first game of that group, each team plays 8 games and they have to finish first or be one of the best 2nd placed teams, so one more win will not secure anything. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTB Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 wow! ok zaza i see you! bring that game this upcoming season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member niremetal Posted August 4, 2010 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 What? That was the first game of that group, each team plays 8 games and they have to finish first or be one of the best 2nd placed teams, so one more win will not secure anything. ;) Whoops - right you are. I thought that was their second game and that it was 4 games in this round. Nm. Well, 1 down, 4ish to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member niremetal Posted August 30, 2010 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Sadly, Georgia just missed making it to the final round of Eurobasket: http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.coid_Gq9QgCWaIk2xXuGnkUoQZ0.articleMode_on.html The top two second place teams get wildcards to the next round. Georgia finished second in their Group at 5-3, which was the same W-L record of the two other second place teams. The tiebreaker, however, is point differential. On that front, Georgia fell short of the other two second place teams. C'est la vie. At least Zaza played well, despite a couple bad games mid-tourney - he averaged 15.8ppg and 7.5rpg and played great D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremor Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) Way to go, Zaza! :thumbsupsmileyanim: http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.gameID_7663-C-2-1.html Zaza: 26 pts, 8 rebs, and 2 assists in 27 minutes Gortat: 10 pts, 3 rebs, and 1 assist in 28 minutes Georgia (or Sakartvelo, as they call it in Tbilisi) routed Poland 84-65. The Polish Hammer got nailed. I watched part of the game. Gortat looked as clueless about what to do against decent players in Europe as he does here in the States. I've always said that no one would even know Gortat's name if he weren't backing up a superstar. One game doesn't prove that, of course, but it's particularly satisfying to see Zaza crush him in what was a pretty significant game - one more win basically secures Georgia a place in Eurobasket 2011, which is the Olympic qualifying tournament. Well done, Z! I wouldn't draw conclusions from single game in which Gortat got 2 quick fouls. In rematch in Poland: Zaza: 8 (1/10 FG) pts, 7 rebs, and 0 blocks (0 in first game) in 32 minutes Gortat: 17 pts, 8 rebs, and 4 blocks (2 in first game) in 35 minutes Stats from 8 games: Zaza: 15.8 (48% FG) pts, 7.5 rebs, and 0.5 blocks in 28 minutes Gortat: 18 (65.5% FG) pts, 8.9 rebs, and 2.3 blocks in 35 minutes Edited August 30, 2010 by tremor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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