In spite of perfect playing of Giorgi Shermadini, “Bennet Cantu” lost to “Maccabi” Tel Aviv 60:75 and is in the 3rd place in H Group of Euroleague Top 16. Coefficient of Georgian center was 31 which was the best result in the whole round. Giorgi has a chance to become MVP of the round.
“Bennet Cantu” lost one quarter to Israeli club and this quarter turned out decisive. The Italian club lost the third quarter 5:23 and of course, they could not minimize score. None of Georgian basketball players of “Bennet Cantu” was in the main staff. Shermadini played for 29:22 minutes. He earned 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. Georgian center scored 2 from 5 2 points and all 11 (!) free throws. He lost the ball once, received 4 personal fouls and 10 (!) fouls were committed against him.
As for Manuchar Markoishvili, he spent 20:27 minutes on arena. Though, he scored only one from 8 shots. Manuchar added 1 steal to three points. He lost the ball once and committed one foul. Only Gianluca Basile and Andrea Cinciarini played on high level from Italians. Basile scored 20 points. Cinciarini earned 9 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
Spanish “Barcelona” is in the first place in H Group of Top 16. “Barcelona” celebrated 4 victories in a row on “Zalgiris” in Lithuania. “Maccabi” and “Bennet Cantu” have 2-2 victories. “Bennet Cantu” will hold the next game against the Catalonia club on February 23.
