05:35 minutes before the end of the game between “Galatasaray” Istanbul and “Olympiacos” Piraeus, Manuchar Markoishvili minimized score (65:66) by two points. Then, the guests had 12:0 “run” and easily won the game – 67:78.

This game was held in the second round of Euroleague and 11 400 spectators attended it on “Abdi Ipekci”. The Georgian basketball player was in lineup. He earned 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists in 23:47 minutes.  

Markoishvili scored 2 from 4 2 points and 3 from 5 free throws. He missed 2 3 points, had one turnover, received 4 personal fouls and 6 fouls were committed against him. Before this game, Manuchar had scored 17 free throws in a row at Euroleague. In this game he scored 3 but then missed 2.

In the previous game Australian center Nate Jawai was the best from the Turkish team with 22 points and 5 rebounds. Vassilis Spanoulis led “Olympiacos” with 18 points.

“Olympiacos” is leading C Group with 2 wins. “Galatasaray” is in the third place with a win-loss. The Istanbul team will hold the next game against “Unicaja” Malaga on 31 October.

Dato Manjavidze