After transferring to “Olimpija”, Giorgi Shermadini, player of Georgian team, needed some time to get used to a new club. Now, he is one of the leaders of “Olimpija”.
Georgian basketball player was the best player in the 3rd round match of Top-16. “Olimpija” played against “Maccabi” Tel Aviv. Estonian club could do nothing against the host team at “Nokia Arena” (11 500 spectators attended the match).
“Olimpija” won only the 3rd quarter – 23:22. Jewish club had advantage in other quarters and finally, they won with a 37-point difference – 104:67.
Shermadini was not in the main staff of “Olimpija”, though, he played during 24:31 minutes. Giorgi scored 4 2-point from 7 and 7 penalties from 8. He collected 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 block-shots.
Georgian player lost the ball only once and got 3 personal fouls. 8 fouls were committed against him. Benefit ration of Shermadini was 22 and he was only behind two opponents – Lior Eliyahu (30) and Jeremy Pargo (25).
Vladimir Boisa showed up on the field symbolically. Vova has been injured for a long time and he is getting his old form now. Boisa played during 01:37 minutes.
After 3 rounds, “Barcelona” Catalogna is leading Group F of Top-16 with 3 wins. “Maccabi” has 2 wins, “Olimpija” – 1. “Lottomatica” Roma is still expecting a victory. “Olimpija” will hold the next match on February 17. The club will try to take revenge on “Maccabi”.
