In the current season Zaza Pachulia appeared in the starting five of “Milwaukee Bucks” for the first time and did his bit in the victory of his team. Georgian center spent 40:55 minutes in the won match against “Cleveland Cavaliers” (109:104) and without a doubt it was the biggest indicator of both teams.
Zaza appeared in the starting lineup, after when Larry Sanders got trauma. It should be also said that the young center of Milwaukee has not a tranquil temper, he is indicted in a fight in one of the bars (according to eyewitnesses, he hurt his rivals head badly with the champagne bottle) and if this fact will be proved, probably he will miss several matches.
Besides Sanders, another traumatized players, Brandon Knight, Ersan Ilyasova and Luke Ridnour, did not help “Bucks”.
The captain of the national team of Georgia perfectly coped his functions. Zaza was not attacking often (he scored 2 2-pointers of 4), however he was incomparable in free throws.
Finally, Pachulia used all 10 free throws and during the season gained 21 free throws. In this regard, the Georgian made the following comment after the game: “ To score a free throw is the easiest thing, at that time nobody disturbs you. Only you, the ball and the basket are...”.
Georgian center added 9 rebounds and 7 assists to 14 points and to say in a short, he almost made a triple double. It should be noted that Zaza got only 2 personal fouls during a long time and made 3 mistakes, which is not a bad indicator.
The fate of the match was decided in the last seconds. One minute before the final whistle, C.J. Miles made an exact attack and Cleveland was ahead (104:103), however O. J. Mayo scored 4 free throws in a row after the 2-pointer of Caron Butler and “Cavaliers” could not save the match.
Mayo become the best player of the match, who gained 28 points and Kyrie Irving with 29 points was the best among the guests. Gary Neal also held good game among “Bucks”, he scored 4 3-pointers of 5 and finally gained 23 points.
“Milwaukee Bucks” celebrated the 2nd victory after 2 defeats and occupied the 3rd place in the eastern part of the central division. “Bucks” will have their next match on November 10 against “Dallas Mavericks”.
For now, Zaza has 13.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists which is the best result for him (since 2003).
Milwaukee – Cleveland 109:104 (30:23, 25:30, 28:26, 26:25)
Milwaukee: Butler (30 min. 10 p. 4 reb.), Henson (39 min. 14 p. 9 reb. 3 ass.), Pachulia (41 min. 14 p. 9 reb. 7 ass.), Mayo (33 min. 28 p. 3 ass.), Wolters (33 min. 9 p. 8 reb. 6 ass.); Udoh (13 min. 4 p. 5 reb.), Neal (31 min. 23 p. 4 ass.), Middleton (20 min. 7 p. 3 reb.).
Cleveland: Clark (13 min. 3 p.), Thompson (35 min. 5 p. 7 reb.), Varejao (33 min. 12 p. 8 reb. 3 ass. 3 ste.), Waiters (30 min. 21 p. 3 reb. 3 ass.), Irving (35 min. 29 p. 5 reb. 8 ass.), Miles (24 min. 14 p. 3 reb.), Gee (23 min. 7 p. 4 reb.), Jack (19 min. 6 p.), Bennett (12 min. 3 p. 3 reb.), Bynum (14 min. 4 p. 4 reb.), Zeller (2 min.).
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