20.12.2009 BC Odesa punished “wolves”
BC Odesa punished “wolves” in Kyiv - 67:75.
Jerel Blassingame became a real headache for Kyiv defense. All he needed to score was good screen from John DeGroat. At the same time home team shower poor performance. BC Kyiv didn’t use their centers rather didn’t find the way to make open shoots from outside. That’s why after first half Odesa were leading by 10 points - 28:38.
In third and forth periods capital team were using zone press which helped them to come back - 65:66. But Odesa answered with 5:0 run organized by unstoppable Blassingame. After that Kyiv had only one way to go - fouls tactic. But it didn’t work. 67:75 in the end for BC Odesa
Jerel Blassingame led the guests with 25 points and 7 assist while John DeGroat notched 15 points. Viacheslav Kravtsov collected 22 points and 10 boards for the capital team, Maksym Pustozvonov and Denys Lukashov had 16 apiece.
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