The closer we get to the end of a regular season, the tougher the fight at the bottom of the standings. Many things are certain among the leaders and even if they are not, the playoffs are ahead and everything has to be clarified there, while if they fail at the bottom of the standings, the last place team will stay out of the Super League and the one on the 10th place will hold a qualifying round. Therefore, the presence-absence games for the teams at the bottom of the standings have started. The match is even more important when the teams in the relegation zone meet each other. Such a match took place today, in which Tskhum-Apkhazeti defeated Dinamo 105:91 (Statistics) and complicated things for a multiple champion of Georgia.
The match turned out to be very tense. Tskhum-Apkhazeti broke the rival in the decisive period, before that there was a more or less equal fight. The players did not compromise anything to each other, it was a tough fight full of technical fouls, however, there was efficiency as well and in the end a fairly high score was recorded.
Veteran member of Tskhumi – Vasil Beruashvili played excellently, scoring 20 points in the first half. After that, the baton was taken by the American legionnaire of Tskhumi, Joshua Mc Folly, who scored 5 three-pointers, 2 of which were very key. As a result, Dinamo coached by Muhammed Tachi finally broke down.
Vasil Beruashvili led the team coached by Nikoloz Cherqezishvili, he scored 24 points. Alexandre Phevadze had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Joshua Mc Folly collected 20 points. Michael Edwards was the most effective in Dinamo with 23 points and 9 rebounds. Luka Bulashvili became a top scorer with 25 points.
With this victory, Tskhum-Apkhazeti moved a little away from the relegation zone. Dinamo, on the other hand, made things very difficult. 3 more Super League matches will be held today in the small arena of the Olympic Palace.