The national team of Ukraine on basketball after the away victory over Bulgaria has made a huge step towards the final stage of the European championship.
The main match of the qualifying round for Eurobasket-2017 was difficult for the Ukrainian team’s Evgeny Murzin in the course of the third quarter had 14 points, but allowed the hosts back in the game and qualify for overtime.
Ukraine dominated in the paint (60% of completed shots against 35% opponent), completely outplayed Bulgaria on the boards (47:28 rebounds), but showed another nondescript game when playing on the perimeter (6 of 20). A huge number of losses (24) not allowed charges Evgeny Murzin to avoid nerve endings.
After the victory over Bulgaria, Ukraine topped the rating of the teams in their group, second place. 14 September in Lithuania “blue-yellow” will play against Kosovo – a victory over the outsider of the Quartet guarantees a team a spot in the Eurobasket.
Bulgaria — Ukraine 67:72 (18:16, 11:19, 15:20, 23:17)
Bulgaria: Vezenkov (19), Bost (12 + 5 rebounds + 3 steals), Zacharias (9 + 3 steals), Ivanov (9), Violet (8).
Ukraine: Kravtsov (18 + 3 block-Shota), Lukashov (14 + 6 rebounds), beavers (13 + 10 rebounds + 5 assists), Konev (7) Lime (5 + 6 rebounds).
Kosovo – Slovenia 81:91
Standings: Slovenia – 8, Ukraine – 7, Bulgaria – 5, Kosovo – 4.
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