Zaza Pachulia and his “Atlanta” hosted “Denver Nuggets” and beat it in a very tense match 108:104.

Head coach of “Hawks” let the captain of Georgian national team start playing from the substitutions again. In the second quarter Atlanta's bench a center Zaza Pachulia had all 11 of his points and all six of his rebounds in the first half to help the Hawks to a 55-51 lead.
In the second time Pachulia could not score several kicks, but Al Horford and Jos Smith did well and that’s why Larry Drew did not let Pachulia continue playing.
The fourth quarter was the most decisive in this match, Jos Smith scored 2-point kick, plus bonus penalty and as a result “Hawks” advanced with a solid difference 106:101.

“Denver” could not change anything. Zaza Pachulia spent 22:52 minutes and during this time he scored 11 points (3 two-point kicks from 7), 7 rebounds, 2 assists and one block-shot.
As a result of this victory ‘Atlanta” is in the third place in the east conference (10 victories and 5 failures), it is only behind “New York Nicks and “Miami Hits”- the current champion).

Atlanta – Denver 108:104 (27:26, 28:25, 30:27, 23:26)
 

Giorgi Barbakadze