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Pachulia Returned in the Starting Five

Injury Epidemic is Continuing in "Milwaukee"

“Milwaukee Bucks” of Zaza Pachulia lost another match in NBA against “Celtics” 86:102. The most interesting for the Georgian fans was that after a long pause Georgian center was again in the starting five and spent 31:52 minutes on the arena.

Recall that the main center of “Bucks” Larry Sanders was injured in the previous match against “Houston Rockets” and will miss several meetings.

Besides Sanders, Ersan Ilyasova, O Jay Mayo, Luc Ridnur, Caron Butler and Carlos Delfino also will miss the meeting for various reasons.

“Bucks” has suffered the 42th (!) defeat with 9 victories.

Pachulia, who turned 30 on February 10, scored 3 2 points of 8, all two free throws. He gained 8 points, the same number of rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Georgian center made 3 mistakes and got 3 personal fouls.

It is interesting that “Milwaukee” lost the ball 19 times and made only 17 assists. After the match, Zaza made the special comment: “We had more mistakes than assist. With such statistics, it is very difficult to think about winning”.

Brandon Knight (22), Gary Neal (17) and Henson (16) of “Bucks” made through to 10-point barrier. And among Bostonians, Jeff Greene (29 points) and Jared Salinger (13 points, 10 rebounds) were distinguished.

“Milwaukee” will hold the next meeting on February 13 against “New Orleans Pelicans”, and on February 12 “Chicago Bulls” of Tornike Shengelia will host the former team of Zaza Pachulia “Atlanta Hawks”.

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