Timofey Mozgov ‘Wilts’ Against Lamar Odom, Team USA
Alexander Kaun, David Blatt, FIBA World Championship 2010, Lamar Odom, Timofey Mozgov, Tyson Chandler | Comments Off
by Chris TomassonFiled under: Knicks, Lakers, Mavericks, FIBA, USA Basketball, FIBA World ChampionshipISTANBUL -- Team USA center Lamar Odom had talked before the game about going against "their Wilt Chamberlain.''
Well, Russia's Timofey Mozgov sure looked Chamberlain-like in the first quarter Thursday against the Americans. The 7-foot-1 center shot 4 of 4 and scored nine points and the Russians were surprisingly tied 25-25 with Team USA in a FIBA World Championship quarterfinal at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Matters eventually settled down. The Americans won 89-79 and Mozgov, battling foul trouble, scored just four more points. But the New York Knicks sure had ...