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Rimas Kurtinaitis:

— Teams know each other very well, the game will be tough. We said earlier that Lokomotiv is a strong team with talented players in the roster. The first match of this series is history now, we go to Krasnodar concentrating only on the future game and with the goal to win.

First game

March 20, 2012, Khimki

BC Khimki — Lokomotiv-Kuban — 81-72 (18-21, 22-21, 19-18, 22-12)

BC Khimki: Kelati (20), Fridzon (17), Zhukanenko (13), Monya (10 + 7 rebounds).

Lokomotiv-Kuban: Massey (14 + 7 rebounds), Rivers (14), Traore (13 + 8 rebounds).

Our opponent

PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban

Honors: bronze medalist of Russian championship (2001, 2002), winner of Russian Cup (2000), Corac Cup finalist (2002), FIBA Cup finalist (2005), EuroChallenge finalist (2011)
Official website: lokobasket.com

ROSTER

№	Player	Position	Height	Birthday	Nationality
4	Maxim Grigoryev	G	195	1990	Russia
5	Kelvin Rivers	G	196	1987	USA
6	Vlado Ilievski	G	188	1980	FYROM
7	Jeremiah Massey	F	202	1982	USA/FYROM
8	Lionel Chalmers	G	185	1980	USA
10	Sergey Bykov	G	189	1983	Russia
11	Roderick Blakney	G	186	1976	USA
15	Artem Zabelin	C	215	1988	Russia
21	Grigory Shukhovtsov	C	211	1983	Russia
24	Ali Traore	C	207	1985	France
25	Nikita Shabalkin	F	206	1986	Russia
45	Maxim Sheleketo	F	204	1984	Russia

Head coach: Bozidar Maljkovic (Serbia)