BC Khimki: Vyaltsev (18 + 4 assists + 3 rebounds), Koponen (18 + 3 assists + 2 rebounds), Davis (17 + 6 rebounds), Rice (13 + 5 assists + 2 rebounds), Augustine (9 + 6 rebounds + 2 assists), Monya (9 + 6 rebounds + 6 assists + 1 block), Ilnitsky (5 + 4 rebounds), Sheleketo (2 + 2 rebounds + 2 steals).

Photogallery: Herbalife Gran Canaria vs. BC Khimki

POST-GAME QUOTES

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

"I’m really happy that we had one of the best games of our season in the final. It’s like a double victory. I want to thank our players, because we had a lot of problems with injuries, but everyone that was on the court gave 100% effort and the result was what you saw. Now I think we have really good chances with the last game at home and this 25-point advantage. We must focus because we took this first step towards the cup and must take the second one. This game is history and we have to look to the future and have the same effort that we had in this game. I don’t think it will be a problem to have the players concentration".

Egor Vyaltsev, BC Khimki guard:

"Like with any Spanish team, they play very hard. They run, they have so many snipers. They have big guys to play a physical game. We prepared for this. Coach asked us to play hard on defense not to give up any easy points. Not to lose by too much and to play for a tie game. We prepared for this. We had a couple weeks to prepare and today we just played our game".

Tyrese Rice, BC Khimki guard:

"Coach said in the beginning he just wanted to keep it tight and maybe get a small lead or something going into halftime and then go from there. That was our goal and we did it the right way. They made their runs, which we expected in this gym, we made the stops when we had to. We had some guys that came up really big and hit a lot of big shots that took it away. These guys are fighters and will fight to the end and you have to beat them. We played hard all the way till the end. We made a lot of big shots. We got a lot of huge stops. We got some steals when we needed them. We rebounded the ball defensively greatly. Our big guys did what they were supposed to do. Max Sheleketo came in and did what he was supposed to do. And we ran away with it".

Petteri Koponen, BC Khimki guard:

"Every road game is hard. In the first half we were a little bit sloppy and I also missed some open shots, but in the second half we picked it up and played good basketball. We scored 91 points, we are happy with this. We held them to 66 points, which is a great result. But it’s not over yet. There are still 40 minutes to play and we must stay focused. Basketball is an interesting game, so we need to stay focused and be ready next week. For sure they will come with double energy and try to surprise us and be aggressive, and we need to be ready for that".