Eurocup. BC Khimki vs. Cantu 4 february 2015

BC Khimki defeated FoxTown Cantu by the required point number and gained revenge for the tough loss in Italy as well — 75-62 (23-16, 15-15, 22-7, 15-24). The next game our team will play on Sunday, February 8, 2015 vs. CSKA Moscow. The beginning is at 13.00 msk.

BC Khimki: Davis (14 + 3 rebounds + 2 steals), Rice (13 + 8 assists + 3 rebounds + 2 steals), Vyaltsev (9 + 3 assists + 2 rebounds), Monya (9 + 3 rebounds), Koponen (8 + 4 assists + 2 rebounds), Augustine (6 + 6 rebounds + 3 assists + 2 blocks), Honeycutt (5 + 5 rebounds + 3 assists + 2 steals), Ilnitsky (5 + 2 rebounds), Pateev (4 + 4 rebounds + 2 assists), Sheleketo (2 + 2 rebounds).

POST-GAME QUOTES

Stefano Sacripanti, FoxTown Cantu head coach:

“Khimki is a great team and we knew that it's not an easy thing to play here as they win at home every time. We tried to stay in the game and for 20 minutes we attempted to control the rhythm, but in the third quarter Khimki became more aggressive. They pressed and everyone played hard in their positions so they set off and we scored only 7 points. This was the key in the game. But we tried to play for the points and lost by 13. Now we wait for the other result in our group. I think that the physical game on defense is the key for Khimki and 6 assists show the difficulty with our ball moving”.

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

“I’m happy for this win as it was a home game and we needed to win. We played well, but I’m not satisfied with the last quarter. We controlled the course of the game and showed smart basketball at times. In short, we gained revenge and made it with the required points. So now we have good chances to enter the next round from the first place regardless of the other groups’ results. We did our job, but of course we could have played better”.

Paul Davis, BC Khimki center:

“First of all we got a win and now we want to go to France to get a win and secure first place in the group. It was good for us as Cantu is a good team that plays all 40 minutes. We stopped playing in the last three minutes and they scored their points. We lost our focus and the opponent played for the point difference. We have to improve. Most of the game we played great defense. We followed our game plan in defense that helped us to get a win”.