PINAR KARSIYAKA IZMIR (TURKEY)

Founded in 1966
Team colors: green and red
Honors: Turkish champion (1987), Turkish championship semifinalist (2004, 2013), Turkish President’s Cup (1987), Turkish Cup finalist (2005), EuroChallenge FIBA finalist (2013)
Arena: Karsiyaka Arena (capacity – 5000)
President: Fatih Diniz
Head coach: Ufuk Sarica
Official website: www.kskbasket.net

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

— Pinar Karsiyaka is a good team, they have clinched a deserved first place in our group until now and didn't have any loss so far. There are two leaders Batista and Dixon, as we should pay profound attention to the American who has scored average more than 20 points in the Eurocup so far. Karsiyaka doesn't have long bench, they use 7-8 players in the rotation but the team has strong chemistry and the energy as well. So we'll face a very tough opponent. As for Khimki, we have the same goals – to win every game. We are going uphill right now. Last games have shown that our defense and offense improved.