OUR OPPONENT

LABORAL KUTXA (VITORIA-GASTEIZ, SPAIN)

Founded in 1959
Team colors: red, blue, white and green
Honors: Spanish National League (2002, 2008, 2010), Spanish National Cup (1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009), Spanish SuperCup (2005-2008), Saporta Cup (1996), Euroleague runner-up (2001, 2005)
Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena (capacity – 15504)
President: Jose Antonio Querejeta
Official website: www.baskonia.com

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PRE-GAME QUOTES

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

“After a good win over Barcelona it looked like we were back on track with energy and enthusiasm but the last VTB United League game with Lokomotiv Kuban showed that there is still a place for a little concern. Nevertheless, we had two days for practice and made good trainings. So now, everything will depend on our mood, our effort and the desire to win. Laboral Kutxa plays really well right now as they crushed Bilbao couple of days ago and struggled with Olympiacos last week. We know coach Perasovic and his combinations. He likes fast basketball with huge energy. If we manage to maintain their rhythm, everything will be on us. If not, there will be problems”.

Tyler Honeycutt, BC Khimki forward:

“It’s gonna be a good game. We want to win to move to the next round of playoffs. Therefore, we have to put in the last loss against Lokomotiv and do what we did with Barcelona. Laboral Kutxa is a very fast team and we have to make good stops, be focused out there and remember their plays. They have some good shooters and the big guys can make shots also. We should also make runs”.