AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN (ITALY)

Founded in 1936
Team colors: white, red
Honors: Euroleague (1966, 1987, 1988), Cup of Cups (1971, 1972, 1976), Korac Cup (1985, 1993), Intercontinental Cup (1987), Italian National League (1936-1939, 1950-1954, 1957-1960, 1962, 1965-1967, 1972, 1982, 1985-1987, 1989, 1996, 2014, 2016), Italian National Cup (1972, 1986, 1987, 1996, 2016, 2017), Italian Supercup (2016)
Arena: Mediolanum Forum (capacity – 12700)
President: Livio Proli
Official website: www.olimpiamilano.com

Where to watch

LIVE: Match! Nash Sport (22:40); Match TV (replay — 04:00), Match! Igra (replay — 02:20, December 8 at 08:25, 18:05), EuroLeague TV, Sportbox.ru
Text online: EuroLeague website

GAME NOTES

Charles Jenkins played for Milan in 2015/2016 season and was a teammate of two current Milan player: Andrea Cinciarini and Mantas Kalnietis.

Dmitry Sokolov and Andrew Goudelock were teammates at UNICS Kazan in the 2013/2014 season. They reached the EuroCup Finals together and Goudelock was named EuroCup MVP.

Milan’s Arturas Gudaitis was a teammate of BC Khimki’s James Anderson at Zalgiris Kaunas during the 2014/2015 season.

BC Khimki swingman James Anderson and Milan guard Dairis Bertans were teammates at Darussafaka Istanbul last season.

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Georgios Bartzokas, BC Khimki head coach:

“Milan is a team with a very deep roster, full of ball-handlers who mostly decide the game. Their offense is about 90 percent pick-and-roll sets. That means we need to defend well on pick-and-roll situations, the different kinds they use. We need to get ready for this. Of course, we have to be very solid and consistent defensively, not allowing them to play the game they want. It's not going to be easy. I think, right now, that they deserve better spot in the standings than they have. Also, they have talent in Gudaitis and Tarczewski, who are athletic big men. But what I have seen until now is that they depend a lot on the creation and scoring ability of their ball-handlers”.

Sergey Monya, BC Khimki forward:

“Milan is a strong team that plays especially well at home. They have many big guys who play well on pick-and-rolls and we have to stop them; that's our main task. Also, we have to play solid defense as only in this way will we have chances to win. We had a preseason game with Milan, but both teams suffered from a lack of main players. We have scored only one away win, over Real Madrid, so far and now we need to take another. We are preparing for a tough battle. Hopefully, we'll be able to succeed”.