DARUSSAFAKA TEKFEN ISTANBUL (TURKEY)

Founded in 1951
Team colors: green, black
Honors: EuroCup (2018), Turkish Basketball Championship (1961, 1962)
Arena: Volkswagen Arena (capacity – 5240)
President: Umit Baskirt
Official website: www.darussafakabasketbol.com

Where to watch

LIVE: Match! Igra (19:55; replay at 01:40), Match TV (replay at 01:25), EuroLeague TV, matchtv.ru
Text online: EuroLeague website

GAME NOTES

Darussafaka guard Markel Brown and forward Jeremy Evans made their respective European basketball debuts with Khimki during the 2016/2017 season. They were teammates with four current Khimki players: Sergey Monya, Alexey Shved, Egor Vyaltsev and Vyacheslav Zaytsev.

Oguz Savas posted his career high in blocks with 3 playing for Fenerbahce Istanbul against Khimki in October 2012.

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Georgios Bartzokas, Khimki Moscow Region head coach:

“We didn’t sleep at all at night and had almost a 13-hour trip from Tel Aviv. We need to overcome this exhausting trip. Tomorrow’s game is a must-win game for us, if we want to have luck in the EuroLeague this year for the playoffs. So, basically we need to be ready physically and mentally for this tough game”.

Charles Jenkins, BC Khimki guard:

“If you look at the standings, there is no much separation between seventh place and fifteenth place. EuroLeague is tough and each team has at least one loss so far. We played against Darussafaka in the preseason; they are really good team with a lot of talent. It will be another tough game especially for us missing two most important guys”.