Best scorers: BC Khimki — Fridzon (16), Lonczr (13), Planinic (12); BC Spartak — Beverley (15), Halperin (15).

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

— First of all, I am happy that we won. It was a tough game. We thought it would be beforehand, because it's the third time we play Spartak and all of the games were the same. We knew that we needed the maximum energy and effort to win the game. At the beginning of the game, you saw us get a big advantage and it looked like we might beat them almost easily. But Spartak is a very good team with a very good coach. We gave them oxygen to come back, and they took over the game, and made it very tough on us at the end. For that reason, I want to thank my guys for the energy and the character they showed tonight on the court.

Zoran Planinic, BC Khimki guard:

— Spartak is such a good team. We excpected anything in this game. They let us back in the game when it was the worse situation for us, but then again, we did the same when we were controlling in the first half. Whan you have your momentum going it's hard to stop. You saw how the game was solved, it almost came down to the very last second. Now, against Valencia, we will have a difficult game. Another one. The last step this season.

Matt Nielsen, BC Khimki forward:

— It was a difficult game. We played a good first half but in the last minutes of the second quarter we let ourselves down. They are a very good team and we allowed them too much inspiration. They performed well. The way we shot in the last quarter however I think will help us tomorrow. We showed that we didn't give up in any situation and that we will fight in any situation. Today Valencia showed they are a better team and I am sure we will have a big battle in te final.

Jure Zdovc, BC Spartak head coach:

— Congratulations to my colleague Rimas Kurtinaitis and his players. They beat us again. We tried hard, but in the end, we really didn't play smart. We played hard but not smart. We lost maybe to them in the same way we did our first game here in the Russian League. We relaxed a little when we had a lead. It's unforgivable that we don't put our hands up against their shooters like Kelati. Instead, we watched them shoot. This is something that I cannot forgive, especially not in this kind of game. We didn't start very well. We were really bad. We respected the opponent too much. After we got our rhythm we played harder and played better defense. Still, we didn't rotate well and didn't use our fouls well, and they punished us. We were not smart at the finish, as you see. I didn't take a timeout and I had one more, but they were missing some late free throws. We wanted to win this Eurocup. It's not finished. We've got one more game tomorrow. We will try to play hard. But what can we do? Maybe next year.

Patrick Beverley, BC Spartak guard:

— I don't know what happened, man. I am still trying to get my thoughts together. It was a great game, amazing game. But they shot the ball extremelly well. We are happy to have been so close to the championship. When we play Khimki it's always good games. Both teams are tough. We are at leat happy one Russian team made it to the final.