Best scorers: Fridzon (17 + 7 rebounds), Planinic (16 + 6 rebounds + 3 steals), Loncar (14 + 7 rebounds)

Sasa Obradovic, BC Donetsk head coach:

– Congrats to Khimki, they deserved to win today. We gave good resistance to this team. Of course, we had some technical mistakes, turnovers but I can’t be disappointed. We responded to our opponent, we did our maximum. We will have a return game in Donetsk and I hope my team will show better percentage.

Viacheslav Kravtsov, BC Donetsk center:

– I would like to congratulate Khimki on a deserved victory. It was pleasure for me to play in Basketball center of Moscow Region. As for our game, we didn’t play like we wanted. I don’t think the reason is only Khimki’s defense – some guys burned out and didn’t show their usual basketball. We should review this game and try to play more concentrated in attack and make fewer turnovers.

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

– First of all I would like to thank all the players that performed today for their efforts and the atmosphere they created at the game. The result is positive because we played in defense very well. We used our power and strength. For me the very first thing is a team game, no matter how many points score each player. Monya, Nielsen, Planinic and Fridzon did all their best for this success. It was a micro-final for the leadership in our group.

Chris Quinn, BC Khimki guard:

– It was a tough game, Donetsk is a very good team and it made a lot of problems for us. We are happy to score another Eurocup win. I think our energy in the second half is the crucial factor for this victory. Moreover all the guys played very good in defense, offense and on rebounding. We did a great job. Ukrainian basketball is very good and I suppose return game in Donetsk will be very difficult.