Best scorers: Monya (16), Vyaltsev (14), Planinic (12 + 6 assists), Fridzon (10), Zhukanenko (10 + 5 rebounds), Davis (10 + 7 rebounds).

Rimas Kurtinaitis:

— First of all, I’m very happy that we won and that we did it with style. The fans and the players had a good time tonight. There aren’t many games in a season when everyone is happy. Second, I’m happy that we got everyone playing time. The series ahead is long. If we can beat VEF then we’ll face the winner of CSKA – Krasnye Krylia in a few days. We may have been a bit lucky that VEF couldn’t bring its strongest lineup to Khimki. We saw excellent basketball today, especially from beyond the arc. We went 17-26 from long-range. The ball movement was good and everyone played for the team, not himself.