2015 Eurocup Finals

2015 Eurocup Finals

Event	2014–15 Eurocup Basketball
Herbalife Gran Canaria Khimki 130 174
First leg
Herbalife Gran Canaria Khimki 66 91
Date	April 25, 2015
Venue	Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
MVP	Tyrese Rice
Attendance	9,875
Second leg
Khimki Herbalife Gran Canaria 83 64
Date	April 29, 2015
Venue	Basketball Center, Khimki
Attendance	3,850

The 2015 Eurocup Finals were the concluding two games of the 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball season. BC Khimki and Herbalife Gran Canaria faced of in a two-legged series.

It was the third time that Khimki played in a Eurocup Finals, after their league title in 2011 and being runners-up in 2009.^[1] For Gran Canaria it was the first ever Finals appearance ever, after they never reached a stage further than the quarterfinals in history.^[2] The winner of the Finals would play in the 2015–16 Euroleague regular season.

Road to the Finals

Herbalife Gran Canaria[2]				Round	Khimki[1]
1st place (10–0) (Group B)				Regular season	1st place (8–2) (Group D)
1st place (5–1) (Group H)				Round of 32	1st place (5–1) (Group J)
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Cedevita	159–148	84–76	75–72	Eightfinals	Zenit Saint Petersburg	175–154	86–84	89–70
Pınar Karşıyaka	151–140	76–66	75–74	Quarterfinals	Valencia	152–136	76–75	76–61
UNICS	161–146	83–70	78–76	Semifinals	Banvit	175–172	82–83	93–89

First leg

24 April 2015 20:45

Boxscore

Herbalife Gran Canaria	66–91	Khimki
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 14–19, 21–19, 12–32
Pts: Kuric 23 Rebs: Báez 7 Asts: Oliver 4 PIR: Kuric 21		Pts: Koponen, Vyaltsev 18 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Rice 5 PIR: Davis 22

Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas Attendance: 9,875 Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Roberto Chiari (ITA), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

Gran Canaria

Khimki

Starters: P R A PG 11 Tomás Bellas 3 0 3 SG 10 Txemi Urtasun 0 1 2 SF 24 Kyle Kuric 23 2 0 PF 14 Eulis Báez 18 7 1 C 13 Walter Tavares 4 4 1 Reserves: P R A PG 4 Albert Oliver 7 2 4 SF 8 Brad Newley 2 2 0 C 14 Levon Kendall 1 3 2 PG 15 Joaquín Portugués DNP PF 21 Oriol Paulí 3 1 0 PF 25 Ian O'Leary 5 1 0 SF 35 DaJuan Summers DNP Head coach: Aíto García Reneses

Starters: P R A PG 0 Tyrese Rice 13 2 5 SG 9 Egor Vyaltsev 18 3 4 PF 12 Sergei Monia 9 6 3 PF 11 Stanislav Ilnitskiy 5 4 0 C 40 Paul Davis 17 6 1 Reserves: P R A PF 5 James Augustine 9 6 2 PG 6 Marko Popović DNP C 7 Ruslan Pateev DNP PG 8 Petteri Koponen 18 2 3 SG 34 Maxim Shakharov DNP SF 45 Maxim Sheleketo 2 2 0 Head coach: Rimas Kurtinaitis

Second leg

29 April 2015 18:30

Boxscore

Khimki	83–64	Herbalife Gran Canaria
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 18–12, 23–16, 15–18
Pts: Augustine 18 Rebs: Davis 10 Asts: Popović 7 PIR: Davis 20		Pts: Tavares 17 Rebs: Tavares 10 Asts: Kendall 3 PIR: Tavares 23

Basketball Center, Khimki Attendance: 3,850 Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Ioannis Foufis (GRE)

Khimki

Gran Canaria

Starters: P R A PG 0 Tyrese Rice 16 3 6 SG 9 Egor Vyaltsev 7 3 2 PF 12 Sergei Monia 2 4 1 PF 11 Stanislav Ilnitskiy 2 1 0 C 40 Paul Davis 16 10 0 Reserves: P R A PF 5 James Augustine 18 0 1 PG 6 Marko Popović 2 2 7 C 7 Ruslan Pateev 2 2 0 PG 8 Petteri Koponen 13 5 4 SG 34 Maxim Shakharov DNP SF 45 Maxim Sheleketo 5 6 0 Head coach: Rimas Kurtinaitis

2014–15 Eurocup champions Khimki 2nd title

Starters: P R A PG 11 Tomás Bellas 5 5 4 SF 8 Brad Newley 12 2 1 SF 24 Kyle Kuric 8 2 2 PF 14 Eulis Báez 6 5 3 C 13 Walter Tavares 17 10 0 Reserves: P R A PG 4 Albert Oliver 0 2 0 SG 10 Txemi Urtasun 5 1 1 C 14 Levon Kendall 6 6 1 PG 15 Joaquín Portugués DNP PF 21 Oriol Paulí 3 0 0 PF 25 Ian O'Leary 2 0 0 SF 35 DaJuan Summers DNP Head coach: Aíto García Reneses

See also

• 2015 Euroleague Final Four
• 2015 EuroChallenge Final Four

References

1. "Road to the Finals: Khimki Moscow Region". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
2. "Road to the Finals: Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-21.