2018 EuroCup Finals

2018 EuroCup finals
Event	2017–18 EuroCup Basketball
0	2
First leg
78	81
Date	10 April 2018
Venue	Basket-Hall, Krasnodar
MVP	Scottie Wilbekin
Attendance	7,124
Second leg
67	59
Date	13 April 2018
Venue	Volkswagen Arena, Istanbul
Attendance	5,240
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The 2018 EuroCup finals were the concluding games of the 2017–18 EuroCup season, the 16th season of Europe's secondary club basketball tournament organised by Euroleague Basketball, the tenth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the second season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS. The first leg was played at the Basket-Hall in Krasnodar, Russia, on 10 April 2018, the second leg will be played at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on 13 April 2018 and the third leg, if necessary, would be played at the Basket-Hall in Krasnodar, Russia, on 16 April 2018, between Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban and Turkish side Darüşşafaka.

It was the first ever Finals appearance ever in any European competition of Darüşşafaka^[1] and it the second ever final appearance in EuroCup for Lokomotiv Kuban, who ended third two seasons ago in the Euroleague and arrived to the finals with a perfect balance of 20 wins in 20 matches.^[2] However, the firsts beat the Russian by 2–0 in the best-of-three series achieving also the qualification to the 2018–19 EuroLeague.

Venues edit

Krasnodar	Istanbul Krasnodar 2018 EuroCup Finals (Europe)	Istanbul
Basket-Hall		Volkswagen Arena
Capacity: 7,500		Capacity: 5,240

Road to the Finals edit

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Lokomotiv Kuban					Round	Darüşşafaka
1st place (10–0) (Group C)					Regular season	1st place (8–2) (Group A)
1st place (6–0) (Group G)					Top 16	2nd place (5–1) (Group E)
Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	Playoffs	Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Herbalife Gran Canaria	2–0	79–74 (H)	80–58 (A)		Quarterfinals	Budućnost VOLI	2–0	57–54 (H)	78–71 (A)
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	2–0	82–65 (H)	79–69 (A)		Semifinals	Bayern Munich	2–0	76–74 (H)	87–83 (H)

First leg edit

10 April 2018	Lokomotiv Kuban	78–810(OT) (Series: 0–1)	Darüşşafaka	Krasnodar
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 21–16, 17–18, 20–23, Overtime: 6–9
	Pts: Kulagin 18 Rebs: Lacey 7 Asts: Kulagin 7 PIR: Kulagin 24	Boxscore	Pts: Wilbekin 24 Rebs: Cummings 8 Asts: Sant-Roos, Wilbekin 5 PIR: Cummings 25	Arena: Basket-Hall Attendance: 7,124 Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Emilio Pérez Pizarro (ESP), Rain Peerandi (EST)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	13	Dmitry Khvostov	0	0	0
SG	7	Trevor Lacey	5	7	0
SF	1	Mardy Collins	14	7	4
PF	10	Vladimir Ivlev	0	0	0
C	41	Brian Qvale	6	3	0
Reserves:
PF	2	Pavel Antipov	3	1	0
PG	3	Joe Ragland	10	5	2
SG	4	Evgeny Baburin	DNP
PF	12	Stanislav Ilnitskiy	0	0	0
C	15	Frank Elegar	9	6	0
SG	19	Chris Babb	13	2	1
SG	24	Dmitry Kulagin	18	6	7
Head coach:
Saša Obradović

Lokomotiv Kuban

Darüşşafaka
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Lokomotiv	Statistics^[3]	Darüşşafaka
	Statistics^[3]
19/48 (39.6%)	2-pt field goals	23/38 (60.5%)
10/25 (40%)	3-pt field goals	6/21 (28.6%)
10/13 (76.9%)	Free throws	17/27 (63%)
21	Offensive rebounds	11
24	Defensive rebounds	25
45	Total rebounds	36
14	Assists	18
9	Turnovers	7
4	Steals	6
2	Blocks	7
24	Fouls	18

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Scottie Wilbekin	24	3	5
SG	23	Howard Sant-Roos	7	2	5
SF	13	Okben Ulubay	5	1	0
PF	25	JaJuan Johnson	7	7	1
C	50	Michael Eric	0	2	2
Reserves:
PF	0	Stanton Kidd	9	3	1
SG	3	Kartal Özmızrak	0	0	0
SG	5	Muhammed Baygul	2	3	0
C	9	Emircan Koşut	DNP
PG	12	Will Cummings	19	8	3
PG	18	Doğuş Özdemiroğlu	0	0	0
C	19	Furkan Aldemir	8	5	1
Head coach:
David Blatt

Second leg edit

13 April 2018	Darüşşafaka	67–59 (Series: 2–0)	Lokomotiv Kuban	Istanbul
19:15	Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 18–16, 16–12, 12–14
	Pts: Wilbekin 28 Rebs: Johnson 11 Asts: Ulubay 4 PIR: Wilbekin 28	Boxscore	Pts: Ragland 18 Rebs: Lacey 10 Asts: Collins 3 PIR: Qvale 11	Arena: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 5,240^[4] Referees: Miguel Pérez Pérez (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Mehdi Difallah (FRA)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Scottie Wilbekin	28	0	1
SG	23	Howard Sant-Roos	8	6	2
SF	13	Okben Ulubay	0	1	4
PF	25	JaJuan Johnson	8	11	1
C	50	Michael Eric	2	3	0
Reserves:
PF	0	Stanton Kidd	2	3	0
SG	3	Kartal Özmızrak	3	0	0
SG	5	Muhammed Baygul	3	1	0
C	9	Emircan Koşut	DNP
PG	12	Will Cummings	10	3	1
PG	18	Doğuş Özdemiroğlu	0	0	0
C	19	Furkan Aldemir	3	2	1
Head coach:
David Blatt

Darüşşafaka

Lokomotiv

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Darüşşafaka	Statistics^[5]	Lokomotiv
	Statistics^[5]
11/28 (39.3%)	2-pt field goals	19/41 (46.3%)
10/25 (40%)	3-pt field goals	4/19 (21.1%)
15/19 (78.9%)	Free throws	9/12 (75%)
8	Offensive rebounds	14
25	Defensive rebounds	26
33	Total rebounds	40
10	Assists	8
11	Turnovers	12
5	Steals	5
3	Blocks	3
20	Fouls	23

2017–18 EuroCup champions
Darüşşafaka (1st title)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	3	Joe Ragland	18	2	0
SG	24	Dmitry Kulagin	8	7	2
SF	1	Mardy Collins	8	5	3
PF	2	Pavel Antipov	2	3	1
C	15	Frank Elegar	2	3	0
Reserves:
SG	4	Evgeny Baburin	0	2	1
SG	7	Trevor Lacey	6	10	0
PF	10	Vladimir Ivlev	0	0	0
PF	12	Stanislav Ilnitskiy	0	0	0
PG	13	Dmitry Khvostov	0	0	0
SG	19	Chris Babb	3	1	0
C	41	Brian Qvale	12	4	1
Head coach:
Saša Obradović

Finals MVP edit

Pos	Player	Team	Ref
G	Scottie Wilbekin	Darüşşafaka	^[6]

References edit

^ "Wilbekin's historic night sends Darussafaka to finals!". EuroCup Basketball. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "Lokomotiv makes history en route to Finals". EuroCup Basketball. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ Boxscore
^ "Eurocup 2017-18". linguasport.com. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ Boxscore Game 2
^ "2018 7DAYS EuroCup Finals MVP: Scottie Wilbekin, Darussafaka Istanbul". Eurocupbasketball.com. 14 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Wilbekin's historic night sends Darussafaka to finals!". EuroCup Basketball. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[2] "Lokomotiv makes history en route to Finals". EuroCup Basketball. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[3] Boxscore

[4] "Eurocup 2017-18". linguasport.com. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[5] Boxscore Game 2

[mvp-6] "2018 7DAYS EuroCup Finals MVP: Scottie Wilbekin, Darussafaka Istanbul". Eurocupbasketball.com. 14 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.

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