basketfinals
2009

EuroCup 2009 Final: Lietuvos Rytas wins over Khimki

In 2009, the EuroCup final was held at 8, which would be the last year in this format, in Turin, where Lietuvos Rytas defeated a star-studded Khimki in the grand final by (80-74) after coming back from a thirteen-point deficit. Marijonas Petravicius, MVP of the final tournament

Quarterfinals Dynamo Moscow 85 - Hemofarm 93 Benetton 79 - Lietuvos Rytas 85 Valencia Basket 73 - Khimki 76 Bilbao Basket 76 - Zadar 67

Semi-finals Hemofarm 68 - Lietuvos Ryas 73 Khimki 79 - Bilbao Basket 73

The first quarter remained balanced, ending with (22-22). At the beginning of the second act Khimki caught a streak, and this allowed him to be leading by ten points for many minutes, getting to win several times by thirteen points, and reaching the last quarter with (62-53). A final act that was fatal to the interests of Khimki, who saw the Lithuanians were filing distances to tie the final (71-71) with two minutes to go. Khimki entered a phase of technical KO, and received a partial (9-3) in the last plays.

Lietuvos Rytas 80 *Lukauskis - 3p, 6a *Eidson - 14p, 4a *Jomantas - 8p, 4r *Zavackas - 8p, 5r *Petravicius - 20p, 7r Babrauskas - 18p, 5r M.Bjelica - 9p, 3r Anisimovas - 0p, 1r Sinica - 0p, 2r Gecevicius - 0p Dainys - 0p, 1br

Khimki 74 *Palacio - 0p, 2r *Fridzon - 11p, 3r *McCarty - 20p, 2r *Garbajosa - 5p, 5r *Mozgov - 11p, 9r Delfino - 16p, 2a Wilkinson - 2p, 3r Ponkrashov - 4p, 6a Lampe - 5p, 5r

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