2018 EuroCup finals

Event	2017–18 EuroCup Basketball
Lokomotiv Kuban Darüşşafaka 0 2
First leg
Lokomotiv Kuban Darüşşafaka 78 81
Date	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
Venue	Basket-Hall, Krasnodar
MVP	Scottie Wilbekin
Attendance	7,124
Second leg
Darüşşafaka Lokomotiv Kuban 67 59
Date	13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
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

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

Road to the Finals

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

Lokomotiv Kuban v Darüşşafaka

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 0 0 Lokomotiv Statistics[3] Darüşşafaka 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

Darüşşafaka v Lokomotiv Kuban

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 0 Darüşşafaka Statistics[5] Lokomotiv 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

Pos	Player	Team	Ref
G	Scottie Wilbekin	Darüşşafaka	[6]