# 2018 EuroCup Finals

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 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. 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 | IstanbulKrasnodar2018 EuroCup Finals (Europe) | Istanbul |
| Basket-Hall | IstanbulKrasnodar2018 EuroCup Finals (Europe) | Volkswagen Arena |
| Capacity: 7,500 | IstanbulKrasnodar2018 EuroCup Finals (Europe) | 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 | Lokomotiv Kuban | Lokomotiv Kuban | Lokomotiv Kuban | Lokomotiv Kuban | Round | Darüşşafaka | Darüşşafaka | Darüşşafaka | Darüşşafaka | Darüşşafaka |
| 1st place (10–0) (Group C) | 1st place (10–0) (Group C) | 1st place (10–0) (Group C) | 1st place (10–0) (Group C) | 1st place (10–0) (Group C) | Regular season | 1st place (8–2) (Group A) | 1st place (8–2) (Group A) | 1st place (8–2) (Group A) | 1st place (8–2) (Group A) | 1st place (8–2) (Group A) |
| 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | Top 16 | 2nd place (5–1) (Group E) | 2nd place (5–1) (Group E) | 2nd place (5–1) (Group E) | 2nd place (5–1) (Group E) | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 2 | Pavel Antipov | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 3 | Joe Ragland | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| SG | 4 | Evgeny Baburin | DNP | DNP | 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 |
| Lokomotiv | Statistics | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | DNP | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | DNP | 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 |
| Darüşşafaka | Statistics | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | |