Khimki Moscow Region vs. ALBA Berlin
· This is the first EuroLeague meeting between ALBA and Khimki.
· Khimki and ALBA have faced each other four times in the 7DAYS EuroCup, first during the 2006-07 season and again in 2016-17. Khimki holds a 3-1 head-to-head edge; ALBA only managed to win at home in 2007 after overtime, 90-83.
· ALBA forward Rokas Giedraitis and Khimki guard Chris Kramer were teammates at Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius during the 2017-18 season. They played there under current Khimki head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis.
· Coach Aito Garcia Reneses of ALBA and Rimas Kurtinaitis of Khimki have long histories of competing against one another, which goes back to the latter’s days as a star shooting guard for Zalgiris Kaunas and later Real Madrid, with Aito planning defenses to stop him as FC Barcelona head coach. Their biggest head coaching duel came in the 2015 EuroCup Finals, where Kurtinaitis guided Khimki past Aito’s Herbalife Gran Canaria.
· This is the first EuroLeague meeting between ALBA and Khimki.
· Khimki and ALBA have faced each other four times in the 7DAYS EuroCup, first during the 2006-07 season and again in 2016-17. Khimki holds a 3-1 head-to-head edge; ALBA only managed to win at home in 2007 after overtime, 90-83.
· ALBA forward Rokas Giedraitis and Khimki guard Chris Kramer were teammates at Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius during the 2017-18 season. They played there under current Khimki head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis.
· Coach Aito Garcia Reneses of ALBA and Rimas Kurtinaitis of Khimki have long histories of competing against one another, which goes back to the latter’s days as a star shooting guard for Zalgiris Kaunas and later Real Madrid, with Aito planning defenses to stop him as FC Barcelona head coach. Their biggest head coaching duel came in the 2015 EuroCup Finals, where Kurtinaitis guided Khimki past Aito’s Herbalife Gran Canaria.
Game Facts - Khimki Moscow Region
Roster
Khimki has 16 registered players on its roster. At least four must sit out every game.
Coach Kurtinaitis has used 11 different players in his starting lineups so far this season. Devin Booker is the only player to have started every game.
Janis Timma missed Round 12.
Egor Vialtsev has returned to the lineup, but is yet to appear in a game since the season opener with a knee injury.
Injured center Timofey Mozgov is not on the active roster.
Streaks
Alexey Shved has made at least 1 three-pointer in 44 of his last 45 appearances.
Shved has scored in double figures in each of his last 59 games.
Devon Booker has posted a performance index rating in double figures in 10 of his last 11 games.
Janis Timma has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight straight appearances; he's made multiple three-pointers in seven of those.
Dairis Bertans has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight appearances.
Rankings
Alexey Shved ranks third in scoring this season with 19.6 points per game.
Janis Timma ranks second this season with 1.6 steals per game; Stefan Jovic ranks fourth with 1.6.
Timma ranks third this season with 3.3 three-point shots made per game.
Anthony Gill ranks fourth this season in two-point accuracy at 70.2%.
Records/Milestones
Alexey Shved holds the EuroLeague single-season records with 740 points and 107 three-pointers made, both set in the 2017-18 season.
Shved is 5 assists shy of reaching 500 for his career.
Shved needs to score 53 points to reach 2,000 for his career.
Stefan Jovic holds the EuroLeague single-game record with 19 assists.
Dairis Bertans ranks 14th all-time in three-point accuracy at 46.04%.
Anthony Gill ranks seventh all-time in two-point accuracy at 66.6%.
Game Facts - ALBA Berlin
Roster
Rokas Giedraitis and Luke Sikma have each started every game for ALBA this season.
ALBA has registered 17 players for EuroLeague action, so at least five must sit out every game.
Tyler Cavanaugh is expected to miss three months with a ligament injury on his right ankle.
Streaks
Marcus Eriksson has made 25 consecutive free throws.
Eriksson has made at least 1 three-point shot in 16 of his last 17 games.
Tyler Cavanaugh has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven straight games.
Rokas Giedraitis has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 of his last 12 games.
Giedraitis has a steal in eight of his last 10 games.
Niels Giffey has made a three-pointer in six straight and 11 of 12 games this season.
Rankings
Luke Sikma ranks sixth this season with 6.3 rebounds per game.
Peyton Siva ranks fifth this season with 5.8 assists per game, and Martin Hermannsson ranks eighth with 5.5 assists.
Niels Giffey leads the league in three-point accuracy this season at 70.4% and Tyler Cavanaugh is tied second at 57.1%.
Records/Milestones
Niels Giffey moved into first place all-time in three-point accuracy at 50.7%.