We are the champions! 

The ULEB Cup has a new champion and the Euroleague has a new team from Russia, Dynamo Moscow! Dynamo overcame an incredible basketball atmosphere to beat Aris BSA 60-73.

Dynamo Moscow Head Coach Dusan Ivkovic:

- First I'll say that I think that we deserved this victory, even if maybe our level in this final was not with the games we played during the regular season. I think that our opponent Aris played very tough, their defense was at a high level, isolating our big man Papadopoulos, who is very important for us and was kept at two points in the first half. Our start of the game and third quarter wasn't our usual level. I think we played team basketball under the biggest pressure. It was difficult for my players as Aris had great support from its fans. We then controlled the game in the second half and the last quarter. After January 3, when our guard Popovic was injured, we missed an important player but until now he helped us a lot in preparing this game as Aris has a very important guardline. I want to congratulate everyone in the Dynamo club, especially my players and my staff. And also our fans who came from as far as Moscow. I am very happy tonight but tomorrow will be a different day and we have a lot of work ahead of us this season.

Aris Head Coach Andrea Mazzon:
- We tried to control the game and do what we had in mind, we played a great defensive game. But of course, we are human, we make some mistakes. But we kept a Euroleague-level team at 73 points, we forced them to shoot at 35% and that was a great effort we had. We were not as good in offense, because it's difficult to succeed like that in defense and then be fresh in offense. This game will help young players in the team to improve, and make them believe you can take these games with the mind and not only with the body and the shots. I am sad also because of all the fans that came here and deserved this cup, that is the worst part. We tried to cut turnovers and we ended with only 9, we focused on this, but we played against a very big team and it's normal that they take more rebounds. I think that the 9-meter triple by Kubrakov was the key of the game. It tied the game at 48-48 and it was a turning point for us, because we had good defense for all the play and he made it in the last second of possession.пїЅ