Bilbao beat Budivelnyk, join Kuban in the Eurocup Final

Uxue Bilbao Basket has reached the Eurocup Final! Bilbao advanced to the Eurocup Final for the first time in club history by sweeping its two-way series against BC Budivelnik Kiev. On Wednesday, Bilbao defeated Budivelnik 75-53 to win the two-way series by a total margin of 32 points and will face PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar at the RTL Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium on Saturday, April 13. Lamont Hamilton and Alex Mumbru paced the winners with 13 points apiece. Fran Pilepic, Mamadou Samb and Kostas Vasileiadis each added 10 for Bilbao. Leo Lyons led Budivelnik with 20 points. Artur Drozdov added 12 for the guests. Malcolm Delaney, who scored 38 points in Game 1, was held scoreless for 31 minutes. Bilbao had a strong start, as Hamilton and Axel Hervelle led their team to a 20-9 lead. Budivelnik used a 0-8 run that return to the game, 20-17, early in the second quarter. It didn't last long, however, as Roger Grimau and Samb stepped up to boost the hosts' lead to 37-23 at halftime. Nothing changed after the break, as Bilbao boosted its margin to 43-23 and had plenty of time to celebrate a historical win in front of a sellout crowd of over 10,000 fans at Bilbao Arena.