Mario Kasun led Zagreb in scoring with 20 points and added eight rebounds, Petar Babic collected 17 points, while Sean May finished the game with 15 points and six boards.
Vladimir Androic (KK Zagreb head coach): “Congratulations and best wishes for Zalgiris, they deserved the next round with this crowd. We started the game very well, but unfortunately our best player got injured and Zalgiris pulled away, winning the game afterwards. You need to have some luck in order to win this kind of game, and we didn't have it today. We played much better in the second half and had a bigger concentration, but with four minutes to go we started to make turnovers and Zalgiris won."
Aleksandr Trifunovic (Zalgiris Kaunas head coach): “Congratulations for everybody, the players, the staff and the management with what seemed very difficult in the beginning of the season. I was listening stories about the pressure all the time, but we work in pressure every day. We were working hard and won this decisive game. Knowing how much points we had on our back produced us trouble later and made them come back with only 7 points left. In the start, when I watched the draw ceremony, I was sure that Zalgiris will make it to the Top16, but I didn't know the things which were inside the team. I hope tonight we gave a nice Christmas gift for everybody who supports Zalgiris.”
