Budivelnik Kyiv escaped from Triumph Sports Palace with a thrilling 84-85 victory over Triumph Lyubertsy thanks to a Leo Lyon layup with 77 seconds left. Tyawin McKee gave an 84-83 lead to the home team with 1:22 left in the game and Lyons posted the game winner five seconds later, but the hero was Sergiy Gorbenko, who blocked the final attempt of Artem Vikhrov at the buzzer. Budivelnik remains unbeaten in Group I, while Triumphs is still winless. Lyons led the way with 26 points and 16 rebounds for the winners with a performance index index rating of 32; Malcolm Delany added 16 points with 6 rebounds and 3 steals, while Gorbenko scored 14. Tywain McKee was the main contributor for Lyubertsy with 21 points and 7 assists Sergey Karasev scored 17, Kyle Landry 12 with 8 rebounds and Tasamin Mitchell 10.

Evgeny Valiev opened the score for the home team, but 4 consecutive points from Lyons made it 2-4. Karasev and Mitchell fueled the home team before a three by Lyons put his team in front 9-10. Back-to-back triples by Lyons and Delaney increased the margin for the Ukrainian side to 15-19. Then Michalilis Anisimov took over, scoring twice from mid range to make it 17-24. McKee pushed his side with 6 points in a row to finish the first quarter at 23-26. George Tsintsadze, from beyond the arc, opened the second quarter and baskets by Karasev and Valiev closed the gap to 30-31. A three-point-play for Anisimov and a put back by Lyon extended the Budivelnik cushion to 30-36. Delaney nailed a triple for a comfortable 36-45 advantage. Even though McKee answered with 5 points in a row, Lyons and Delaney form the foul line scored for a double digit margin of 39-51. McKee from downtown and Karasev kept the hosts within 47-53 at halftime.

Lyons and Artem Vikhrov exchanged jumpers, before a dunk by Landry and a triple by Vikhrov cut the margin to 54-57. Lyons bagged 5 points in a row to go up 56-62, but then a 13-0 Triumph charge highlighted by a three-point-play of Vikhrov and capped with a McKee layup gave a 69-62 advantage to the home team. Gorbenko hit a three, which was answered immediately by Mikhail Kulagin. Then McKee scored from the foul line to fix the score at 74-65 through three quarters for Triumph. Gorbenko showed all his skills opening the last quarter by scoring 8 points in a row to bring his team within 1. Free throw from Delaney gave back the lead to Budivelnik with less than four minutes left in the game. Landry and Delaney again gave the lead to the respective teams. McKee scored for 84-83, what would prove to be the last advantage for the hosts, then Lyons scored the game winner before Gorbenko blocked the last attempt by Vikhrov at the buzzer to seal the win.