In a tough duel played on Wednesday night in Khimki, Russia, host Khimki Moscow Region held off Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir 80-66 not without suffering. The hosts controlled the first steps of the game, but the guests jumped ahead soon enough and Khimki had to fight back to find the lead again at the break. In the second half, Khimki held off Karsiyaka's attempts to the win until the very last minute, but emerged victorious. Paul Davis led the winners with 18 points, Sergey Monia added 14 and Egor Vyaltsev and Mickael Gelabale posted 11 apiece. For Karsiyaka, Esteban Batista led all scorers with 20 points, Jon Diebler added 19 and Leo Lyons, 15. With the win, Khimki improves to 3-1 in Group E while Karsiyaka loses its first game and stays also at 3-1.

The guests started strong with a 2-11 starting run capped by Soner Senturk's layup. Khimki reacted fast with Petteri Koponen points, but Pinar Karsiyaka held the avalanche off and managed to keep a solid cushion around the 7 points as Esteban Batista was soon up to 10 points when he made it 11-19. In the last breath Jon Diebler squeezed in a layup for a 15-23 after 10 minutes. The second quarter was a different story. Khimki regrouped and started climbing back as Koponen and Sergey Monia drained back-to-back threes for 25-29. Karsiyaka tried to resist to keep thelead, but more threes by Monia and Marko Popovic finally turned the deal upside down and put the hosts in command at the break, 37-34. The third quarter was as balanced as they come as Batista and John Diebler pulled from the Karsiyaka wagon as Bobby Dixon had already dished out 8 assists. The game was close on every statistical category even, and as such, there was a 52-51 on the scoreboard after 30 minutes. Khimki reacted in the first steps of the decisive quarter and built a 9-point lead, 62-53, with Kresimir Loncar's layup. But Karsiyaka was far from surrender, and had a 0-7 run to be back to the game but then again, Khimki stroke back with its own 9-0 as Paul Davis reached his 14th point for 71-60. Karsiyaka played its last cards in trying to be back, but David was a force in the paint keeping Khimki at a safe distance and onto the win.