Nizhny Novgorod escaped from Ankara with a thrilling 72-73 win over Akyon TED Ankara Kolejliler. Dmitriy Khvostov scored from downtown with 4 seconds left after the visitors used a 2-20 run to open the last quarter to come back from 14 down after three quarters. Nizhny Novgorod improved to 3-1 in Group F, while Akyon TED Ankara slipped to 1-3. Primoz Brezec paced the winners by scoring 26 points, Dijon Thompson added 20 and Vadim Panin contributed with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Vladimir Golubovic amassed 26 points and 10 boards for a performance index rating of 38, while Vanja Plisnic bagged 19 points in defeat.

A Thompson three-pointer gave an early 4-5 lead to the visitors, while Clay Tucker, also from long distance, pushed the home team to the first double digit margin, 21-11. A Brezec jumper made it 21-13 after 10 minutes. Seven points in a row by Golubovic raised the difference to 32-17, but on the opposite side center Brezec answered with 7 in a run of 10 unanswered points by Nizhny Novgorod to climb within 34-30. Golubovic made a layup and Thompson a free throw to fix the halftime advantage at 41-36 for Aykon TED Ankara. A 15-2 charge opening the second half capped by Muhammed Baygul from the foul line gave a comfortable 56-38 margin to the home team. Vadim Panin and Thompson tried to keep Nizhny Novgorod in the picture, but 2 free throws nailed by Aleksandar Rasic made it 60-46 at the end of the third quarter. The momentum changed early in the fourth quarter when an outstanding 2-20 run with 6 points from Brezec and 5 from Luke Babbitt gave to the Russian side a 62-66 advantage. With a minute left in the game, Tucker scored from mid-range to put Aykon TED Ankara in front 69-68, but with 4 seconds left Khvostov scored from downtown to give Nizhny Novgorod an incredible win.