«Khimki» Khimki, Russia vs. «Nizhny Novgorod» Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Moscow region club Khimki gained the seventh victory in the regular season, beating Nizhniy Novgorod on the home parquet - 85:73.

The recent victories of Astana and VEF seriously complicated the situation of Nizhniy Novgorod in the struggle for 1/8 finals. Zoran Lukic and his players obviously had little chance of success this season playing against Moscow region team. But, nevertheless, there were some, and Volga players from the first minutes of the match started to cling to them. One of the best snipers of the tournament Ernest Bremer by the end of the starting quarter made two accurate three-point shots - 10:8 in favor of the visitors. And by the end of the first segment he scored for the third time, gaining two-point advantage for his team.

But soon the «yellow- blue» as home team and leaders of the group made a breakthrough. Shortly before the big break the coach of Khimki Rimas Kurtinaitis brought into play new forces and they did not let the team down – «+12» in favor of the hosts. However at the end the first half Nizhniy reduced the gap to 7 points.

And further the team did not let the favorites to break off. Only at the beginning of the final period center Anton Pushkov and Christopher Quinn organized a decisive spurt for Khimki, and the outcome of the meeting was obvious 3.35 minutes before the end of the match when Zoran Planinic brought the game to win - 77:63.

The meeting ended with the score - 85:73, seventh victory of Khimki team, which still plays without losses in Group A. The most productive in the home team became Loncar (20), Fridzon (16) and Planinic (12), in the visiting team - Bremer (19) and Yakovenko (12).