Langford and Sergey Monya got Khimki going with back-to-back driving layups, as the hosts placed Vadim Panin in the starting lineup to guard Jones. Timmy Bowers sank a triple but Eze and Planinic soon gave Khimki a 8-3 lead. Ere struck from downtown and a fast break layup by Bowers tied it at 8-8. Caserta dominated the boards and Ere followed Jones' alleyoop layup with a triple for an 11-13 lead. Eze had all points, including a wild dunk, in a 6-1 run to give Khimki a 17-14 edge. Lukasz Koszarek nailed a corner three-pointer but Thomas Kelati and Fridzon restored a 20-19 Khimki lead after 10 minutes. Loncar scored down low early in the second quarter, igniting a 5-0 run that Fridzon capped with a fast break layup, good for a 25-19 Khimki edge. Aaron Doornekamp followed free throws with a reverse layup but Raul Lopez and Dmitriev kept Khimki out of trouble, 31-24. Jones stepped up with a long jumper that Dmitriev betterd with a bomb from downtown. Aleksey Savrasenko soon added a layup but Bowers nailed a triple to keep Caserta within 36-30. Viacheslav Zaytsev joined the three-point shootout — becoming the 11th Khimki player to score in just 16 minutes — and a fast break layup by Dmitriev forced Caserta to call timeout at 41-30. Ere tried to change things for Caserta but Langford and Planinic fueled a 6-0 run that broke the series open, 47-32, at halftime.

Ere tried to ignite the guests's comeback with a turnaround jumper right after the break. Eze buried a mid-range shot and Planinic scored in transition to keep Khimki out of trouble, 51-36. Caserta tried to speed up the game tempo but kept missing open shots. Kelati nailed a long triple and a tip-in by Fridzon boosted the hosts' lead to 56-38. Ere followed a floating jumper with a driving layup but he didn't find much help around. Even with that, he sank a catch-and-shoot triple, added a power layup and Jones took over with an acrobatic put-back basket that made Khimki call timeout at 62-49. Ere stayed on fire with a wild layup-plus-foul that fixed the score at 62-52 after 30 minutes. Loncar followed a turnaround jumper with a triple to boost the hosts' lead to 67-52 with 8 minutes left. Doornekamp stepped up for Caseta but an outstanding Dmitriev sealed the outcome, 72-56, with 6 minutes to go. Caserta kept trying but everything was said and done already. All Khimki fans were celebrating that their team got one step closer to the 2010-11 Euroleague. Meanwhile, Caserta will keep playing continental basketball for the first time since 1993 in the Eurocup.