CSKA improved to 11-3 to keep co-leadership of the standings while Khimki dropped to 8-6. Cory Higgins led the winners with a career-high 26 points on 14-of-16 free throws. Nikita Kurbanov added 18 for CSKA. Alexey Shved led Khimki with 16 points. Marko Todorovic added 13 while Tyler Honeycutt had 10 for the guests.

Kurbanov shined early, getting help from Higgins and Sergio Rodriguez to give CSKA a 15-7 lead. An unstoppable Shved and Anthony Gill kept Khimki within 23-16 after 10 minutes. Higgins and Kyle Hines combined for nine points in a 12-2 run that boosted CSKA's margin to 35-18. Marko Todorovic and Malcolm Thomas got Khimki a bit closer, 43-33, at half-time. CSKA only scored from the free throw line in the third quarter, as Shved, Tyler Honeycutt and Todorovic brught Khimki within 57-55 after 30 minutes. Kurbanov and Higgins fueled a 14-0 run, as CSKA boosted its margin to 74-57 and never looked back.

Semen Antonov got CSKA going with an off-balance jumper and Kurbanov soon gave his team a 7-2 lead. Shved stepped up with a driving lay-up and Thomas struck from downtown but Kurbanov scored again, Higgins added a close basket and Rodriguez hit a triple for a 15-7 CSKA edge. Shved followed a floater with a jumper but he didn't find any help. Meanwhile, Higgins kept pacing CSKA while Will Clyburn and Hines scored around the basket for a 23-13 lead. A triple by Gill fixed the score at 23-16 after 10 minutes. Hines scored twice down low and Higgins followed a three-pointer with a fast break slam in a 12-2 run that broke the game open, 35-18, early in the second quarter. But Khimki found a go-to guy in Todorovic, who scored seven points in an 0-8 run that got the guests within 35-26. Rodriguez made free throws and Kurbanov added back-to-back triples but Tyler Honeycutt and Thomas kept Khimki within 43-33 at halftime. Shved took over with a three-point play after the break and a power layup by Gill brought Khimki as close as 43-38. Higgins and Nando De Colo tried to change things for CSKA but Honeycutt and Todorovic kept Khimki within 49-44. Shved stayed on fire with a lay-up-plus-foul and a put-back basket by Honeycutt made CSKA call timeout at 51-49. De Colo, Higgins, Othello Hunter and Clyburn made free throws but three-pointers by Egor Vialtsev and Sergey Monia got Khimki within 57-55 after 30 minutes. Antonov struck from downtown, Higgins hit foul shots and Hunter added a put-back lay-up (CSKA's first two-pointer in more than 18 minutes) for a 64-57 lead. Clyburn followed a lay-up with foul shots and three-pointers by Higgins and Kurbanov broke the game open, 74-57, after a 14-0 run. Nothing changed after that moment, as CSKA ran the game clock down and cruised to a big home win.

Both teams return to EuroLeague action next Friday — CSKA visits Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz while Khimki hosts FC Barcelona Lassa.