Khimki registered its fifth win in the last six games. Both teams now have 14-9 records in the 30-game regular season and share fourth place on victories. Alexey Shved led the winners with 20 points. Anthony Gill added 16 while Tyler Honeycutt grabbed 10 rebounds for Khimki. Chris Singleton led Panathinaikos with 14 points. Mike James and Marcus Denmon each added 11 for the guests. Gill and Shved shined early to give Khimki a 14-6 lead. K.C. Rivers and James stepped up for Panathinaikos but an outstanding Shved kept the hosts ahead, 24-18, after 10 minutes. Khimki raised its intensity level in the second quarter and found new go-to guys in Honeycutt and Charles Jenkins. A tip-in by Marko Todorovic boosted the hosts' margin to 46-31 at halftime. Nothing changed after the break, as Khimki went up 55-35 late in the third quarter, kept a 63-46 margin after 30 minutes on a midcourt shot by Gill, and cruised to an important home win.

Thanassis Antetokounmpo got Panathinaikos going with a put-back slam but Gill followed a triple with a one-handed dunk for a 5-2 Khimki lead. James stepped up with a couple of layups but Gill made free throws and Shved added a dunk. A step-back three-pointer from Malcolm Thomas who also slammed made Panathinaikos call timeout at 14-6. Rivers rescued the guests with a corner triple and a backdoor layup before a dunk by Singleton brought Panathinaikos within 18-13. Thomas and James traded three-pointers but an unstoppable Shved gave Khimki a 24-18 margin after 10 minutes. Honeycutt took over with a fastbreak layup early in the second quarter and an inside basket by Thomas Robinson, his first after three months injured, made it a double-digit game, 28-18. Singleton and Ian Vougioukas combined for 9 of 10 free throws to bring Panathinaikos within 30-27. Honeycutt answered with an off-balance basket, igniting an 8-0 run that Thomas capped with a layup for a 38-27 Khimki lead. Denmon struck from downtown but Jenkins hit back-to-back shots from beyond the arc to break the game open at 46-31 after 20 minutes.

Both teams went scoreless for over 3 minutes after the break until Gist dunked. Stefan Markovic downed a three-pointer and Shved added a jumper for a 51-33 Khimki lead. Gist scored again but free throws by Markovic and Gist made it a 20-point game, 55-35. James took over with a step-back jumper, a floater and a driving layup, getting help from Singleton to bring Panathinaikos within 60-46. Gill beat the third-quarter buzzer with a midcourt shot, however, for a 63-46 Khimki margin after 30 minutes. Denmon and Singleton insisted from downtown early in the fourth quarter but an unstoppable Honeycutt kept Khimki way ahead, 68-52. Shved scored in penetration — reaching 500 points this season — and soon added a driving layup that sealed the outcome, 74-56, as Panathinaikos never recovered.

Both teams return to EuroLeague action next week as Khimki visits Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz on Thursday and Panathinaikos hosts archrivals Olympiacos Piraeus on Friday.