The starting five was: Booker, Fridzon, McCarty, Veremeenko, and Wolkowyski. In entry of Dynamo there was no Monya and Domani. On the position of “third number” played Bykov, and he opened the score in the game. Veremeenko answered back by three-pointer. Dynamo players were tuned strongly. With 5.41 on the clock Kemzura called a minute — 8-17.

Pozzecco went to the action, but he failed to work up his partners. And Papadopoulos scored regularly. Khimki went to the long break with 20-32.

At the beginning of second period Pozzecco moved the game, he scored with the foul and then had three-points to his credit — 28-34. When Khimki coaches relegated him to the bench, Pozzecco has 16 points. The “Slam dunk” of Veremeenko will remain in the memory of fans. To the long break teams went with the score 42-46.

In the third period yellow-blue started to play aggressively in the defense. McCarty put the team ahead — 50-49. But Dynamo didn’t want to throw a match. Fans watched evenly balanced game.

In closing period Khimki players hadn’t scored more than 5 minutes. And Dynamo had 8 points to his credit — 62-72. The goal drought was broken by Fridzon. Khimki seemed to turn the play around on its head. But our guard couldn’t deal with Papadopoulos.

Pozzecco gave hope to fans with the long throw — 73-77. But Focis destroyed every hopes of Khimki for success — 76-83.

Kestutis Kemzura, the head coach of BC Khimki:

— We expected the difficult match. Our defense was bad. Dynamo could make easy points. The opponents played today aggressively with fighting spirit. And Papadopoulos was great. We start to prepare for the third game in Krylatskoe. I want to thank our fans. We need your support.