BC Khimki managed to break the course of the meeting with CSKA Moscow but lost in the very ending due to several mistakes — 72-74 (23-27, 11-15, 20-17, 18-15). Now the semifinal series tied at 1-1. The third and fourth games will be held in Moscow on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28 and May 29, 2013.
Best scorers: Fridzon (16), Planinic (15 + 5 assists), Rivers (13), Davis (13).
Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:
— I would like to congratulate CSKA on the win. We were close, but made several mistakes at the decisive moment. There is no tragedy – it’s difficult to beat CSKA twice in a row. I think that the most interesting games are still to come. 1-1 is a decent result, though we’d like to be ahead at home, 2-0. It’s too bad that we need to learn from our mistakes. What happened, happened. We need to prepare for the away games. I don’t have any problems with my players – they really want to win.