During the first 20 minutes, the Avtodor youngsters leading by Pavel SERGEEV and Evgeny MINCHENKO fought hard against the Russian top club. However, UNICS outscored the visitors with a 18-2 run early in the 3rd quarter to take a strong 103-67 win in the Volga Derby.
During the final minutes Avtodor was able to cut the 8-point deficit but the last shot to win the game was not sucessful - we suffered a 79-80 loss despite of 50 points and 16 rebounds by Nikita MIKHAILOVSKII and Evgeny MINCHENKO.