Valencia grabbed its 13th consecutive win in this year's EuroCup and could advance to the semifinals with a road win in Game 1 at Basketball Center of Moscow Region in Khimki, Russia, on Friday. Fernando San Emeterio led the winners with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists and Sam Van Rossom and Bojan Dubljevic each scored 11 points for Valencia. Dubljevic added 11 rebounds for a double-double. Alexey Shved led Khimki with 24 point, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Robbie Hummel netted 13 points and E.J. Rowland had 12 for the visitors. Valencia dominated the boards with 57 rebounds, which was a EuroCup season high, the third-highest mark in competition history and the all-time record in a non-overtime game. Its 27 offensive rebounds is also a EuroCup record. Valencia outrebounded Khimki 57-30, which when added to the visitors' poor three-point shooting (6 of 27, 22.2%) allowed Valencia to take the lead in the series.

Marko Todorovic got Khimki going with a layup and got help from Rowland and Shved to give the visitors a 2-6 lead. Slava Kravtsov scored down low, but left the game with a sprained ankle. Rafa Martinez struck twice from downtown and a jumper by Luke Sikma gave Valencia its first lead, 14-12. Todorovic and Hummel tried to change things for Khimki, but back-to-back triples by Joan Sastre and Van Rossom made it 24-17. Jacob Pullen and Vyacheslav Zaitcev combined for all the points in a 0-7 run, but a three-pointer by Romain Sato put Valencia back ahead, 27-24, after 10 minutes. Sato hit free throws in a 12-0 run that Pierre Oriola capped with a layup, before Khimki called timeout at 36-24. Guillem Vives and San Emeterio each hit one from beyond the arc and Dubljevic soon added a layup that broke the game open at 48-30. Rowland and an unstoppable Shved stepped up for Khimki, but Sikma, Van Rossom and Dubljevic kept Valencia way ahead, 59-42, at halftime. Hummel and Rowland fueled a 0-7 run, which Shved capped with a fast break slam to bring Khimki back to life, 63-52. A fast break layup by Rowland soon got Khimki even closer, 65-56. Valencia kept going to the foul line often, but Shved downed a triple and also hit free throws to make it 72-62 through three quarters. Dmitry Sokolov followed a layup with free throws to bring Khimki within 72-66 early in the fourth quarter. Sastre and Vives tried to rescue Valencia, but Sokolov stayed strong and a fast break layup by Shved got Khimki within 78-75 with under 4 minutes left. Back-to-back layups turned the game into a thriller at 82-80 with 59.5 seconds left, but San Emeterio hit a critical jumper and Dubljevic added free throws to seal the outcome at 86-80 with 16.6 seconds left.