Russian Championship. BC Khimki recovered the home-court advantage30 may 2007

The 'bronze' series moved to the Krylatskoe. Only in the first period, when Papadopoulos was unmarked, fans saw the stubborn struggle. Later Khimki took him out of a game. As a result, Khimki won convincingly — 82-56 (23-22, 21-18, 19-4, 19-12). Next game will pass on 31 may at Krylatskoe.

Top scorers: Lampe (19), McCarty (17), Booker (9), Savkov (9).

In Dynamo entry Monya was appeared. Moscow Region team hadn’t problems with the roster and started the match with the usual five: Booker, Fridzon, McCarty, Veremeenko, and Lampe.

At the beginning of match the top scorers were centers Papadopoulos and Lampe. It was very hard to hold down Lasaros: 10 points in the first period. With 0.36 on the clock the captain Wolkowyski scored beyond the arc and Khimki led a game. Yellow-blue fans gave players a standing ovation.

In the second period Pozzecco hit a target — 26-22. Dynamo head coach Ivkovich relegated Papadopoulos to the bench for relaxing. Without a core player Dynamo looked weaker. And Lampe was absolutely wide-open.

For the first 6.26 minutes of second part of match Dynamo scored only 2 points. Ivkovich called a time-out. Just at that moment the score was 51-42. After the long shot of Savkov and three-pointer of Dyachok on the board was 59-44 in BC Khimki favor.

Yellow-blue demonstrated a spectacular game in the fourth period and won it — 19-4!!! Everything was clear in that game and both team on the last minutes didn’t put out. We are waiting for the fourth game!