The basis of the game in the first quarter was defense - the MBA allowed Minsk to score only two points in five minutes, but the red-white team did not do well also.
In the second quarter, the performance of both teams improved. The MBA quickly reached double-digit difference, and at some point, it approached "+20". However, MINSK managed to close the gap, and the red-white players went to the locker room with a twelve-point lead.
During the break, it was announced that Avtodor had won its game in Nizhny Novgorod. This means that, regardless of the outcome of the game in the Basket Hall in Moscow, the play-in game will take place in Saratov. However, on the birthday of their head coach, the Moscow team clearly did not intend to stop - before the last ten minutes, they had a comfortable lead of "+14".
The visitors did not give up and forced Vasily Karasev to take a timeout at the halfway point of the fourth quarter, but the gap did not decrease by more than ten points. MBA scored their tenth consecutive victory and updated their best achievement of this season in the VTB United League, exceeding the record set by CSKA. The final score was 81-70.
