All the quarter-finals of the Russian playoffs needed a deciding game 3 but in the end, the favourites came through. Unics thrashed Novgorod 93-66 and will play Khimky, which scrapped through 77-75 against Spartak SP. On the other side of the draw, it will be CSKA Moscow, 101-73 winner of Krasnie, versus Lokomovic, which came out on top at home 85-73 against Enisey.