UNICS Kazan in the regular season opening game beat Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar – 96:87 (19:35, 21:22, 25:11, 31:19).
Lorenzo Brown and John Brown III became the key players of this game. Lorenzo Brown scored 22 points (6/8 from the field), 7 assists and 4 rebounds. The guard became the most effective player of the game with 28 eff. points. John Brown III scored a double-double of 15 points (6/10 from the field) and 10 rebounds with 24 eff. points.