CSKA Moscow came within one win of its 12th Final Four in 13 years by beating Panathinaikos Athens 100-80 in Game 2 of their best-of-five playoffs series in the Russian capital on Thursday. CSKA has a 2-0 lead in the series, which now moves to Athens for a do-or-game Game 3 for Panathinaikos. Sonny Weems led the winners with 20 points and Andrei Kirilenko and Nando De Colo scored 16 apiece for CSKA. Milos Teodosic recorded 8 assists as CSKA set a playoffs record with 28. Vasilis Charalampopoulos led Panathinaikos with 14 points. Nikos Pappas and James Gist each added 13, Antonis Fotsis had 12 while Vlantimir Giankovits and Esteban Batista got 10 each in defeat.

Score in each period: 21-14, 47-35, 72-54, 100-80