The best-of-five play-off series started with two games for teams with home-court advantage on Tuesday April 14, 2014 at Moscow and Istanbul. At Moscow, table toppers CSKA outplayed Panathinaikos Athens 93-66 to begin their campaign on a solid note. It was the Russian Club’s 16th win over the Greek Club in their 31 meetings so far. About half an hour later in Istanbul, Fenerbahce Ulker defeated defending champions Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 80-72 at the Ulker Sports Arena