Regular Season champs: CSKA clinched its group's first place in Round 10 of the regular season with a 76-88 road win at Unicaja Malaga. CSKA made 13 of 29 three-pointers as seven different players hit from behind the arc. Nando De Colo led the way with 18 points and 7 assists.
Setting records: In Top 16 Round 8, CSKA set a club scoring record and made a season-best 16 three-pointers to get past crosstown rival Khimki Moscow Region 108-98. Milos Teodosic paced the attack with a season-high 26 points.
Victory in Madrid: CSKA completed a five-game Top 16 winning streak with an 87-96 road win at Real Madrid in Round 9. It marked the first time since 2008 that CSKA had defeated Madrid in the Spanish capital.
First to the Playoffs: Head coach Dimitris Itoudis's men separated themselves from the pack with a 90-78 victory over Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz in Top 16 Round 11 to clinch the first playoff berth from Group F. Cory Higgins led a balanced attack with 18 points.
Bound for Berlin: After Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade cut a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to a single point in Game 3 of the playoffs, CSKA got threes on successive possessions from Nikita Kurbanov, Higgins and De Colo en route to a 71-78 win, series sweep and ticket to Berlin.
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