### Favorites CSKA, Fenerbahce survive semifinal tests

The opening semifinal at Mercedes-Benz Arena saw the first-ever meeting between two Russian teams at the Final Four and pregame favorite CSKA Moscow lived up to that status by leading all the way against Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar for an 88-81 victory. Season MVP Nando De Colo inspired his team with 30 points, the most ever scored in a semifinal at that time.

Friday’s second game was a thriller, as Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz – appearing at the Final Four for the first time since 2008 – recovered from an early double-digit deficit to set up a closely fought battle with Fenerbahce Istanbul. Baskonia’s Darius Adams hit the rim with a three-point attempt to win the game on the final buzzer and it went to overtime. Fenerbahce took over in the extra period, with Bogdan Bogdanovic scoring 9 of his 18 points to send his team into the championship game for the first time with an 88-77 victory.

### CSKA takes a thriller

The championship game was an instant classic, as CSKA raced to a 50-30 halftime lead before Fenerbahce gradually narrowed the gap and eventually went ahead through Kostas Sloukas’s free throws with 20 seconds remaining. It all came down to the last play, which saw Nando De Colo miss an attempted game-winning three-pointer, but Victor Khryapa rose high to tip home the rebound on the final buzzer, forcing overtime. That was the cue for De Colo to dominate and he scored 9 points in the extra period to give his team a 101-96 victory, securing CSKA its third title of the century as Coach Dimitris Itoudis overcame his mentor, Zeljko Obradovic.

After scoring 22 points in the championship game and 30 in the semifinal, De Colo took the Final Four MVP award to become the only player ever to hold the season MVP, the Final Four MVP and the Top Scorer Trophy at the same time.

### [Game Info](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2015-16/fenerbahce-istanbul-cska-moscow/E2015/250/)