CSKA Moscow sweeps Khimki Moscow to win VTB League title, Nando De Colo named MVP

Khimki: Alexey Shved (17), E.J. Rowland (13+7 ast), Dmitry Sokolov (13+7 reb)

CSKA: Nando De Colo (20), Cory Higgins (18), Aaron Jackson (14)

Recap
Coming off back-to-back wins in Moscow, the Army Men were all business in Moscow Region for Game 3.

Nando De Colo set the tone early for CSKA, hitting twice from beyond the arc for eight points in the first five minutes. Leading 16-3 at the 5:18 mark in the 1st quarter, Aaron Jackson and James Augustine made it a 22-3 game, thanks to a 3-pointer and three-point play.

By the end of the 1st quarter, Khimki trailed 34-12, having committed five turnovers and shot 4-15 from the field.

CSKA never looked back. Having silenced the Khimki crowd in the 1st quarter, the Army Men cruised to a 95-72 victory and title-clinching sweep of their rival.

MVP

Nando De Colo. Once again, the French guard led CSKA to victory. He finished with 20 points on 6-12 shooting. De Colo averaged a series-best 20.7 points per game while shooting 51.5% from the field.

Not surprisingly, he won the Playoffs MVP. Milos Teodosic hit clutch 3-pointers and Semyon Antonov played his best basketball of the season, but De Colo’s consistency was even more impressive. Over nine games, the guard averaged 17.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game.