CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce retain the national championships

Fenerbahce Ulker wrapped up its fifth Turkish League championship and fourth in the last five years by holding on to edge Galatasaray Café Crown 88-91 in Game 6 of the Turkish League finals on Friday. Omer Onan paced the winners with 20 points and Oguz Savas added 19.




CSKA Moscow put the wraps on its ninth consecutive Russia League title on Thursday with a resounding 63-74 road win against Khimki Moscow Region. CSKA won the series 3-1, marking the fourth consecutive year that CSKA defeated Khimki in the finals. But this time was differen because CSKA had lost the best-of-five series opener at home. After that, however, CSKA reeled off three straight wins, including the last two on Khimki's court. The one and only J.R. Holden was the big gun for CSKA with 25 points, including 4-for-6 three-point shooting to go with 4 assists and 4 steals.. Viktor Khryapa fillwed wih 12 points and Alex Shved with 11 for the winners. For Khimki, Vitaly Fridzon was the only double-digit scorer, with 14 points, while Sergey Monia had 9 plus 11 rebounds. Early points from Lazaros Papadopoulos had Khimki a step ahead of CSKA, at 14-12, until Khryapa's three-pointer sparked a 4-10 run . That left the visitors leading 18-22 after 10 minutes. CSKA's run continued with unanswered 7 points to start the second quarter. Soon, Holden buried 3 of 3 free throws for the game's first double-digit lead, 22-32, and CSKA held onto most of that edge as the half ended 34-43. Khimki scored the first 4 points after the break to close within 38-43, but Khryapa and Holden answerd. When Khimki got two more times, Andrey Vorontsevich and Holden detonated three-pointers as CSKA commanded a 50-59 edge after three quarters. When the same duo combined for 5 points to open the final quarter, CSKA was up 50-64 and on its way to a new title.