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CSKA Moscow underlined their status as the best team in Europe by completing a 3-0 sweep of BC Khimki in the Russian Superleague play-off finals on Monday.



Ettore Messina's men rolled to an 88-78 win on the road with their Euroleague Final Four MVP Trajan Langdon again leading the way with 21 points.



Slovenia's Matjaz Smodis had 16 points, Russia's JR Holden 13 and Lithuania's Ramunas Siskauskas 12 in the win. All three will now have a rest before linking up with their national teams for this summer's international competitions.



"I am very happy and proud with this win," said CSKA coach Messina, who earlier this month signed a contract extension with the club.



"We played the Russian play-offs against Dynamo (Moscow) and Khimki after the Final Four and we went 6-0. That was extremely difficult.



"We showed a great mentality, we stayed together as a team. No one in the club expected us to win all three games in the finals in a row. And I think everyone should be happy because of that."



CSKA have now won six domestic titles on the trot in Russia.



They have also reached the Euroleague final three times in a row, winning twice including this year's triumph in Madrid over Maccabi Tel Aviv.



Khimki did beat CSKA in the final of the Russian Cup this season.

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