2016 VTB United League Playoffs

The 2016 VTB United League Playoffs was the deciding play-off tournament that decided the champion of the 2015–16 VTB United League season. The eight teams that finished highest in the regular season were qualified. The Playoffs started on April 29 and ended on June 8, 2016.[1] The champions or runners-up of the Playoffs would qualify for the 2016–17 EuroLeague, dependent on the position of automatically placed CSKA Moscow. CSKA Moscow won the championship, after beating runners-up UNICS that qualified for the EuroLeague as runners-up.

2016 VTB United League Playoffs
Tournament details
Country Russia (7 teams)
 Czech Republic (1 team)
Dates29 April–8 June 2017
Teams8
Defending championsCSKA Moscow
Final positions
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
Runner-upUNICS
EuroLeagueUNICS
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Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1   CSKA Moscow 3
8   ČEZ Nymburk 0
1   CSKA Moscow 3
4   Khimki 0
4   Khimki 3
5   Lokomotiv Kuban 0
1   CSKA Moscow 3
2   UNICS 1
2   UNICS 3
7   Nizhny Novgorod 0
2   UNICS 3
3   Zenit St. Petersburg 2
3   Zenit St. Petersburg 3
6   Avtodor Saratov 0

Quarterfinals

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In the quarterfinals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
CSKA Moscow   3–0   ČEZ Nymburk 95–87 79–72 102–87
Khimki   3–0   Lokomotiv Kuban 86–80 97–83 86–71
UNICS   3–0   Nizhny Novgorod 83–70 70–61 84–71
Zenit St. Petersburg   3–0   Avtodor Saratov 95–91 97–85 95–82

Semifinals

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In the semifinals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
CSKA Moscow   3–0   Khimki 86–83 99–87 95–92
UNICS   3–2   Zenit St. Petersburg 94–93 97–91 67–82 82–85 79–70

Finals

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In the Finals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
CSKA Moscow   3–1   UNICS 84–76 90–77 74–79 81–74

Game 1

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June 1, 2016 CSKA Moscow   84–76
(Series: 1–0)
  UNICS Moscow
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–26, 27–18, 11–17
Pts: Teodosic 17
Rebs: De Colo 6
Asts: Teodosic 10
Boxscore Pts: Langford 16
Rebs: Parakhouski 7
Asts: Colom 7
Arena: USK CSKA
Attendance: 4,050
Referees: Sreten Radovic, Saso Petek, Semen Ovinov

Game 2

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June 3, 2016 CSKA Moscow   90–77
(Series: 2–0)
  UNICS Moscow
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 22–17, 16–22, 25–15
Pts: Khryapa 19
Rebs: Khryapa 6
Asts: Teodosic 7
Boxscore Pts: Langford 15
Rebs: Williams 6
Asts: Ponkrashov 7
Arena: USK CSKA
Attendance: 4,600
Referees: Sasa Pukl, Oskars Lucius, Ilya Putenko

Game 3

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June 6, 2016 UNICS   79–74
(Series: 1–2)
  CSKA Moscow Kazan
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 23–22, 24–14, 14–20
Pts: Langford 29
Rebs: Langford 8
Asts: Langford 4
Boxscore Pts: De Colo 20
Rebs: Hines 11
Asts: Teodosic 7
Arena: Basket-Hall Kazan
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Sinisa Herceg, Robert Vyklicki, Anton Makhlin

Game 4

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June 8, 2016 UNICS   74–81
(Series: 1–3)
  CSKA Moscow Kazan
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 15–17, 19–16, 29–23
Pts: Milaknis 23
Rebs: Williams 10
Asts: Ponkrashov 8
Boxscore Pts: De Colo 16
Rebs: Nichols 7
Asts: De Colo 5
Arena: Basket-Hall Kazan
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Sreten Radovic, Oskars Lucius, Marczyn Kowalski

References

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