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Reigning champions CSKA Moscow reached the Final Four tournament for the seventh time in as many years with a 67-56 victory over Partizan in Belgrade.

CSKA took an insurmountable three-game lead in their play-off series with the victory and became the first team to reach the May finals in Berlin.

The first half was a close affair, but the Russian side dominated the third period to go into the final period 52-38 up.

Ramunas Siskauskas top-scored for CSKA with 20 points - with a perfect record of 10 from the free-throw line to extend that streak to 32 - while Matjaz Smodis (pictured) added 18 points.

Novica Velickovic however was the top-scorer in the game, netting a career-high 26 for Partizan.

Spanish side Real Madrid remained in the Euroleague with a 71-63 victory over Olympiacos, which now makes it 2-1 to the Greeks in the five-game series.

Another Athens club Panathinaikos went 2-1 ahead with a 72-53 win over Montepaschi Siena in Italy, while in the all-Spanish encounter TAU Ceramica went 2-1 up on Barcelona with a 69-62 home win.

Eurosport