The 2018 LKL Finals was the championship series of the 2017–18 season, of the LKL. The finals series were scheduled from 9 June until 18 June 2018. Due to home court advantage, Žalgiris played Game 1, 3 and 5 at home. Žalgiris defeated Lietuvos rytas 4–1, earning the franchise its 20th LKL championship.[1] Brandon Davies was named the Finals MVP.[2]
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| Dates | June 9-18 | |||||||||
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| MVP |  Brandon Davies | |||||||||
Venues edit
The Žalgiris Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The arena is located on an island of the Nemunas River. It is the largest indoor arena in the Baltics. The arena's maximum possible seating capacity for basketball games is 15,552, and 20,000 spectators for concerts (when the stage is in the middle, and 17,000 when stage is in the side of the arena). The Žalgiris Arena replaced the Kaunas Sports Hall as a major venue in the city.
The Siemens Arena, located in Verkiai elderate of Vilnius, is the second largest arena in Lithuania. It generally hosts basketball games as well as concerts. The arena opened on October 30, 2004. The basketball club BC Lietuvos rytas uses the facility for all of its European home fixtures. Siemens Arena also hosts Rytas' home fixtures of the Lithuanian "national derby" against its archrival BC Žalgiris.
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| Žalgiris Arena | Siemens Arena | |
| Capacity: 15,552 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
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Road to the Finals edit
Regular season series edit
Žalgiris and Lietuvos rytas tied the regular season series 2–2.
Game summaries edit
Game 1 edit
| 9 June 2018 | Žalgiris | 96–83 (Series: 1–0) |
Lietuvos Rytas | Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
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| 17:20 | Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 26–19, 22–17, 24–21 | |||
| Pts: Milaknis 24 Rebs: Davies 7 Asts: Pangos 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Giedraitis 17 Rebs: Kramer, Giedraitis 6 Asts: Kramer 7 |
Attendance: 6,294 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis |
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Game 2 edit
| 11 June 2018 | Lietuvos Rytas | 82–73 (Series: 1–1) |
Žalgiris | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
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| 18:50 | Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 22–18, 18–22, 25–18 | |||
| Pts: Mavrokefalidis 24 Rebs: Mavrokefalidis, Giedraitis 5 Asts: Peterson 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Davies 17 Rebs: White 7 Asts: Pangos 9 |
Attendance: 7,538 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gytis Vilius, Gvidas Gedvilas |
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Game 3 edit
| 14 June 2018 | Žalgiris | 90–80 (Series: 2–1) |
Lietuvos Rytas | Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
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| 18:50 | Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 16–21, 27–19, 23–21 | |||
| Pts: Davies 27 Rebs: Davies, White 7 Asts: Pangos, Udrih 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Mavrokefalidis 19 Rebs: Madgen 6 Asts: Kramer 6 |
Attendance: 8,793 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys, Andrius Maleckas |
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Game 4 edit
| 16 June 2018 | Lietuvos Rytas | 78–82 (Series: 3–1) |
Žalgiris | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
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| 17:20 | Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 18–16, 9–24, 26–19 | |||
| Pts: Echodas 16 Rebs: Giedraitis 7 Asts: Kramer 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Udrih 16 Rebs: Micić 6 Asts: Udrih 6 |
Attendance: 7,653 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Tomas Jasevičius, Gytis Vilius |
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Game 5 edit
| 18 June 2018 | Žalgiris | 80–70 (Series: 4–1) |
Lietuvos Rytas | Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
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| 18:50 | Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 18–19, 22–17, 22–14 | |||
| Pts: Davies 29 Rebs: Davies 8 Asts: Udrih, Micić 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Mavrokefalidis 20 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Kramer 10 |
Attendance: 10,679 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Artūras Šukys |
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Rosters edit
Žalgiris edit
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Lietuvos rytas edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Champions again: Zalgiris top Lietuvos Rytas 4-1". lkl.lt. June 18, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ "Davies, Jasikevicius headline Betsafe LKL awards". lkl.lt. June 20, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2020.