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2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

The 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as SIL – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes,[1] was the third edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. On 7 December 2017 it was announced that Klaipėda would host the tournament.[2]

2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
Tournament details
ArenaŠvyturys Arena
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Dates13–18 February 2018
Final positions
ChampionsŽalgiris (2nd title)
Runners-upLietuvos rytas
Third placeLietkabelis
Awards and statistics
MVPEdgaras Ulanovas
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Žalgiris was the defending champions. Žalgiris successfully defended its title after beating BC Lietuvos rytas in the Final.

Format changes edit

After a lot of criticism during last year's tournament Lithuanian Basketball League changed distribution of quarterfinals games venues, awarding them directly to seeded teams instead of previously held open draw.[2] LKL Cheerleaders Battles final was added to complement the event alongside traditional Three-point and Slam Dunk contests.[1]

Draw edit

The draw of the 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė will be held on 16 January 2018.[1]

Qualified teams edit

Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2017–18 LKL regular season will qualify to the tournament.[2]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Žalgiris 18 16 2 1233 982 +251 Seeded
2 Neptūnas 18 15 3 1283 1157 +126
3 Lietuvos rytas 18 14 4 1263 1136 +127
4 Lietkabelis 18 12 6 1229 1159 +70
5 Juventus 18 7 11 1189 1225 −36 Non-seeded
6 Šiauliai 18 6 12 1115 1252 −137
7 Pieno žvaigždės 18 6 12 1187 1286 −99
8 Dzūkija 18 6 12 1109 1273 −164
Source: LKL

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finals
13–14 February		Semi-finals
17 February		Final
18 February
 
          
 
 
 
 
Neptūnas77
 
 
 
Dzūkija85
 
Dzūkija61
 
 
 
Lietuvos rytas81
 
Lietuvos rytas91
 
 
 
Juventus88
 
Lietuvos rytas62
 
 
 
Žalgiris81
 
Lietkabelis86
 
 
 
Pieno žvaigždės76
 
Lietkabelis74
 
 
 
Žalgiris88
 
Žalgiris85
 
 
Šiauliai78
 

Quarter-finals edit

Neptūnas Klaipėda vs. Dzūkija Alytus edit

13 February 2018 Neptūnas Klaipėda 77–85 Dzūkija Alytus Klaipėda
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 15–20, 25 −20, 20–26
  Pts: Šulskis, Želionis 13
Rebs: Želionis 12
Asts: Fields 5
PIR: Želionis 22 		Boxscore Pts: Stylianou 19
Rebs: Petty 11
Asts: Petty 6
PIR: Petty 37 		Arena: Švyturio Arena
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Andžej Urbanovič, Ignas Davainis


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Brandon Fields 5 3 5
SG 10   Renaldas Seibutis 8 1 1
SF 88   Vytautas Šulskis 13 4 1
PF 11   Edgaras Želionis 13 12 2
C 21   Simas Galdikas 12 5 2
Reserves:
G 5   Jerry Johnson 5 1 4
F 7   Laimonas Kisielius 9 1 4
G 9   Tomas Delininkaitis 6 0 1
F 19   Laimonas Chatkevičius 0 1 0
F 23   Mindaugas Kačinas 4 0 0
C 25   Matas Jucikas DNP
G 30   Laurynas Beliauskas DNP
Head coach:
  Kazys Maksvytis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9   Parrish Petty 17 11 6
SG 32   Gediminas Navickas 5 0 3
SF 19   Nikolaos Stylianou 19 1 3
PF 14   Paulius Petrilevičius 16 9 2
C 15   Povilas Čukinas 2 0 2
Reserves:
G 10   Charles Callison DNP
G 11   Paulius Danisevičius 8 0 2
F 12   Mindaugas Sušinskas 0 0 0
C 21   Anatoly Kashirov 2 3 2
F 31   Alan Wiggins 10 0 0
F 77   Gediminas Žalalis 6 2 0
Head coach:
  Alar Varrak

Lietkabelis Panevėžys vs. Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys edit

13 February 2018 Lietkabelis Panevėžys 86–76 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Panevėžys
20:10 Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 21–12, 19 −14, 27–22
  Pts: Jasaitis 20
Rebs: Skučas 9
Asts: Williams 6
PIR: Jasaitis, Williams 21 		Boxscore Pts: Bobrov 19
Rebs: Olisevičius 6
Asts: Bobrov, Hughes 4
PIR: Bobrov, Hughes 15 		Arena: Cido arena
Attendance: 2,812
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Gintaras Mačiulis


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Lorenzo Williams 14 4 6
SG 6   Lukas Aukštikalnis 2 3 1
SF 13   Simas Jasaitis 20 3 1
PF 50   Žygimantas Skučas 5 9 3
C 14   Vaidas Čepukaitis 9 2 2
Reserves:
F 1   Donatas Tarolis DNP
C 7   Darjuš Lavrinovič 10 3 0
G 8   Gintaras Leonavičius 6 5 0
G 11   Arnas Velička 0 0 0
F 12   Kšyštof Lavrinovič 11 2 2
G 30   Dominik Mavra 7 2 3
F 31   Žanis Peiners 2 0 2
Head coach:
  Ramūnas Butautas
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 8   Trevon Hughes 11 3 4
SG 1   Jahenns Manigat 6 5 3
SF 14   Osvaldas Olisevičius 15 6 1
PF 13   Vyacheslav Bobrov 16 3 4
C 18   Lis Shoshi 10 1 1
Reserves:
F 5   Steponas Babrauskas 11 1 1
G 6   Šarūnas Valunta DNP
G 7   Tomas Galeckas DNP
F 9   Ignas Fiodorovas 0 0 0
F 11   Tomas Lekūnas 4 2 1
C 21   Nikita Balashov 1 0 1
G 23   Martynas Varnas 2 5 3
Head coach:
  Gediminas Petrauskas

Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Šiauliai edit

14 February 2018 Žalgiris Kaunas 85–78 Šiauliai Kaunas
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 26–19, 26 −21, 16–17
  Pts: Micić 14
Rebs: Ulanovas 8
Asts: Pangos 10
PIR: Micić 22 		Boxscore Pts: Birutis 35
Rebs: Birutis 11
Asts: Sabeckis 7
PIR: Birutis 43 		Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 1,489
Referees: Artūras Šukys, Martynas Gudas, Aurimas Borusas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Kevin Pangos 7 2 10
SG 66   Paulius Valinskas 3 3 1
SF 92   Edgaras Ulanovas 4 8 3
PF 13   Paulius Jankūnas 9 3 2
C 0   Brandon Davies 8 4 1
Reserves:
F 6   Axel Toupane 9 4 1
C 19   Martynas Sajus 0 0 0
F 20   Gytis Masiulis DNP
G 21   Artūras Milaknis 13 1 0
G 22   Vasilije Micić 14 0 7
F 30   Aaron White 10 4 0
C 44   Antanas Kavaliauskas 8 4 3
Head coach:
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 8   Donatas Sabeckis 2 6 7
SG 2   Nick Zeisloft 17 1 3
SF 0   Akeem Wright 2 3 5
PF 15   Vytautas Šarakauskas 12 4 0
C 11   Laurynas Birutis 35 11 2
Reserves:
C 10   Šarūnas Beniušis 2 2 1
G 19   Mantvydas Žukauskas 0 0 0
G 25   Evaldas Šaulys 2 1 1
G 30   Kristupas Žemaitis 0 0 4
F 34   Giedrius Stankevičius DNP
F 35   Rytis Pipiras 6 3 3
Head coach:
  Antanas Sireika

Lietuvos rytas Vilnius vs. Juventus Utena edit

14 February 2018 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 91–880(OT) Juventus Utena Vilnius
20:10 Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–21, 17 -25, 23–20, Overtime: 14–11
  Pts: Madgen 18
Rebs: Jomantas 7
Asts: Kramer 7
PIR: Echodas 23 		Boxscore Pts: Kupšas 22
Rebs: Bičkauskis 11
Asts: Ireland 9
PIR: Bičkauskis 28 		Arena: Lietuvos rytas Arena
Attendance: 1,650
Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Gvidas Gedvilas, Juozas Barkauskas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Chris Kramer 15 3 7
SG 1   Ben Madgen 18 1 1
SF 21   Artūras Jomantas 8 7 2
PF 12   Loukas Mavrokefalidis 13 5 5
C 14   Martynas Echodas 12 6 4
Reserves:
F 0   Deividas Sirvydis DNP
F 8   Mindaugas Lukauskis DNP
G 18   Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 5 2 3
G 20   Jimmy Baron 5 1 2
F 31   Rokas Giedraitis 13 6 0
C 55   Egidijus Mockevičius 2 0 0
Head coach:
  Rimas Kurtinaitis
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2   Dovis Bičkauskis 18 11 5
SG 24   Jonte Flowers 0 3 0
SF 6   Arvydas Šikšnius 3 2 2
PF 12   Maksym Korniyenko 0 1 0
C 49   Mindaugas Kupšas 22 5 0
Reserves:
G 0   Kenny Gaines 21 2 1
G 3   Anthony Ireland 7 6 9
G 5   Tautvydas Paliukėnas DNP
F 10   Karolis Guščikas 9 6 4
G 13   Simas Buterlevičius 0 0 0
C 23   LaRon Dendy 8 1 0
Head coach:
  Žydrūnas Urbonas

Semi-finals edit

Dzūkija Alytus vs. Lietuvos rytas Vilnius edit

17 February 2018 Dzūkija Alytus 61–81 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Klaipėda
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 17–14, 18 -25, 17–21
Pts: Petty, Stylianou 13
Rebs: Petty 8
Asts: Petty 4
PIR: Petty 19 		Boxscore Pts: Mavrokefalidis 19
Rebs: Echodas 14
Asts: Madgen 7
PIR: Echodas, Mavrokefalidis 23 		Arena: Švyturio Arena
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Artūras Šukys, Vilius Mačiulaitis


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 11   Paulius Danisevičius 12 3 1
SG 9   Parrish Petty 13 8 4
SF 77   Gediminas Žalalis 2 2 1
PF 14   Paulius Petrilevičius 12 2 1
C 15   Povilas Čukinas 4 2 0
Reserves:
F 7   Tomas Pačėsas 0 0 0
G 10   Charles Callison 0 2 1
F 12   Mindaugas Sušinskas 0 1 0
F 19   Nikolaos Stylianou 13 2 1
C 21   Anatoly Kashirov 2 4 1
F 31   Alan Wiggins 3 5 1
G 32   Gediminas Navickas 0 1 2
Head coach:
  Alar Varrak
 
 
 
 


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Chris Kramer 4 2 2
SG 1   Ben Madgen 11 5 7
SF 8   Mindaugas Lukauskis 9 2 0
PF 12   Loukas Mavrokefalidis 19 5 3
C 14   Martynas Echodas 15 14 0
Reserves:
F 0   Deividas Sirvydis 0 0 0
G 18   Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 14 1 1
G 20   Jimmy Baron 0 0 1
F 21   Artūras Jomantas 0 1 1
F 31   Rokas Giedraitis 7 0 3
C 55   Egidijus Mockevičius 2 3 0
Head coach:
  Rimas Kurtinaitis

Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys edit

17 February 2018 Žalgiris Kaunas 88–74 Lietkabelis Panevėžys Klaipėda
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 29–17, 18 -24, 16–16
Pts: Davies 17
Rebs: Davies, Kavaliauskas 7
Asts: Pangos 3
PIR: Davies 22 		Boxscore Pts: D.Lavrinovič 18
Rebs: D.Lavrinovič 3
Asts: Mavra, Peiners 4
PIR: D.Lavrinovič 14 		Arena: Švyturio Arena
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Kevin Pangos 13 2 3
SG 92   Edgaras Ulanovas 9 2 0
SF 6   Axel Toupane 6 1 1
PF 13   Paulius Jankūnas 4 3 1
C 0   Brandon Davies 17 7 1
Reserves:
C 19   Martynas Sajus 0 0 0
F 20   Gytis Masiulis 2 0 2
G 21   Artūras Milaknis 5 2 0
G 22   Vasilije Micić 7 2 2
F 30   Aaron White 7 5 0
C 44   Antanas Kavaliauskas 4 7 1
G 66   Paulius Valinskas 14 1 2
Head coach:
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Lorenzo Williams 8 1 3
SG 11   Arnas Velička 5 3 1
SF 31   Žanis Peiners 6 0 4
PF 50   Žygimantas Skučas 5 1 0
C 14   Vaidas Čepukaitis 4 1 1
Reserves:
F 1   Donatas Tarolis 10 3 0
G 6   Lukas Aukštikalnis 3 0 3
C 7   Darjuš Lavrinovič 18 3 1
G 8   Gintaras Leonavičius 0 0 2
F 12   Kšyštof Lavrinovič 5 1 1
SF 13   Simas Jasaitis 2 1 0
G 30   Dominik Mavra 8 3 4
Head coach:
  Ramūnas Butautas

Slam Dunk Contest edit

Further information: LKL Slam Dunk Contest
Contestants[3]
Pos. Player Team Height Weight First round Final round
G Kenneth Gaines Juventus 1.91 94 94(45+49) 144(48+47+49)
G Domantas VilysWC Perlas (NKL) 1.88 74 89(44+45) 137(48+43+46)
C Matas Jucikas Neptūnas 2.05 91 82(43+39) —
F Vyacheslav Bobrov Pieno žvaigždės 2.01 102 81(38+43) —
F/C LaRon Dendy Juventus 2.06 104 80(43+37) —
C Šarūnas BeniušisINJ Šiauliai 2.06 98 – —

^WC Selected as wild card participant.
^INJ Šarūnas Beniušis was unable to participate due to an illness[4]

Three-Point Contest edit

Further information: LKL Three-point Shootout
Contestants[5]
Pos. Player Team Height (m) Weight (kg) First round Second round Final round
G/F Mindaugas Lukauskis Lietuvos rytas 1.98 90 17 22 22
G Nick Zeisloft Šiauliai 1.93 94 21 23 19
G Lukas AukštikalnisREP Lietkabelis 1.96 80 17 20 —
F Valery Likhodey Nevėžis 2.04 100 17 16 —
G Laurynas Beliauskas Neptūnas 1.92 78 16 – —
G Anthony IrelandWC REP Juventus 1.76 79 16 – —
G Paulius Valinskas Žalgiris 1.91 83 14 – —
F Dovis BičkauskisREP Juventus 1.91 88 13 – —
G Gediminas Navickas Dzūkija 1.80 71 12 – —
G/F Steponas Babrauskas Pieno žvaigždės 1.97 88 11 — —
G Edvinas Šeškus Vytautas 1.96 80 8 – —
G LaMelo BallWC Vytautas 1.91 75 – – —

^WC Selected as wild card participants.
^REP Lukas Aukštikalnis was selected as Adas Juškevičius replacement.[6]
^REP Dovis Bičkauskis was selected as Simas Buterlevičius replacement[7]
^REP Anthony Ireland was selected as Jerry Johnson replacement.[8]

Final edit

18 February 2018 Žalgiris Kaunas 81–62 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Klaipėda
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–16, 27–18, 21–9
Pts: Ulanovas 13
Rebs: Ulanovas 4
Asts: Pangos 4
PIR: Ulanovas 28 		Boxscore Pts: Kramer 20
Rebs: Echodas 8
Asts: Baron 4
PIR: Madgen 		Arena: Švyturio Arena
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gytis Vilius


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Kevin Pangos 11 2 7
SG 92   Edgaras Ulanovas 21 8 0
SF 6   Axel Toupane 9 5 2
PF 13   Paulius Jankūnas 1 6 4
C 0   Brandon Davies 7 3 0
Reserves:
C 19   Martynas Sajus 0 0 0
F 20   Gytis Masiulis 0 0 0
G 21   Artūras Milaknis 3 1 1
G 22   Vasilije Micić 3 3 3
F 30   Aaron White 14 5 1
C 44   Antanas Kavaliauskas 10 0 1
G 66   Paulius Valinskas 2 1 0
Head coach:
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius
 
 
 
 


Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė MVP
  Edgaras Ulanovas
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.
2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė Winners
Žalgiris Kaunas
2nd title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Chris Kramer 16 3 3
SG 1   Ben Madgen 8 4 0
SF 8   Mindaugas Lukauskis 1 0 0
PF 12   Loukas Mavrokefalidis 8 4 2
C 14   Martynas Echodas 7 6 1
Reserves:
F 0   Deividas Sirvydis 0 0 0
G 18   Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 3 0 0
G 20   Jimmy Baron 7 3 4
F 21   Artūras Jomantas 0 4 1
F 31   Rokas Giedraitis 7 2 1
F 42   Travis Peterson 0 0 0
C 55   Egidijus Mockevičius 5 1 0
Head coach:
  Rimas Kurtinaitis

All-Tournament Team edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "SIL–Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė – per LRT televiziją". LKL.LT (in Lithuanian). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės turnyras – Klaipėdoje". LKL.LT (in Lithuanian). 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ ""Oro karaliaus" konkurse – ir etatinis dėjimų meistras, ir jaunasis talentas" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. ^ ""Oro karalius" – be Beniušio" (in Lithuanian). Delfi (web portal). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Three-point contest participants announced; LaMelo Ball receives wildcard". LKL.lt. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. ^ ""Lietkabeliui" snaiperių konkurse atstovaus L. Aukštikalnis, L. Ballui tai nebus pirmas konkursas" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ^ "KMT "Oro karaliaus" ir "Snaiperio" konkursuose – dar du pasikeitimai".
  8. ^ "Praradimas: Klaipėdoje nebus ir LaMelo Ballo".
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