2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

The 2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes,[1] was the sixth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup.

2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
Tournament details
ArenaCido Arena
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Dates13–14 February 2021
Final positions
ChampionsŽalgiris
Runners-upLietkabelis
Third placeJuventus
Awards and statistics
MVPFrance Joffrey Lauvergne
← 2020
2022

Žalgiris were the defending champions. Žalgiris successfully defended its title after beating BC Lietkabelis in the Final.

Format edit

The top four placed teams from the LKL 2019–20 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė quarterfinals. While the six lower placed teams from the 2019–20 LKL season along with six other NKL teams, playing in first round, competing for the other four quarterfinals places.

Draw edit

The first round draw of the 2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, was held on 23 September 2020. LKL teams were paired with the NKL teams. The drawing ceremony was held in half time of BC Žalgiris against BC Dzūkija in LKL TV studio. Brothers Kšyštof Lavrinovič and Darjuš Lavrinovič were guests who helped to draw pairs.[2]

Qualified teams edit

Team Location Tier
CBet Prienai Prienai LKL
Dzūkija Alytus LKL
Juventus Utena LKL
Lietkabelis Panevėžys LKL
Neptūnas Klaipėda LKL
Nevėžis-OPTIBET Kėdainiai LKL
Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys LKL
Rytas Vilnius LKL
Šiauliai Šiauliai LKL
Žalgiris Kaunas LKL
Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė NKL
Vytis Šakiai NKL
Šilutė Šilutė NKL
Neptūnas-Akvaservis Klaipėda NKL
Žalgiris-2 Kaunas NKL
CBet Jonava Jonava NKL

Notable events edit

First round edit

Two best first round pairs winners, who had the highest position in table last season, gained an automatic bye to the quarterfinals. Rest four teams, who won in first round, play in second round. Four teams will be paired by draw and will be playing two games home and away.[22]

Round 1 edit

6 October 2020 Vytis 81–66 Nevėžis-OptiBet Šakiai
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 12-19, 27-17, 18-18, 24-12
Pts: Pukelis 22
Rebs: Pukelis 9
Asts: Pukelis, Vingelis 4
Report Pts: Kariniauskas 15
Rebs: Kalaitzakis, Kazakauskas 8
Asts: Kariniauskas 4
Arena: Šakių sporto centras
Attendance: 102
Referees: Aurimas Borusas, Martynas Karaliūnas, Justas Katauskas
6 October 2020 Žalgiris-2 84–87 Cbet Kaunas
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 25-16, 13-26, 29-19, 17-26
Pts: Babušis 23
Rebs: Murauskas 8
Asts: Ramanauskas 5
Report Pts: Wright 18
Rebs: Miniotas 8
Asts: Miniotas, Wright 5
Arena: Žalgiris treniruočių centras
Attendance: 105
Referees: Juozas Barkauskas, Mantas Butvilas, Gabrielius Simonavičius
6 October 2020 Sūduva-Mantinga 74–74 Juventus Marijampolė
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 12-20, 22-24, 18-7, 22-23
Pts: Stankevičius 16
Rebs: Stankevičius 3
Asts: Kliučinykas 6
Report Pts: Gecevičius 15
Rebs: Vaitkus 7
Asts: Crawford 6
Arena: Marijampolės žaidimų sporto mokykla
Referees: Martynas Gudas, Darius Šomka, Jonas Lazauskas
7 October 2020 Šilutė 71–76 Dzūkija Šilutė
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 20-24, 11-16, 19-16, 21–20
Pts: two players 16
Rebs: Thomas 11
Asts: Lekavičius 5
Report Pts: Zemaitis 15
Rebs: Jomantas 5
Asts: Danisevičius 7
Arena: Šilutės Vydūno gimnazija
Referees: Andžej Urbanovič, Oleg Barkovskij, Šarūnas Gabrilavičius
13 October 2020 Jonava 77–89 Pieno Žvaigždės Jonava
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 33–32, 17–21, 13–21, 14–15
Pts: Delininkaitis 21
Rebs: two players 5
Asts: Pankratjevas 5
Report Pts: Mirković 15
Rebs: Milutinović 8
Asts: Mirković 8
Arena: Jonava Sports Arena
Attendance: 200
Referees: Gintaras Mačiulis, Martynas Karaliūnas, Justas Katauskas
27 October 2020 Neptūnas-Akvaservis 87–82 Šiauliai Klaipėda
18:15 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 22–22, 19–23, 23–19
Pts: Mineikis 26
Rebs: Mineikis 9
Asts: Sidarevičius 4
Report Pts: Urbutis, Friðriksson 19
Rebs: Furmanavičius 8
Asts: Orelikas 5
Arena: Klaipėdos kūno kultūros ir rekreacijos centras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Oleg Barkovskij, Jonas Lazauskas

Round 2 edit

20 October 2020 Juventus 89–68 Sūduva-Mantinga Utena
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 22–16, 24–17, 24–15
Pts: Gecevičius 15
Rebs: Kupšas 6
Asts: Crawford 6
Report Pts: Jonuška 13
Rebs: Stankevičius 5
Asts: Kliučinykas
Arena: Utena Arena
Attendance: 400
Referees: Aurimas Borusas, Šarūnas Gabrilavičius, Gabrielius Simonavičius
26 October 2020 Pieno žvaigždės 91–76 Cbet Jonava Pasvalys
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 31–15, 26–21, 20–21, 14–19
Pts: Giedraitis 24
Rebs: Petrilevičius 9
Asts: Manigat, Mirković 3
Report Pts: Tarvydas 19
Rebs: Tarvydas 7
Asts: Labutis 3
Arena: Pieno žvaigždės Arena
Referees: Juozas Barkauskas, Oleg Barkovskij, Mantas Butvilas
27 October 2020 Cbet Prienai 108–62 Žalgiris-2 Prienai
18:15 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 28–16, 26–12, 32–15
Pts: Jogminas 22
Rebs: Miniotas 11
Asts: Digbeu 6
Report Pts: Murauskas 11
Rebs: Kozys 4
Asts: Ramanauskas, Babušis 4
Arena: Prienai Arena
Attendance: 95
Referees: Martynas Gudas, Martynas Karaliūnas, Justas Katauskas
27 October 2020 Nevėžis-Optibet 85–56 Vytis Kėdainiai
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 32–14, 29–13, 15–18, 9–11
Pts: Kariniauskas 24
Rebs: Kazakauskas 9
Asts: Kariniauskas 4
Report Pts: Lavrinovič 10
Rebs: Semaška 6
Asts: Beliavičius 5
Arena: Kėdainiai Arena
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gintaras Mačiulis, Aurimas Borusas, Šarūnas Gabrilavičius
10 November 2020 Dzūkija 98–66 Šilutė Alytus
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 26-23, 24-16, 17-15, 31-12
Pts: Staniulis 20
Rebs: Staniulis 11
Asts: Žemaitis 7
Report Pts: Lekavičius 15
Rebs: Vasylius 7
Asts: Stašys 7
Arena: Alytus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Mindaugas Večerskis, Darius Šomka, Jonas Lazauskas
1 December 2020 Šiauliai 79–65 Neptūnas-Akvaservis Šiauliai
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 21–16, 18–16, 18–14
Pts: Orelikas 19
Rebs: Van Vliet, Orelikas 8
Asts: Friðriksson 9
Report Pts: Romančenko 14
Rebs: Mineikis 13
Asts: Sidarevičius 4
Arena: Šiauliai Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gvidas Gedvilas, Darius Šomka

Second round edit

From each pair, the team with the best difference between the points scored and missed in both matches will advance to the quarterfinals. If, at the end of the second match, the total difference between the points scored and missed by both teams is equal, then an overtime or as many overtime will have to be played until the winner of the pair is determined.

25 November 2020 Nevėžis-OptiBet 57–79 Pieno žvaigždės Kėdainiai
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 12–24, 19–17, 8–19
Pts: Barefield 19
Rebs: Kazakauskas 11
Asts: Barefield, Canka 3
Report Pts: Amigo 22
Rebs: Želionis 8
Asts: Manigat 6
Arena: Kėdainiai Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Gintaras Mačiulis, Darius Šomka
3 December 2020 Pieno žvaigždės 89–71 Nevėžis-OptiBet Pasvalys
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 24–22, 18–15, 22–13
Pts: Šikšnius 19
Rebs: Amigo 7
Asts: Giedraitis, Želionis 4
Report Pts: Kazakauskas, Lukošius 15
Rebs: Kazakauskas 12
Asts: Gintvainis 6
Arena: Pieno žvaigždės Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Martynas Gudas, Oleg Barkovskij
27 December 2020 Dzūkija 96–71 Šiauliai Alytus
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 28–19, 27–13, 19–23
Pts: Jucikas 18
Rebs: Jucikas 8
Asts: Marinelli, Žemaitis 6
Report Pts: Friðriksson 17
Rebs: Urbutis 7
Asts: Van Vliet 6
Arena: Alytus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andžej Urbanovič, Oleg Barkovskij
5 January 2021 Šiauliai 101–74 Dzūkija Šiauliai
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 21–25, 23–19, 31–17
Pts: Friðriksson 27
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Friðriksson 9
Report Pts: Žemaitis 24
Rebs: Jasaitis 10
Asts: Jomantas 8
Arena: Šiauliai Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Martynas Gudas, Oleg Barkovskij

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finals
17 December–18 January
Semi-finalsFinal
 
             
 
 
 
 
Žalgiris98103
 
13 February
 
Pieno žvaigždės8277
 
Žalgiris84
 
 
 
Neptūnas72
 
Neptūnas9177
 
14 February
 
Šiauliai7688
 
Žalgiris76
 
 
 
Lietkabelis69
 
Rytas8778
 
13 February
 
Juventus89105
 
Juventus73
 
 
 
Lietkabelis84Third place game
 
Lietkabelis8796
 
14 February
 
Cbet6890
 
Neptūnas69
 
 
Juventus86
 

Quarter–finals edit

Šiauliai vs. Neptūnas Klaipėda edit

7 January 2021 Šiauliai 76–91 Neptūnas Klaipėda Šiauliai
17:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–27, 14–28, 19–20
  Pts: Friðriksson 16
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Friðriksson 6
PIR: Friðriksson 15
Report Pts: Griciūnas 17
Rebs: Jogėla 13
Asts: Janavičius 9
PIR: Griciūnas 19
Arena: Šiauliai Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Artūras Šukys, Juozas Barkauskas, Andžej Urbanovič


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10   Elvar Már Friðriksson 16 2 6
SG 4   Eimantas Stankevičius 7 4 2
SF 79   Mindaugas Lukauskis 13 1 2
PF 7   Arminas Urbutis 6 2 1
C 20   Kaspars Bērziņš 13 7 0
Reserves:
G 2   Martynas Varnas 0 3 2
G 6   Ernestas Jonkus 5 0 0
C 8   Andy Van Vliet 13 1 1
F 23   Justas Furmanavičius 2 0 0
F 55   Denis Krestinin 1 1 0
F 77   Paulius Danusevičius DNP
C 88   Jonas Paukštė DNP
Head coach:
  Antanas Sireika
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4   Žygimantas Janavičius 14 1 9
SG 5   Evaldas Šaulys 15 2 1
SF 11   Džiugas Slavinskas 11 6 3
PF 6   Norbertas Giga 5 3 1
C 21   Simas Galdikas 12 7 1
Reserves:
G 1   Tadas Pažėra 5 3 2
C 15   Benas Griciūnas 17 5 3
F 23   Matas Jogėla 12 13 0
F 24   Klaidas Metrikis DNP
F 34   Giedrius Stankevičius 0 2 0
G 77   Aidas Einikis 0 2 1
Head coach:
  Tomas Gaidamavičius
17 January 2021 Neptūnas Klaipėda 77–88 Šiauliai Klaipėda
16:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 28–22, 14–21, 18–24
  Pts: Janavičius 15
Rebs: Giga, Griciūnas 7
Asts: Pažėra, Janavičius 4
PIR: Giga 16
Report Pts: Bērziņš 16
Rebs: Van Vliet 8
Asts: Friðriksson 8
PIR: Varnas 18
Arena: Švyturys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Oleg Barkovskij


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4   Žygimantas Janavičius 15 4 4
SG 5   Evaldas Šaulys 5 1 1
SF 11   Džiugas Slavinskas 2 1 0
PF 6   Norbertas Giga 12 7 2
C 21   Simas Galdikas 1 5 0
Reserves:
G 1   Tadas Pažėra 0 2 4
G 7   Martynas Mažeika 12 4 1
C 15   Benas Griciūnas 8 7 3
F 23   Matas Jogėla 14 5 1
F 24   Klaidas Metrikis DNP
F 34   Giedrius Stankevičius 8 2 1
Head coach:
  Tomas Gaidamavičius
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10   Elvar Már Friðriksson 9 3 8
SG 2   Martynas Varnas 12 2 6
SF 79   Mindaugas Lukauskis 11 4 2
PF 20   Kaspars Bērziņš 16 3 2
C 8   Andy Van Vliet 11 8 2
Reserves:
G 4   Eimantas Stankevičius 0 1 2
G 6   Ernestas Jonkus 0 0 0
F 7   Arminas Urbutis 14 3 0
F 23   Justas Furmanavičius 10 1 1
F 55   Denis Krestinin 5 1 0
F 77   Paulius Danusevičius DNP
C 88   Jonas Paukštė DNP
Head coach:
  Antanas Sireika

CBet Prienai vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys edit

23 December 2020 Cbet Prienai 68–87 Lietkabelis Penevėžys Prienai
16:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 15–16, 15–22, 19–36
  Pts: Wright, Sušinskas 16
Rebs: Dimša 8
Asts: Jarumbauskas, Domarkas 3
PIR: Biruta, Sušinskas 13
Report Pts: Masiulis 29
Rebs: Barnies, Masiulis 8
Asts: Gagić 6
PIR: Masiulis 36
Arena: Prienai Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Gintaras Mačiulis, Andžej Urbanovič, Oleg Barkovskij


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10   Dominykas Domarkas 8 3 3
SG 1   Marquis Wright 16 2 1
SF 37   Einaras Tubutis 1 4 1
PF 29   Mindaugas Sušinskas 16 2 0
C 11   Egidijus Dimša 5 8 0
Reserves:
F 7   Simas Jarumbauskas 9 5 3
F 9   Gilvydas Biruta 8 5 1
F 13   Justinas Jogminas 0 2 0
G 14   Tom Digbeu 4 2 0
G 18   Ernestas Mankauskas 1 0 1
C 31   Rokas Gadiliauskas DNP
Head coach:
  Mantas Šernius
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Kyle Vinales 19 0 3
SG 66   Paulius Valinskas 9 4 0
SF 15   Troy Barnies 9 8 0
PF 21   Gytis Masiulis 29 8 2
C 41   Đorđe Gagić 4 7 6
Reserves:
G 2   Margiris Normantas 11 3 2
F 9   Tadas Vaičiūnas DNP
F 11   Paulius Poška DNP
C 12   Gabrielius Maldūnas 2 6 0
F 18   Erikas Venskus 0 3 0
G 99   Marius Valinskas 4 2 1
Head coach:
  Nenad Čanak
16 January 2021 Lietkabelis Penevėžys 96–90 Cbet Prienai Panevėžys
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 27–26, 25–21, 17–25
  Pts: Vinales, Normantas 17
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Normantas, Valinskas 5
PIR: Vinales 22
Report Pts: Sušinskas 23
Rebs: Jarumbauskas 11
Asts: Domarkas 8
PIR: Sušinskas 20
Arena: Cido Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gintaras Mačiulis, Aurimas Borusas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2   Margiris Normantas 17 1 5
SG 0   Kyle Vinales 17 5 4
SF 21   Gytis Masiulis 9 2 0
PF 10   Vytenis Lipkevičius 6 2 1
C 41   Đorđe Gagić 8 3 1
Reserves:
F 9   Tadas Vaičiūnas 0 1 0
F 11   Paulius Poška 6 3 0
C 12   Gabrielius Maldūnas 8 5 3
F 13   Erikas Venskus 2 5 0
F 15   Troy Barnies 3 2 0
G 66   Paulius Valinskas 14 0 5
G 99   Marius Valinskas 6 1 3
Head coach:
  Nenad Čanak
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 7   Simas Jarumbauskas 9 11 2
SG 10   Dominykas Domarkas 5 3 8
SF 29   Mindaugas Sušinskas 23 3 4
PF 37   Einaras Tubutis 2 3 3
C 31   Rokas Gadiliauskas 7 1 1
Reserves:
F 9   Gilvydas Biruta 8 1 0
F 13   Justinas Jogminas 16 3 2
G 14   Tom Digbeu 20 3 2
G 18   Ernestas Mankauskas 0 1 1
Head coach:
  Mantas Šernius

Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys vs. Žalgiris Kaunas edit

5 January 2021 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys 82–98 Žalgiris Kaunas Pasvalys
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 26–25, 24–28, 17–23, 15–22
  Pts: Petrilevičius, Milutinović 18
Rebs: Petrilevičius 8
Asts: Mirković 6
PIR: Petrilevičius 19
Report Pts: Lauvergne 22
Rebs: Lauvergne 6
Asts: Grigonis 9
PIR: Grigonis 25
Arena: Pieno žvaigždės Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Mindaugas Večerskis, Gintaras Mačiulis


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 18   Branko Mirković 6 1 6
SG 35   Andreja Milutinović 18 3 2
SF 5   Tomas Lekūnas 15 3 1
PF 29   Paulius Petrilevičius 18 8 2
C 44   Daniel Amigo 14 4 0
Reserves:
G 9   Robertas Indrišiūnas 0 0 0
G 12   Jahenns Manigat 3 4 4
G 15   Karolis Giedraitis 4 1 2
G 22   Laurynas Balkūnas 0 1 0
F 18   Redas Venclovas 4 0 0
Head coach:
  Gediminas Petrauskas
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Thomas Walkup 4 2 1
SG 40   Marius Grigonis 14 2 9
SF 10   Nigel Hayes 4 2 1
PF 21   Artūras Milaknis 11 1 1
C 77   Joffrey Lauvergne 22 6 2
Reserves:
C 1   Marek Blaževič DNP
G 4   Lukas Lekavičius 10 3 2
F 13   Paulius Jankūnas 13 3 0
G 16   Karolis Lukošiūnas DNP
C 23   Martinas Geben 0 0 0
F 24   Augustine Rubit 15 4 2
G 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 5 1 3
Head coach:
  Martin Schiller
18 January 2021 Žalgiris Kaunas 103–77 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Kaunas
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 24–19, 22–27, 27–13
  Pts: Lekavičius 28
Rebs: Geben, Rubit 7
Asts: Jokubaitis 8
PIR: Lekavičius 25
Report Pts: Želionis 20
Rebs: Amigo 5
Asts: Mirković 8
PIR: Mirković 19
Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andrius Maleckas, Darius Šomka


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Thomas Walkup 12 1 2
SG 40   Marius Grigonis 7 1 1
SF 10   Nigel Hayes 2 1 1
PF 21   Artūras Milaknis 6 1 0
C 77   Joffrey Lauvergne 0 2 1
Reserves:
C 1   Marek Blaževič 5 2 1
G 4   Lukas Lekavičius 28 1 1
F 13   Paulius Jankūnas 5 5 2
G 16   Karolis Lukošiūnas 11 0 0
C 23   Martinas Geben 8 7 1
F 24   Augustine Rubit 4 7 2
G 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 15 0 8
Head coach:
  Martin Schiller
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 18   Branko Mirković 11 4 8
SG 5   Tomas Lekūnas 7 3 2
SF 35   Andreja Milutinović 5 1 1
PF 29   Paulius Petrilevičius 8 3 4
C 44   Daniel Amigo 8 5 1
Reserves:
G 9   Robertas Indrišiūnas 0 0 0
G 12   Jahenns Manigat 5 3 2
G 15   Karolis Giedraitis 11 2 2
C 20   Edgaras Želionis 20 1 0
G 22   Laurynas Balkūnas 2 0 0
F 18   Redas Venclovas 0 1 0
Head coach:
  Gediminas Petrauskas

Juventus Utena vs. Rytas Vilnius edit

6 January 2021 Juventus Utena 89–87 Rytas Vilnius Utena
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 26–21, 26–30, 18–13
  Pts: Kariniauskas 16
Rebs: Kupšas 7
Asts: Crawford, Kariniauskas 7
PIR: Kariniauskas 20
Report Pts: Goudelock 18
Rebs: Ndour, Butkevičius 6
Asts: Boatright 4
PIR: three players 13
Arena: Utena Arena
Attendance: 1
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Martynas Karaliūnas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1   Bryant Crawford 11 3 7
SG 13   Martynas Gecevičius 14 6 1
SF 2   Ignas Vaitkus 3 0 1
PF 88   Vytautas Šulskis 6 4 1
C 49   Mindaugas Kupšas 9 7 1
Reserves:
F 6   Gintautas Matulis 8 6 2
F 10   Martynas Žvirblis DNP
C 11   Redas Šukšta DNP
C 14   Vaidas Čepukaitis 6 6 1
G 18   Vaidas Kariniauskas 16 6 7
G 22   Marius Runkauskas 7 2 1
F 50   Žygimantas Skučas 9 1 0
Head coach:
  Žydrūnas Urbonas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13   Augustas Marčiulionis 6 0 0
SG 0   Andrew Goudelock 18 1 2
SF 3   Maurice Ndour 9 6 2
PF 51   Arnas Butkevičius 4 6 1
C 14   Martynas Echodas 15 3 0
Reserves:
G 2   Dovis Bičkauskis 9 2 0
F 7   Gytis Radzevičius 2 2 0
C 8   Rokas Jocius DNP
G 10   Lukas Uleckas 0 0 0
G 18   Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 8 0 1
G 22   Ryan Boatright 14 1 4
C 34   Keith Benson 2 3 0
Head coach:
  Donaldas Kairys
16 January 2021 Rytas Vilnius 78–105 Juventus Utena Vilnius
17:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 13–28, 28–23, 14–28
  Pts: Bičkauskis 15
Rebs: Butkevičius 6
Asts: Bičkauskis 5
PIR: Bičkauskis 18
Report Pts: Gecevičius 26
Rebs: Kupšas 7
Asts: Kariniauskas 11
PIR: Gecevičius 31
Arena: Jeep Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Artūras Šukys, Tomas Jasevičius, Juozas Barkauskas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13   Augustas Marčiulionis 2 1 4
SG 0   Andrew Goudelock 0 0 0
SF 51   Arnas Butkevičius 14 6 1
PF 10   Lukas Uleckas 6 2 1
C 14   Martynas Echodas 13 4 1
Reserves:
G 2   Dovis Bičkauskis 15 1 5
F 7   Gytis Radzevičius 4 4 0
F 9   Martynas Pacevičius 1 0 1
G 18   Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 10 1 2
G 22   Ryan Boatright 11 0 4
C 34   Keith Benson 2 4 0
Head coach:
  Donaldas Kairys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 18   Vaidas Kariniauskas 11 4 11
SG 13   Martynas Gecevičius 26 5 1
SF 50   Žygimantas Skučas 12 1 2
PF 2   Ignas Vaitkus 20 3 2
C 49   Mindaugas Kupšas 9 7 1
Reserves:
G 1   Bryant Crawford 11 1 1
F 6   Gintautas Matulis 4 2 1
C 11   Redas Šukšta 0 0 0
C 14   Vaidas Čepukaitis 10 3 1
G 22   Marius Runkauskas 0 0 0
F 88   Vytautas Šulskis 2 3 0
Head coach:
  Žydrūnas Urbonas

Semi–finals edit

Juventus Utena vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys edit

13 February 2021 Juventus Utena 73–84 Lietkabelis Panevėžys Panevėžys
14:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 23–30, 20–20, 19–18
  Pts: Kupšas 24
Rebs: Kupšas 6
Asts: Kariniauskas 9
PIR: Kupšas 27
Report Pts: Gagić 18
Rebs: Lipkevičius 10
Asts: Vinales 6
PIR: Maldūnas 22
Arena: Cido Arena
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gytis Vilius, Artūras Šukys


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 18   Vaidas Kariniauskas 9 3 9
SG 1   Bryant Crawford 3 1 2
SF 50   Žygimantas Skučas 11 5 2
PF 2   Ignas Vaitkus 6 3 0
C 49   Mindaugas Kupšas 24 6 0
Reserves:
F 6   Gintautas Matulis 5 0 1
F 10   Martynas Žvirblis DNP
C 11   Redas Šukšta DNP
G 13   Martynas Gecevičius 6 4 5
C 14   Vaidas Čepukaitis 0 1 0
G 22   Marius Runkauskas 9 1 2
F 88   Vytautas Šulskis 0 1 2
Head coach:
  Žydrūnas Urbonas
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2   Margiris Normantas 8 2 3
SG 0   Kyle Vinales 14 7 6
SF 10   Vytenis Lipkevičius 10 10 0
PF 21   Gytis Masiulis 6 5 1
C 12   Gabrielius Maldūnas 14 6 1
Reserves:
F 9   Tadas Vaičiūnas DNP
F 11   Paulius Poška DNP
F 13   Erikas Venskus DNP
F 15   Troy Barnies 2 2 3
C 41   Đorđe Gagić 18 2 1
G 66   Paulius Valinskas 12 3 4
G 99   Marius Valinskas 0 0 0
Head coach:
  Nenad Čanak

Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Neptūnas Klaipėda edit

13 February 2021 Žalgiris Kaunas 84–72 Neptūnas Klaipėda Panevėžys
16:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 23–14, 17–18, 29–19
  Pts: Lauvergne 28
Rebs: Lauvergne 10
Asts: Walkup 6
PIR: Lauvergne 32
Report Pts: Giga 16
Rebs: Giga 7
Asts: Giga 5
PIR: Giga 24
Arena: Cido Arena
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Juozas Barkauskas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 40   Marius Grigonis 5 5 2
SG 0   Thomas Walkup 8 3 6
SF 21   Artūras Milaknis 7 1 0
PF 10   Nigel Hayes 4 6 2
C 77   Joffrey Lauvergne 28 10 0
Reserves:
C 1   Marek Blaževič DNP
F 13   Paulius Jankūnas 12 6 1
G 16   Karolis Lukošiūnas 6 0 0
C 23   Martinas Geben 0 0 0
F 24   Augustine Rubit 8 1 1
G 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 6 1 5
G 32   Steve Vasturia DNP
Head coach:
  Martin Schiller
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4   Žygimantas Janavičius 11 3 3
SG 5   Evaldas Šaulys 5 4 3
SF 6   Norbertas Giga 16 7 5
PF 11   Džiugas Slavinskas 9 1 0
C 21   Simas Galdikas 0 2 0
Reserves:
G 7   Martynas Mažeika DNP
G 13   Adomas Sidarevičius 2 0 3
C 15   Benas Griciūnas 11 3 0
F 23   Matas Jogėla 10 4 4
F 24   Klaidas Metrikis DNP
F 34   Giedrius Stankevičius 5 0 0
F 77   Nojus Mineikis 3 1 0
Head coach:
  Tomas Gaidamavičius

Third place game edit

14 February 2021 Neptūnas Klaipėda 69–86 Juventus Utena Panevėžys
14:45 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 22–19, 18–25, 18–21
  Pts: Slavinskas 17
Rebs: Griciūnas 11
Asts: Janavičius, Slavinskas 5
PIR: Slavinskas 23
Report Pts: Kupšas 19
Rebs: Kupšas 8
Asts: Kariniauskas 6
PIR: Kupšas 22
Arena: Cido Arena
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gvidas Gedvilas


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 7   Martynas Mažeika 0 2 0
SG 4   Žygimantas Janavičius 7 3 5
SF 11   Džiugas Slavinskas 17 7 5
PF 6   Norbertas Giga 10 5 0
C 21   Simas Galdikas 0 0 0
Reserves:
G 5   Evaldas Šaulys 7 4 1
G 13   Adomas Sidarevičius 0 0 0
C 15   Benas Griciūnas 9 11 1
F 23   Matas Jogėla 12 2 2
F 34   Giedrius Stankevičius 5 2 0
F 77   Nojus Mineikis 2 1 0
Head coach:
  Tomas Gaidamavičius
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 18   Vaidas Kariniauskas 15 5 6
SG 13   Martynas Gecevičius 5 4 3
SF 50   Žygimantas Skučas 11 0 2
PF 2   Ignas Vaitkus 8 7 3
C 49   Mindaugas Kupšas 19 8 0
Reserves:
G 1   Bryant Crawford 11 5 3
F 6   Gintautas Matulis 0 1 0
F 10   Martynas Žvirblis 0 0 0
C 11   Redas Šukšta 0 1 0
C 14   Vaidas Čepukaitis 0 6 1
G 22   Marius Runkauskas 4 1 0
F 88   Vytautas Šulskis 13 3 1
Head coach:
  Žydrūnas Urbonas

Final edit

14 February 2021 Žalgiris Kaunas 76–69 Lietkabelis Panevėžys Panevėžys
17:50 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 18–20, 21–13, 18–28
  Pts: Walkup 18
Rebs: Jankūnas 6
Asts: Walkup 8
PIR: Walkup 26
Report Pts: Vinales 17
Rebs: Maldūnas 9
Asts: Vinales, Maldūnas 4
PIR: Maldūnas 20
Arena: Cido Arena
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Thomas Walkup 18 1 8
SG 40   Marius Grigonis 7 2 2
SF 10   Nigel Hayes 14 4 0
PF 21   Artūras Milaknis 3 0 0
C 77   Joffrey Lauvergne 11 4 2
Reserves:
C 1   Marek Blaževič DNP
F 13   Paulius Jankūnas 6 6 0
G 16   Karolis Lukošiūnas 2 1 2
C 23   Martinas Geben 0 0 0
F 24   Augustine Rubit 8 4 2
G 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 7 3 3
G 32   Steve Vasturia DNP
Head coach:
  Martin Schiller
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2   Margiris Normantas 9 4 3
SG 0   Kyle Vinales 17 2 4
SF 10   Vytenis Lipkevičius 9 4 0
PF 21   Gytis Masiulis 11 6 1
C 12   Gabrielius Maldūnas 10 9 4
Reserves:
F 9   Tadas Vaičiūnas DNP
F 11   Paulius Poška DNP
F 13   Erikas Venskus DNP
F 15   Troy Barnies 4 0 0
C 41   Đorđe Gagić 2 1 1
G 66   Paulius Valinskas 7 3 2
G 99   Marius Valinskas DNP
Head coach:
  Nenad Čanak (basketball)

Three-Point contest edit

Contestants[23]
Pos. Player Team Height (m) Weight (kg) First round Second round Final round
G/F   Artūras Milaknis Žalgiris 1.95 90 11
G   Andrew Goudelock Rytas 1.91 91 23 24 22
G/F   Lukas Uleckas Rytas 2.01 92 18 15
G   Marius Runkauskas Juventus 1.86 88 23 15
G   Marius Valinskas Lietkabelis 1.87 75 13
G   Branko Mirković Pieno žvaigždės 1.90 85 16
F   Mindaugas Sušinskas Cbet Prienai 2.04 98 14
G   Evaldas Šaulys Neptūnas 1.91 87 22 16 20
G   Domantas VilysREP Nevėžis–OPTIBET 1.88 80 11
G   Tadas Rinkūnas Dzūkija 1.95 83 17
G   Elvar Friðriksson Šiauliai 1.83 84 13

^REP Domantas Vilys was selected as Justas Tamulis replacement.[24]

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