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]
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.
^"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.
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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 Zalgiris played Game 1 3 and 5 at home Zalgiris defeated Lietuvos rytas 4 1 earning the franchise its 20th LKL championship 1 Brandon Davies was named the Finals MVP 2 2018 LKL FinalsTeamCoachWinsZalgiris Sarunas Jasikevicius 4Lietuvos rytas Rimas Kurtinaitis 1DatesJune 9 18MVPBrandon DaviesLKL Finals Game 4 at Vilnius which Zalgiris won Contents 1 Venues 2 Road to the Finals 2 1 Regular season series 3 Game summaries 3 1 Game 1 3 2 Game 2 3 3 Game 3 3 4 Game 4 3 5 Game 5 4 Rosters 4 1 Zalgiris 4 2 Lietuvos rytas 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksVenues editThe Zalgiris 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 Zalgiris 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 Zalgiris Kaunas nbsp nbsp Kaunas nbsp Vilnius2018 LKL Finals Lithuania Vilnius Zalgiris Arena Siemens Arena Capacity 15 552 Capacity 10 000 nbsp nbsp Road to the Finals editMain article 2018 LKL Play offs Regular season series edit Zalgiris and Lietuvos rytas tied the regular season series 2 2 October 08 2017 Boxscore Lietuvos rytas 67 Zalgiris 70 Siemens Arena Vilnius December 10 2017 Boxscore Zalgiris 63 Lietuvos rytas 65 Zalgiris Arena Kaunas February 11 2018 Boxscore Lietuvos rytas 75 Zalgiris 68 Siemens Arena Vilnius April 13 2018 Boxscore Zalgiris 77 Lietuvos rytas 66 Zalgiris Arena KaunasGame summaries editGame 1 edit Zalgiris v Lietuvos Rytas 9 June 2018 Zalgiris 96 83 Series 1 0 Lietuvos Rytas Zalgiris Arena Kaunas 17 20 Scoring by quarter 24 26 26 19 22 17 24 21 Pts Milaknis 24 Rebs Davies 7Asts Pangos 6 Boxscore Pts Giedraitis 17 Rebs Kramer Giedraitis 6Asts Kramer 7 Attendance 6 294Referees Tomas Jasevicius Jurgis Laurinavicius Vilius Maciulaitis Game 2 edit Lietuvos Rytas v Zalgiris 11 June 2018 Lietuvos Rytas 82 73 Series 1 1 Zalgiris Siemens Arena Vilnius 18 50 Scoring by quarter 17 15 22 18 18 22 25 18 Pts Mavrokefalidis 24 Rebs Mavrokefalidis Giedraitis 5Asts Peterson 4 Boxscore Pts Davies 17 Rebs White 7Asts Pangos 9 Attendance 7 538Referees Jurgis Laurinavicius Gytis Vilius Gvidas Gedvilas Game 3 edit Zalgiris v Lietuvos Rytas 14 June 2018 Zalgiris 90 80 Series 2 1 Lietuvos Rytas Zalgiris Arena Kaunas 18 50 Scoring by quarter 24 19 16 21 27 19 23 21 Pts Davies 27 Rebs Davies White 7Asts Pangos Udrih 6 Boxscore Pts Mavrokefalidis 19 Rebs Madgen 6Asts Kramer 6 Attendance 8 793Referees Tomas Jasevicius Arturas Sukys Andrius Maleckas Game 4 edit Lietuvos Rytas v Zalgiris 16 June 2018 Lietuvos Rytas 78 82 Series 3 1 Zalgiris Siemens Arena Vilnius 17 20 Scoring by quarter 25 23 18 16 9 24 26 19 Pts Echodas 16 Rebs Giedraitis 7Asts Kramer 6 Boxscore Pts Udrih 16 Rebs Micic 6Asts Udrih 6 Attendance 7 653Referees Jurgis Laurinavicius Tomas Jasevicius Gytis Vilius Game 5 edit Zalgiris v Lietuvos Rytas 18 June 2018 Zalgiris 80 70 Series 4 1 Lietuvos Rytas Zalgiris Arena Kaunas 18 50 Scoring by quarter 18 20 18 19 22 17 22 14 Pts Davies 29 Rebs Davies 8Asts Udrih Micic 6 Boxscore Pts Mavrokefalidis 20 Rebs three players 5Asts Kramer 10 Attendance 10 679Referees Tomas Jasevicius Jurgis Laurinavicius Arturas SukysRosters editZalgiris edit Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Zalgiris roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht Wt Age C 0 nbsp Davies Brandon 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 109 kg 240 lb 32 1991 07 25 25 July 1991 PG 3 nbsp Pangos Kevin 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 82 kg 181 lb 31 1993 01 26 26 January 1993 SF 6 nbsp Toupane Axel 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 95 kg 209 lb 31 1992 07 23 23 July 1992 PG 9 nbsp Udrih Beno 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 92 kg 203 lb 41 1982 07 05 5 July 1982 PF 13 nbsp Jankunas Paulius C 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in 107 kg 236 lb 40 1984 04 29 29 April 1984 C 19 nbsp Sajus Martynas 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 112 kg 247 lb 28 1996 02 22 22 February 1996 F C 20 nbsp Masiulis Gytis 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in 99 kg 218 lb 26 1998 04 10 10 April 1998 SG 21 nbsp Milaknis Arturas 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 90 kg 198 lb 37 1986 06 16 16 June 1986 SG 23 nbsp Micic Vasilije 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 92 kg 203 lb 30 1994 01 13 13 January 1994 SG 24 nbsp Arlauskas Martynas 1 99 m 6 ft 6 in 89 kg 196 lb 23 2000 07 10 10 July 2000 F 30 nbsp White Aaron 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in 104 kg 229 lb 31 1992 10 10 10 October 1992 C 44 nbsp Kavaliauskas Antanas 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 112 kg 247 lb 39 1984 09 19 19 September 1984 SG 66 nbsp Valinskas Paulius 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 83 kg 183 lb 28 1995 12 09 9 December 1995 SF 92 nbsp Ulanovas Edgaras 1 99 m 6 ft 6 in 92 kg 203 lb 32 1992 01 07 7 January 1992 Head coach nbsp Sarunas Jasikevicius Assistant coach es nbsp Darius Maskoliunas nbsp Darius Songaila nbsp Evaldas Berzininkaitis Athletic trainer s nbsp Nerijus Navickas nbsp Justinas Grainys Doctor nbsp Vytautas Kailius Physiotherapist s nbsp Paulius Jacikas Legend C Team captain nbsp Injured Roster Lietuvos rytas edit Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Lietuvos rytas roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht Wt Age G 20 nbsp Baron Jimmy 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 89 kg 196 lb 37 1986 05 23 23 May 1986 SF 51 nbsp Butkevicius Arnas nbsp 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 92 kg 203 lb 31 1992 10 22 22 October 1992 F C 14 nbsp Echodas Martynas 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in 102 kg 225 lb 26 1997 07 07 7 July 1997 G 31 nbsp Giedraitis Rokas 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in 88 kg 194 lb 31 1992 08 16 16 August 1992 PG 18 nbsp Girdziunas Mindaugas 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 86 kg 190 lb 35 1989 01 20 20 January 1989 F 21 nbsp Jomantas Arturas C 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in 106 kg 234 lb 39 1985 05 04 4 May 1985 PG 3 nbsp Kramer Chris 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 98 kg 216 lb 36 1988 04 04 4 April 1988 G F 8 nbsp Lukauskis Mindaugas 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 90 kg 198 lb 45 1979 05 19 19 May 1979 SG 1 nbsp Madgen Ben 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 92 kg 203 lb 39 1985 02 07 7 February 1985 C 12 nbsp Mavrokefalidis Loukas 2 10 m 6 ft 11 in 106 kg 234 lb 39 1984 07 25 25 July 1984 C 55 nbsp Mockevicius Egidijus 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 108 kg 238 lb 31 1992 09 01 1 September 1992 PF 42 nbsp Peterson Travis 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 102 kg 225 lb 39 1985 05 18 18 May 1985 F 0 nbsp Sirvydis Deividas 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in 86 kg 190 lb 23 2000 06 10 10 June 2000 Head coach nbsp Rimas Kurtinaitis Assistant coach es nbsp Robertas Kuncaitis nbsp Alberto Blanco nbsp Mindaugas Brazys Athletic trainer s nbsp Evaldas Kandratavicius Doctor nbsp Mantas Ambraska Physiotherapist s nbsp Juozas Petkevicius Legend C Team captain nbsp Injured RosterSee also edit2017 18 LKL season 2018 LKL Play offsReferences 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 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 LKL Finals amp oldid 1113357052, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
