2018 LKL Finals
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| Dates | June 9-18 | |||||||||
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| MVP |  Brandon Davies | |||||||||
The 2018 LKL Finals was the championship series of the
Finals MVP.[2]
Venues
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
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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| Kaunas | Vilnius | |
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| Žalgiris Arena | Siemens Arena
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| Capacity: 15,552 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
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Road to the Finals
Regular season series
Žalgiris and Lietuvos rytas tied the regular season series 2–2.
Game summaries
Game 1
| 9 June 2018 | Žalgiris
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96–83 (Series: 1–0) |
Lietuvos Rytas
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Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
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| 17:20 | Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 26–19, 22–17, 24–21 | |||
| 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
| 11 June 2018 | Lietuvos Rytas
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82–73 (Series: 1–1) |
Žalgiris
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Siemens Arena, Vilnius
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| 18:50 | Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 22–18, 18–22, 25–18 | |||
| 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
| 14 June 2018 | Žalgiris
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90–80 (Series: 2–1) |
Lietuvos Rytas
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Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
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| 18:50 | Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 16–21, 27–19, 23–21 | |||
| 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
| 16 June 2018 | Lietuvos Rytas
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78–82 (Series: 3–1) |
Žalgiris
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Siemens Arena, Vilnius
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| 17:20 | Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 18–16, 9–24, 26–19 | |||
| 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
| 18 June 2018 | Žalgiris
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80–70 (Series: 4–1) |
Lietuvos Rytas
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Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
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| 18:50 | Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 18–19, 22–17, 22–14 | |||
| 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
Žalgiris
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Lietuvos rytas
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See also
References
- ^ "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.