2018 LKL Finals

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]

2018 LKL Finals

Team Coach Wins Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius 4 Lietuvos rytas Rimas Kurtinaitis 1
Dates	June 9-18
MVP	Brandon Davies
LKL Finals

Game 4 at Vilnius, which Žalgiris won

Venues

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.

Kaunas	Kaunas Vilnius 2018 LKL Finals (Lithuania)	Vilnius
Žalgiris Arena		Siemens Arena
Capacity: 15,552		Capacity: 10,000

Road to the Finals

Main article: 2018 LKL Play-offs

Regular season series

Žalgiris and Lietuvos rytas tied the regular season series 2–2.

October 08, 2017

Boxscore

Lietuvos rytas 67, Žalgiris 70

Siemens Arena, Vilnius

December 10, 2017

Boxscore

Žalgiris 63, Lietuvos rytas 65

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas

February 11, 2018

Boxscore

Lietuvos rytas 75, Žalgiris 68

Siemens Arena, Vilnius

April 13, 2018

Boxscore

Žalgiris 77, Lietuvos rytas 66

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas

Game summaries

Game 1

9 June 2018	Žalgiris	96–83 (Series: 1–0)	Lietuvos Rytas	Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
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

Žalgiris v Lietuvos Rytas

Game 2

11 June 2018	Lietuvos Rytas	82–73 (Series: 1–1)	Žalgiris	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
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

Lietuvos Rytas v Žalgiris

Game 3

14 June 2018	Žalgiris	90–80 (Series: 2–1)	Lietuvos Rytas	Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
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

Žalgiris v Lietuvos Rytas

Game 4

16 June 2018	Lietuvos Rytas	78–82 (Series: 3–1)	Žalgiris	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
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

Lietuvos Rytas v Žalgiris

Game 5

18 June 2018	Žalgiris	80–70 (Series: 4–1)	Lietuvos Rytas	Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
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

Žalgiris v Lietuvos Rytas

Rosters

Žalgiris

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Žalgiris roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 0 Davies, Brandon 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 33 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991 PG 3 Pangos, Kevin 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 32 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 SF 6 Toupane, Axel 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992 PG 9 Udrih, Beno 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 42 – (1982-07-05)5 July 1982 PF 13 Jankūnas, Paulius (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 41 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 C 19 Sajus, Martynas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 29 – (1996-02-22)22 February 1996 F/C 20 Masiulis, Gytis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 27 – (1998-04-10)10 April 1998 SG 21 Milaknis, Artūras 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 39 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 SG 23 Micic, Vasilije 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 31 – (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 SG 24 Arlauskas, Martynas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 24 – (2000-07-10)10 July 2000 F 30 White, Aaron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 32 – (1992-10-10)10 October 1992 C 44 Kavaliauskas, Antanas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 40 – (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 SG 66 Valinskas, Paulius 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 SF 92 Ulanovas, Edgaras 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 33 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992	Head coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius Assistant coach(es) Darius Maskoliūnas Darius Songaila Evaldas Beržininkaitis Athletic trainer(s) Nerijus Navickas Justinas Grainys Doctor Vytautas Kailius Physiotherapist(s) Paulius Jacikas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Lietuvos rytas

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Lietuvos rytas roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 20 Baron, Jimmy 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 39 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 SF 51 Butkevičius, Arnas  1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 32 – (1992-10-22)22 October 1992 F/C 14 Echodas, Martynas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1997-07-07)7 July 1997 G 31 Giedraitis, Rokas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 PG 18 Girdžiūnas, Mindaugas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 36 – (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 F 21 Jomantas, Artūras (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 40 – (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 PG 3 Kramer, Chris 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 37 – (1988-04-04)4 April 1988 G/F 8 Lukauskis, Mindaugas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 46 – (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 SG 1 Madgen, Ben 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 40 – (1985-02-07)7 February 1985 C 12 Mavrokefalidis, Loukas 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 40 – (1984-07-25)25 July 1984 C 55 Mockevičius, Egidijus 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 32 – (1992-09-01)1 September 1992 PF 42 Peterson, Travis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 40 – (1985-05-18)18 May 1985 F 0 Sirvydis, Deividas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (2000-06-10)10 June 2000	Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis Assistant coach(es) Robertas Kuncaitis Alberto Blanco Mindaugas Brazys Athletic trainer(s) Evaldas Kandratavičius Doctor Mantas Ambraška Physiotherapist(s) Juozas Petkevičius Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

See also

• 2017–18 LKL season
• 2018 LKL Play-offs