2013–14 LKL season
| Lietuvos krepšinio lyga 2013-14 | |
|---|---|
| League | Lietuvos krepšinio lyga |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Season MVP |  Juan Palacios |
| Finals champions | Žalgiris |
| Runners-up | Neptūnas |
| Finals MVP |  Paulius Jankūnas |
The 2013–14 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 21st season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL).
Competition format
[edit]Regular season
[edit]During the regular season, which lasted from 26 September, until 27 April, all teams except Žalgiris, Lietuvos rytas and Neptūnas played 34 games (four against each other, and two against the three mentioned teams). The three mentioned teams only played twenty games, two against each team.
Playoff round
[edit]The top eight teams in the regular season round were divided up into pairs, and each pair played two games (a third game was played if each team in the pair won a game). The semifinals were also played in that format. The playoff round lasted from 28 April until 20 May.
The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The final series for the first place were played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place were played in a best-of-five format.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | L | % | PF | PA | Qualification or relegation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 20 | 18 | 2 | .900 | 1770 | 1426 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 2 | TonyBet | 34 | 25 | 9 | .735 | 2676 | 2552 | |
| 3 | Neptūnas | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | 1650 | 1545 | |
| 4 | Žalgiris | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | 1642 | 1428 | |
| 5 | Pieno žvaigždės | 34 | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2578 | 2424 | |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 34 | 20 | 14 | .588 | 2754 | 2550 | |
| 7 | Juventus | 34 | 14 | 20 | .412 | 2646 | 2633 | |
| 8 | Nevėžis | 34 | 12 | 22 | .353 | 2358 | 2529 | |
| 9 | Lietkabelis | 34 | 12 | 22 | .353 | 2432 | 2681 | |
| 10 | Dzūkija | 34 | 11 | 23 | .324 | 2300 | 2580 | |
| 11 | LSU-Atletas | 34 | 5 | 29 | .147 | 2470 | 2928 | Relegated |
Notable Matches
[edit]October 27, 2013
15:00 |
| Žalgiris | 78–79 | Šiauliai |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 9–23, 18–17, 31–15 | ||
| Pts: Dentmon 15 Rebs: Jankūnas, Javtokas 7 Asts: Dentmon 9 |
Pts: Needham 18 Rebs: Pakamanis, Dillard 6 Asts: Pakamanis 5 | |
December 1, 2013
15:00 |
| TonyBet | 101–83 | Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 29–13, 21–19, 30–29 | ||
| Pts: Lukauskis 23 Rebs: Linkevičius 6 Asts: Valeika 9 |
Pts: Jankūnas 13 Rebs: Jankūnas, K.Lavrinovič 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 3 | |
December 22, 2013
16:00 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 90–58 | Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 23–12, 18–12, 19–18 | ||
| Pts: Seibutis, Babrauskas 17 Rebs: Palacios 11 Asts: Cook 6 |
Pts: 3 players 8 Rebs: 3 players 6 Asts: Dentmon, Čižauskas 3 | |
January 28, 2014
19:00 |
| Neptūnas | 81–73 | Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 25–14, 25–21, 17–24 | ||
| Pts: Runkauskas 25 Rebs: Galdikas 8 Asts: Girdžiūnas, Butkevičius 4 |
Pts: Dentmon 18 Rebs: Jankūnas 9 Asts: Jankūnas 6 | |
April 5, 2014
17:00 |
| Šiauliai | 89–84 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–24, 20–19, 30–25 | ||
| Pts: Leslie 20 Rebs: 5 players 4 Asts: Needham 5 |
Pts: Jelovac 21 Rebs: Palacios, Jelovac 5 Asts: 3 players 5 | |
April 7, 2014
19:00 |
| Žalgiris | 79–88 | Neptūnas |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 20–27, 20–21, 17–25 | ||
| Pts: Jankūnas 16 Rebs: Jankūnas 12 Asts: Jasikevičius 4 |
Pts: Mažeika 18 Rebs: Galdikas 9 Asts: Mažeika, Brazelton 5 | |
April 15, 2014
18:00 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 75–68 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 19–14, 19–13, 22–25 | ||
| Pts: Jonušas 18 Rebs: Jonušas 9 Asts: 3 players 2 |
Pts: Songaila 16 Rebs: Palacios 12 Asts: Gecevičius 4 | |
April 26, 2014
18:30 |
| Žalgiris | 84–86 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 25–21, 16–23, 20–29 | ||
| Pts: Jankūnas 22 Rebs: Jankūnas 11 Asts: Dentmon 4 |
Pts: Dowdell 18 Rebs: Jelovac 3 Asts: Seibutis 4 | |
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 'finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Nevėžis | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Žalgiris | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Žalgiris | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Pieno žvaigždės | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Žalgiris | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Neptūnas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | TonyBet | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Juventus | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | TonyBet | 0 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 3 | Neptūnas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Neptūnas | 2 | 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Šiauliai | 1 | 2 | TonyBet | 0 | |||||||||
Statistics
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Updated: 26 May 2014
References
[edit]- ^ Čempionato sistema Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine