2014–15 LKL season

LKL
Champions	Žalgiris 17th title
Runners-up	Lietuvos rytas
Relegated	Mažeikiai
Teams	11
Games played	220 (regular season)
Duration	October 2014 – June 2015
Awards
MVP	Antanas Kavaliauskas
Finals MVP	Artūras Milaknis
Statistical leaders
Points	Rokas Giedraitis 15.2
Rebounds	Giedrius Staniulis 7.4
Assists	Martynas Gecevičius 4.2
Records
Highest scoring	Šiauliai 110–97 Mažeikiai (4 October 2014)
Winning streak	23 games Žalgiris
Losing streak	25 games Mažeikiai
Home win	Neptūnas 110–64 Mažeikiai (27 September 2014)
Away win	Mažeikiai 47–95 Žalgiris (23 December 2014)
Highest attendance	10,840 Žalgiris 71–68 Lietuvos rytas (3 June 2015)
Lowest attendance	80 Prienai 77–94 Šiauliai (15 November 2014)
Average attendance	1,487

The 2014–15 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) season was the 22nd season of the top tier basketball league of Lithuania. The season started in October 2014 and finished in June 2015.

Žalgiris won its 17th title, the fifth in a row.^[1]

Competition Format

Regular season

During the regular season, all teams played 40 games.

Playoff round

The top eight teams in the regular season round joined the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that were played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were also played in this format.

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.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris	40	36	4	3397	2737	+660	Qualification to playoffs
2	Lietuvos rytas	40	35	5	3574	2931	+643
3	Neptūnas	40	31	9	3415	3001	+414
4	Pieno žvaigždės	40	24	16	3357	3216	+141
5	Juventus	40	24	16	3012	2942	+70
6	Dzūkija	40	21	19	2999	2966	+33
7	Šiauliai	40	18	22	3309	3196	+113
8	Lietkabelis	40	11	29	3117	3390	−273
9	Prienai	40	7	33	2775	3362	−587
10	Nevėžis	40	7	33	2904	3651	−747
11	Mažeikiai	40	6	34	2808	3275	−467	Relegation to NKL

Source: LKL

Results

Rounds 1 and 2

Home \ Away	DZŪ	JUV	LTK	LRY	MAŽ	NEP	NEV	PŽV	PRI	ŠIA	ŽAL
Dzūkija		57–59	75–68	73–86	74–53	75–91	98–62	74–95	61–56	84–77	76–81
Juventus	71–63		78–61	56–77	72–66	79–85	75–63	78–85	82–74	86–84	75–76
Lietkabelis	64–86	79–84		69–97	76–67	65–78	97–67	78–86	89–68	89–85	70–88
Lietuvos rytas	87–71	76–61	90–61		88–80	90–94	98–74	85–87	91–61	98–92	82–84
Mažeikiai	72–87	73–84	66–71	74–87		69–81	75–83	66–84	60–67	60–69	47–95
Neptūnas	82–72	84–73	98–86	65–73	110–64		115–76	110–84	92–76	70–68	76–80
Nevėžis	60–81	86–112	72–102	59–95	69–65	73–116		88–94	64–78	62–87	59–93
Pieno žvaigždės	99–89	89–91	94–82	69–87	78–68	70–86	84–95		85–74	77–90	72–88
Prienai	60–74	56–91	88–81	66–97	84–67	73–88	79–70	85–83		77–94	73–89
Šiauliai	93–96	90–81	78–98	72–88	110–97	80–90	108–64	91–74	93–87		58–89
Žalgiris	83–73	75–76	91–83	91–77	98–79	86–48	79–52	82–78	87–58	80–71

Rounds 3 and 4

Home \ Away	DZŪ	JUV	LTK	LRY	MAŽ	NEP	NEV	PŽV	PRI	ŠIA	ŽAL
Dzūkija		75–70	84–76	66–78	70–61	66–72	83–78	72–77	101–74	79–51	75–78
Juventus	72–77		77–73	70–78	75–77	77–71	81–69	62–74	68–53	67–61	68–73
Lietkabelis	66–70	64–77		79–101	84–98	81–83	88–71	78–95	76–74	84–101	63–82
Lietuvos rytas	118–76	79–76	101–95		76–70	84–75	119–76	84–76	99–71	89–71	93–66
Mažeikiai	55–61	60–71	88–89	60–83		59–71	76–75	77–82	70–62	81–90	65–96
Neptūnas	62–70	69–71	102–76	86–87	95–77		106–78	89–97	98–59	90–77	67–65
Nevėžis	69–93	82–87	87–84	52–96	82–98	85–88		92–83	69–63	83–88	74–112
Pieno žvaigždės	72–59	89–64	86–75	81–87	107–67	64–68	99–70		87–61	99–97	56–74
Prienai	76–75	67–76	79–87	59–84	77–88	63–86	75–87	91–93		50–87	57–94
Šiauliai	77–51	76–77	96–58	85–108	86–61	67–88	109–74	81–84	92–61		62–79
Žalgiris	85–57	76–62	102–72	82–81	76–52	86–90	92–53	81–79	97–63	86–65

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals										Semifinals										Finals
	Žalgiris			91	73	99	0	0
	Lietkabelis			69	67	60	0	0
											Žalgiris			81	91	96	0	0
											Juventus			53	58	49	0	0
	Pieno žvaigždės			71	84	51	83	61
	Juventus			77	74	63	80	69
																					Žalgiris	73	78	71	85	0	0	0
																					Lietuvos rytas	66	62	68	77	0	0	0
	Lietuvos rytas			97	107	96
	Šiauliai			69	96	92	0	0
											Lietuvos rytas			88	101	96	92	0
											Neptūnas			79	107	89	87	0
	Neptūnas			88	56	71	69	0
	Dzūkija			59	65	47	55	0

	Third place
	Neptūnas	88	66	64	66	69
	Juventus	75	76	75	61	84

Awards

Players of the week

Week	Name	Team	Efficiency
01Sept. 24 – Sept. 28	Mustafa Shakur	Neptūnas	20.0 (2 games)
01Sept. 29 – Oct. 5	Rashaun Broadus	Juventus	15.3 (3 games)
01Oct. 6 – Oct. 12	Antanas Kavaliauskas	Lietuvos rytas	22.3 (3 games)
01Oct. 13 – Oct. 19	Noah Dahlman	Lietkabelis	24.5 (2 games)
01Oct. 20 – Oct. 26	Artūras Jomantas	Dzūkija	32.0 (1 game)
01Oct. 27 – Nov. 2	Miralem Halilović	Dzūkija	27.0 (1 game)
01Nov. 3 – Nov. 9	Gediminas Orelikas	Lietuvos rytas	27.0 (1 game)
01Nov. 10 – Nov. 16	Osvaldas Olisevičius	Pieno žvaigždės	27.0 (1 game)
01Nov. 17 – Nov. 23	Adas Juškevičius	Lietuvos rytas	24.5 (2 games)
01Nov. 24 – Nov. 30	Rashaun Broadus	Juventus	21.0 (2 games)
01Dec. 1 – Dec. 7	Robertas Javtokas	Žalgiris	19.5 (2 games)
01Dec. 8 – Dec. 14	Jonathan Lee	Šiauliai	35.0 (1 game)
01Dec. 15 – Dec. 21	Evaldas Kairys	Pieno žvaigždės	20.0 (2 games)
01Dec. 22 – Dec. 28	Deividas Gailius	Neptūnas	23.0 (1 game)
01Dec. 29 – Jan. 4	Gediminas Orelikas	Lietuvos rytas	34.0 (1 game)
01Jan. 5 – Jan. 11	Egidijus Dimša	Pieno žvaigždės	28.0 (1 game)
01Jan. 12 – Jan. 18	James Anderson	Žalgiris	17.0 (2 games)
01Jan. 19 – Jan. 25	Evaldas Žabas	Lietkabelis	41.0 (1 game)
01Jan. 26 – Feb. 1	Giedrius Staniulis	Mažeikiai	25.0 (1 game)
01Feb. 2 – Feb. 8	James Anderson	Žalgiris	25.0 (2 games)
01Feb. 9 – Feb. 15	Justas Tamulis	Nevėžis	16.0 (2 games)
01Feb. 16 – Feb. 22	Paulius Dambrauskas	Dzūkija	22.0 (1 game)
01Feb. 23 – Mar. 1	Deividas Gailius	Neptūnas	26.0 (2 games)
01Mar. 2 – Mar. 8	Jeffery Allen	Šiauliai	31.0 (1 game)
01Mar. 9 – Mar. 15	Martynas Gecevičius	Lietuvos rytas	28.0 (1 game)
01Mar. 16 – Mar. 22	Rokas Giedraitis	Šiauliai	29.0 (2 games)
01Mar. 23 – Mar. 29	Antanas Kavaliauskas	Lietuvos rytas	17.0 (2 games)
01Mar. 30 – Apr. 5	Gytis Sirutavičius	Pieno žvaigždės	23.0 (2 games)
01Apr. 6 – Apr. 12	James Anderson	Žalgiris	37.0 (1 game)
01Apr. 13 – Apr. 19	Martynas Linkevičius	Prienai	21.0 (2 games)
01Apr. 20 – Apr. 26	Darius Tarvydas	Mažeikiai	22.3 (3 games)

Playoff MVPs

Game	Name	Team	Efficiency
Quarterfinals
01 1	Rashaun Broadus	Juventus	26
01 2	Evaldas Žabas	Lietkabelis	36
01 3	Martynas Gecevičius	Lietuvos rytas	27
01 4	Laimonas Kisielius	Pieno žvaigždės	35
01 5	Arvydas Šikšnius	Juventus	21
Finals
01 –	Artūras Milaknis	Žalgiris	13.8

Players of the month

• October: Gediminas Orelikas (Lietuvos rytas)
• November: Rashaun Broadus (Juventus)
• December: Jonathan Lee (Šiauliai)
• January: Alex Oriakhi (Pieno žvaigždės)
• February: Antanas Kavaliauskas (Lietuvos rytas)
• March: Rokas Giedraitis (Šiauliai)
• April: Gytis Sirutavičius (Pieno žvaigždės)

Statistics

Points Rank Name G Pts PPG 1 Rokas Giedraitis 43 654 15.2 2 Evaldas Žabas 41 586 14.3 3 Gediminas Orelikas 51 705 13.8 4 Michael Dixon, Jr 39 534 13.7 5 Rashaun Broadus 51 690 13.5

Rebounds Rank Name G Reb RPG 1 Giedrius Staniulis 27 199 7.4 2 Martynas Linkevičius 39 265 6.8 3 Arnas Labuckas 42 284 6.8 4 Alex Oriakhi 42 271 6.5 5 Artūras Jomantas 40 254 6.3

Assists Rank Name G Ast APG 1 Martynas Gecevičius 51 214 4.2 2 Paulius Ivanauskas 40 161 4.0 3 Žygimantas Janavičius 46 179 3.9 4 Rashaun Broadus 51 195 3.8 5 Rolandas Alijevas 40 152 3.8

References

2. Čempionato sistema

External links

• LKL website