The LKL All-Star Game is the All-Star Game of the professional Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). The game is held once every year. The participants of the game are chosen in two ways: the first is via fan ballot, with the leading vote recipients at each position starting the game; secondly the reserves are chosen by a vote among the head coaches of each squad. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. If a player is injured, and cannot participate, the league's commissioner will select a replacement.

Features The All-Star Game is played under normal FIBA rules, but there are notable differences from an average game.

The player introductions are usually accompanied by a significant amount of fanfare, including lighting effects, dance music, and pyrotechnics. Special uniforms are designed for the game each year, usually green for the Lithuanians, and white for the Time Team (non Lithuanians). A major recording artist typically sings the national anthem, prior to tip-off.

Game play usually involves players attempting spectacular slam dunks and alley oops. Defensive effort is limited, and the final score of the game is generally much higher than an average LKL game. The coaches also try to give most of the reserve players some playing time on the court, instead of using a limited rotation, as they would in a normal game. The fourth quarter of the game is often played in a more competitive fashion, if the game is close.

Halftime is also longer than a typical LKL game, due to musical performances, by various artists.

Every few years, LKL alternates matches from Lietuviai and Time Team (Lietuviai being the All-Star Lithuanian team, and Time Team being the All-Star foreigner team) to Vilkai and Ereliai (two teams of mixed foreign and Lithuanian players).

Results +SummariesYear(Arena), cityResultMVPChampionScoreRunner-up1994 Panevėžys Rytai 99–88 Vakarai Gintaras Bačianskas (Lietkabelis)1995 Šiauliai Lietuviai 100–91 Time Team Saulius Štombergas (LSU-Atletas), Patrick Jones (BC Olimpas)1996 Vilnius Lietuviai 83–81 Time Team Rimas Kurtinaitis (BC Žalgiris)1997 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vakarai 108–107 Rytai Tomas Pačėsas (Alytus Alita-Savy)1998 Vilnius Rytai 100–85 Vakarai Dion Cross (Šilutė "Šilutė")1999 (Kaunas Sports Hall), KaunasLKL Rinktinė106-101Žalgiris Valdemaras Chomičius (Kraitenė Marijampolė) 2000 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Lietuviai137–97 Time Team Mindaugas Timinskas (BC Žalgiris)2001 Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2000-2001) All Star - eurobasket.com (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vilkai124–120 Ereliai Grigorij Khizhnyak (BC Žalgiris)2002 Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2001-2002) All Star - eurobasket.com (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Ereliai125–117 Vilkai Robertas Javtokas (Lietuvos Rytas)2003 Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2002-2003) All Star - eurobasket.com (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vilkai105–97 Ereliai Arvydas Macijauskas (Lietuvos Rytas)2004 Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2003-2004) All Star - eurobasket.com (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Lietuviai131–113 Time Team Tanoka Beard (BC Žalgiris)2005 Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2004-2005) All Star - eurobasket.com (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Time Team86–74 Lietuviai Tanoka Beard (BC Žalgiris)2006 (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Lietuviai107–88 Time Team Simas Jasaitis (Lietuvos Rytas)2007 Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2006-2007) All Star - eurobasket.com (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Lietuviai108–108 Time Team Jonas Mačiulis (BC Žalgiris), Kareem Rush (Lietuvos Rytas)2008 (Šiauliai Arena), Šiauliai Lietuviai110–109 Time Team Hollis Price (Lietuvos Rytas)2009 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vilkai130–122 Ereliai Chuck Eidson (Lietuvos Rytas)2010 (Cido Arena), Panevėžys Vilkai109–104 Ereliai Mindaugas Kuzminskas (BC Šiauliai)2011 (Šiauliai Arena), Šiauliai Lietuviai122–114 Time Team Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)2012 (Švyturys Arena), Klaipėda Lietuviai115–100 Time Team Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)2013 (Šiauliai Arena), Šiauliai Lietuviai140–113 Time Team Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Darjuš Lavrinovič (Žalgiris)2014 (Švyturys Arena), Klaipėda Vakarai113–108 Rytai Justin Dentmon (Žalgiris)2015 (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Amžini Priešininkai 105–95 LKL Žvaigždės Travis Leslie (Lietuvos rytas)2016 (Siemens Arena), VilniusReplaced by Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

Other events

The All-Star Game is the featured event of the All-Star Day, which also includes a number of popular exhibition games, and competitions featuring LKL players. It includes the: LKL Three-point Shootout LKL Slam Dunk Contest

Players with most appearances

PlayerAll-StarEditionsNotes Paulius Jankūnas 6 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012 Robertas Javtokas 6 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2012 1x MVP Tanoka Beard 5 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 2x MVP Saulius Stombergas 5 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003 1x MVP Eurelijus Žukauskas 5 1996, 1999, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Dainius Šalenga 4 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2010 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 4 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 1x MVP Jonas Valančiūnas 3 2010, 2011 and 2012 2x MVP Vidas Ginevičius 3 2002, 2005, 2006 Arvydas Macijauskas 3 2001, 2002 and 2003 1x MVP Jonas Mačiulis 3 2007, 2008, 2009 1x MVP Donatas Slanina 3 1999, 2001 and 2002 Rolandas Matulis 2 2001, 2011 Mindaugas Timinskas 2 2003, 2004 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 2 2013, 2015 1x MVP Saulius Kuzminskas 2 2002, 2003 Simonas Serapinas 2 2003, 2005 Artūras Jomantas 2 2005, 2014 Martynas Pocius 2 2010, 2011 Mario Delaš 2 2012 and 2013 Gintaras Kadžiulis 2 2002 and 2012 Simas Jasaitis 2 2006 and 2011 1x MVP Grigorij Khizhnyak 2 2001 and 2002 1x MVP Chuck Eidson 2 2008 and 2009 1x MVP Travis Leslie 2 2014 and 2015 1x MVP

Distinctions FIBA Hall of Fame Arvydas Sabonis

Basketball Hall of Fame Arvydas Sabonis

FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) Arvydas Sabonis

EuroLeague Hall of Fame Ramūnas Šiškauskas Sarunas Jasikevicius

See also LKL All-Star Day LKL All-Star Game MVP

References

Sources History MVPs on Eurobasket