The LKL Three-point Shootout, currently known as Betsson Casino Three-point Shootout for sponsorship purposes, is a Lithuanian professional King Mindaugas Cup final day contest, that is held between the cup's final and third-place matches. Formerly, it was a part of the LKL's All-Star Day, and took place before the All-Star Game.
The current champion is Nojus Mineikis representing Gargždai.
History The very first three-point shootout contest was won by Richard Thomas, of Šilutė, at the 1994 LKL All-Star Day, in Panevėžys.
Rules Each Lithuanian Basketball League team has a chance to delegate one player for the contest, while the player with the league's best three-point field goal shooting percentage enters automatically.
Competitors try to score as many points as possible, in one minute. There are five ball racks, laid out over the three-point arc: one on each baseline, one halfway between the baseline, and the top of the arc on each side, and one at the top of the arc. Each rack has five balls, four of which are worth one point (the standard orange balls), and the fifth one (a red, white, and blue ball; nicknamed the "money ball"), is worth two points. Thus, a perfect score is 30 points.
In case of an equal result, each player gets 25 seconds to shoot from two racks of their choosing. The contestant(s) with the best results progress further.
In the first round, each contestant has one chance to score as many points as possible. The four best performers advance to the semi-final, where two more are eliminated, while the remaining contenders compete for the title of LKL Sniper.
Shootout champions Year Player Nationality Team Ref. 1994 (Panevėžys) Richard Thomas Šilutė 1995 (Alytus) Joey Vickery Olimpas 1997 (Kaunas) Svajūnas Airošius Neptūnas 1998 (Vilnius) Arūnas Grigas Alita 1999 (Kaunas) Svajūnas Airošius (2×) Neptūnas 2000 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas Lietuvos Rytas 2001 (Kaunas) Donatas Slanina Žalgiris 2002 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas (2×) Lietuvos Rytas 2003 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas (3×) Lietuvos Rytas 2004 (Kaunas) Ainars Bagatskis Žalgiris 2005 (Vilnius) Petras Šalvis Neptūnas 2006 (Vilnius) Marius Kasiulevičius Neptūnas 2007 (Vilnius) Gytis Sirutavičius Nevėžis 2008 (Šiauliai) Marius Runkauskas Neptūnas 2009 (Šiauliai) Marius Kasiulevičius (2×) Neptūnas 2010 (Panevėžys) Derrick Low Šiauliai 2011 (Šiauliai) Edvinas Ruzgas Šiauliai 2012 (Klaipėda) Žygimantas Šeštokas Juventus 2013 (Šiauliai) Marius Runkauskas (2×) Neptūnas 2014 (Klaipėda) Marius Runkauskas (3×) Neptūnas 2015 (Vilnius) Ela Briedytė Sudūva–Mantinga, LMKL 2016 (Vilnius) Derrick Low (2×) Pieno Žvaigždės 2017 (Kaunas) Arvydas Čepulis Šiauliai 2018 (Klaipėda) Mindaugas Lukauskis Lietuvos rytas 2019 (Vilnius) Martynas Gecevičius BC Prienai 2020 (Klaipėda) Osvaldas Olisevičius Neptūnas 2021 (Panevėžys) Andrew Goudelock Rytas 2022 (Vilnius) Rihards Kuksiks Nevėžis–OPTIBET 2023 (Šiauliai) Rihards Kuksiks (2×) Pieno Žvaigždės2024 (Kaunas) Rasheed Sulaimon Wolves Sean McNeil Nevėžis–OPTIBET 2025 (Vilnius) Laurynas Beliauskas Uniclub Bet – Juventus 2026 (Šiauliai) Nojus Mineikis Gargždai
Champions by club No. Club Last win 9 Neptūnas 2020 5 Rytas 20213 Nevėžis 2024Šiauliai 20172 Juventus 2025Pieno Žvaigždės 2023Žalgiris 20041 Wolves 2024Prienai 2019Alita 1998Olimpas Plungė 1995Šilutė 1994Gargždai 20261 Guests
See also LKL All-Star Game LKL All-Star Day LKL All-Star Game MVP LKL Slam Dunk Contest
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