The 2017–18 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The season started in September 2017, and the last game of final series was played on 18 June 2018.
Žalgiris is the defending champion.
Competition format During the regular season, all teams will play 36 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 36 game schedule, will each qualify for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that will be played in a best-of-five games format. The semifinals will also be played in that format.
The final round will be played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, will be played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for third place will be played in a best-of-five format.Čempionato sistema
Teams
Team Location Arena CapacityDzūkija Alytus Alytus Arena 5,500Juventus Utena Utena Arena 2,000Lietkabelis Panevėžys Cido Arena 5,950Lietuvos rytasVilnius Lietuvos rytas Arena 2,500 Siemens Arena 10,000 Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena 6,200Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena 2,200Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena 1,500Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5,700Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas Prienai Arena 1,500Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena 15,708
Regular season In the regular season, teams play against each other four times, home-and-away, in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the play-offs. The regular season started on 19 September 2017.
Table
Play-offs
The quarter-finals are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and (if necessary) fifth game at home. The semi-finals are played in a best-of-five format and the finals in a best-of-seven format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3, 5 and 7 (if necessary) at home.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place series
Finals
Attendance data Attendance data included playoff games:
Awards Player of the month Month Player Team PIR Source 2017 September Juan Palacios Neptūnas 22.7 October Arnas Butkevičius Neptūnas 25.5 November Vyacheslav Bobrov Pieno žvaigždės 28.3 December Edgaras Želionis Neptūnas 18.8 2018 January Renaldas Seibutis Neptūnas 25 February Lorenzo Williams Lietkabelis 28 March Laurynas Birutis Šiauliai 26.4 April Laurynas Birutis Šiauliai 23.4
Clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Žalgiris EuroLeague Third qualified Lietuvos rytas EuroCup Top 16 Lietkabelis Regular season Neptūnas Champions League Round of 16 Juventus Regular season Vytautas First qualifying round Nevėžis FIBA Europe Cup Second round
Clubs in regional competitions TeamCompetitionProgressPieno žvaigždėsBaltic Basketball LeagueChampionVytautasDisqualifiedŠiauliai4th place
References
External links LKL website