The 2018–19 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The Betsafe LKL championship started on 22 September 2018 and ended on 1 June 2019.
Žalgiris achieved their 21st title overall, ninth consecutive.
Competition format During the regular season, all teams play 36 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 36 game schedule, qualified for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that was played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were played in best-of-three format.
The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, as also games for third place were played in a best-of-five format.
Teams
Location and arenas
Ten teams were granted licences for the season. Team Location Arena Capacity Dzūkija Alytus Alytus Arena5,500 Juventus Utena Utena Arena2,000 Lietkabelis Panevėžys Cido Arena5,950 Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena6,200 Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena2,200 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena1,500RytasVilnius Jeep Arena 2,500 Siemens Arena10,000 Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena5,700 Skycop Prienai Prienai Prienai Arena1,500 Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena15,708
Regular season
League table
Results
Play–offs
Quarterfinals and semifinals were played in a best–of–three games format, while the finals in a best–of–five format.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place series
Finals
Awards All official awards of the 2018–19 LKL season.
Regular Season MVP PlayerTeam C Martinas Geben Juventus Source:
LKL Finals Most Valuable Player Award PlayerTeam SF Edgaras Ulanovas Žalgiris
LKL Defensive Player of the Year PlayerTeam PG Thomas Walkup Žalgiris
All-LKL Team
PlayerTeam PG Žygimantas Janavičius Skycop SG Marius Grigonis Žalgiris SF Edgaras Ulanovas Žalgiris PF Arnas Butkevičius Rytas C Brandon Davies Žalgiris Source:
Player of the week Round Player Team PIR 1 Mindaugas Lukauskis Skycop 29 2 Emmanuel Omogbo Pieno žvaigždės 26.5 3 Jerai Grant Neptūnas 20,5 4 Mike Bruesewitz Skycop 31 5 Emmanuel Omogbo Pieno žvaigždės 37 6 Lorenzo Williams Neptūnas 40 7 Vaidas Čepukaitis Juventus 30 8 Arnas Butkevičius Rytas 30 9 Marius Grigonis Žalgiris 25 10 Alex Hamilton Juventus 30 11 Jerai Grant Neptūnas 33 12 Žygimantas Skučas Pieno žvaigždės 25 13 Mike Bruesewitz Skycop 38 14 Brandon Davies Žalgiris 25 15 Kyle Weaver Neptūnas 38 16 Nate Wolters Žalgiris 32 17 Žygimantas Skučas Pieno žvaigždės 32 18 Tomas Lekūnas Pieno žvaigždės 30 19 Saulius Kulvietis Lietkabelis 34 20 Leo Westermann Žalgiris 22 21 Martynas Echodas Rytas 32 22 Cedrick Bowen Šiauliai 26 23 Mindaugas Girdžiūnas Rytas 37 24 Jay Threatt Pieno žvaigždės 25 25 Kerem Kanter Dzūkija 28,5 26 Derek Needham Rytas 31 27 Deividas Gailius Neptūnas 28 28 Martinas Geben Juventus 22,5 29 Gytis Masiulis Neptūnas 32,5 30 Zaid Hearst Nevėžis 32,5
Player of the month Month Player Team PIR September Ignas Vaitkus Šiauliai 24 October Emmanuel Omogbo Pieno žvaigždės 20,6 November Arnas Butkevičius Rytas 20,8 December Jerai Grant Neptūnas 24,7 January Tomas Lekūnas Pieno žvaigždės 22,3 February Kerem Kanter Dzūkija 31 March Martinas Geben Juventus 22,5 April Gytis Masiulis Neptūnas 19,8
Player of the playoffs stages Round Player Team PIR Quarter-Finals Arnas Butkevičius Rytas 30 Semi-Finals Brandon Davies Žalgiris 23,5 Finals Edgaras Ulanovas Žalgiris 20
Lithuanian clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Žalgiris EuroLeague Quarterfinals Rytas EuroCup Quarterfinals Neptūnas Champions League Round of 16 Lietkabelis Regular season Šiauliai First qualifying round
References
External links LKL website