The 2022–23 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). Rytas were defending champions, however, they finished as a runners-up, losing finals series to eventual champions Žalgiris.
Teams Location and arenas On 20 May 2022, during 2021–22 LKL season LKL board decided to expand the number of participating teams in tournament. The number of teams has been expanded to 12 teams. 2021-22 NKL season champions Gargždai and new team Wolves will join the other 10 existing LKL teams.
Team Location Arena Capacity Cbet Jonava Jonava Jonava Arena2,200 Gargždai Palanga Palanga Arena1,200 Labas Gas Prienai Prienai Arena1,500 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevėžys Cido/Kalnapilio Arena5,950 Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena6,200 Nevėžis-OPTIBET Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena2,200 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena1,500 Rytas Vilnius Jeep Arena 2,500 Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena5,700 Uniclub Casino – Juventus Utena Utena Arena2,000 Wolves Alytus Alytus Arena5,500Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena15,415 Prienai Prienai Arena1,500 Garliava 1,300
Regular season League table
Results
Playoffs
Quarterfinals will be played in a best–of–three format, while the semifinals, third place game and final in a best-of-five format.
Bracket
2022–23 LKL champions Žalgiris(24th title)
Final standings
Statistics Average attendances
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Ahmad Caver Wolves 33 671 20.332. Jeff Garrett Cbet Jonava 43 822 19.123. Martynas Echodas Rytas 23 439 19.09 Source: LKL.LT
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Ahmad Caver Wolves 33 564 17.092. Deshawn Freeman Nevėžis–OPTIBET 21 351 16.713. Marcus Foster Rytas 37 612 16.54 Source: LKL.LT
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Austin Wiley Neptūnas 23 205 8.912. Giedrius Staniulis Gargždai 26 198 7.623. Tim Lambrecht Nevėžis–OPTIBET 35 264 7.54 Source: LKL.LT
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Donatas Sabeckis Šiauliai 31 217 7.002. Žygimantas Janavičius Neptūnas 32 192 6.033. Ahmad Caver Wolves 33 191 5.79 Source: LKL.LT
Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals Alex Hamilton Uniclub Casino – Juventus 21 2.52 Blocks Reggie Lynch Uniclub Casino – Juventus 21 2.24 Turnovers Joshua Newkirk Gargždai 33 3.18 Fouls drawn Artūrs Žagars Nevėžis–OPTIBET 22 5.50 Minutes Joshua Newkirk Gargždai 33 32:41 FT % Stefan Peno Lietkabelis 24 94.12% 2-Point % Laurynas Birutis Žalgiris 42 75.46% 3-Point % Kevarrius Hayes Žalgiris 42 50.00% Julius Jucikas Pieno žvaigždės 20 Source: LKL.LT
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeam OpponentStatistic Rating Tim Lambrecht Nevėžis–OPTIBET Labas Gas (Mar 25, 2023) 45 Points Mindaugas Girdžiūnas Neptūnas Nevėžis–OPTIBET (Dec 12, 2022) 40 Rebounds Austin Wiley Neptūnas Labas Gas (Dec 21, 2022) 24 Assists Donatas Sabeckis Šiauliai Nevėžis–OPTIBET (May 8, 2023) 14 Steals Evaldas Šaulys Pieno žvaigždės Uniclub Casino – Juventus (Dec 22, 2022) 7 Alex Hamilton Uniclub Casino – Juventus Žalgiris (Feb 15, 2023) Blocks Reggie Lynch Uniclub Casino – Juventus Labas Gas (Mar 18, 2023) 9 Source: LKL.LT
Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Rating Rytas 105.98 Points Rytas 91.84 Rebounds Rytas 37.88 Assists Žalgiris 20.70 Steals Cbet Jonava 8.93 Blocks Neptūnas 3.23 Turnovers Uniclub Casino – Juventus 15.78 FT % Žalgiris 78.55% 2-Point % Žalgiris 60.32% 3-Point % Wolves 38.08% Source: LKL.LT
Awards All official awards of the 2022-23 LKL season. Regular Season MVP PlayerTeamSource PG Ahmad Caver Wolves
LKL Finals MVP PlayerTeamSource PG Isaiah Taylor Žalgiris
All-LKL Team PlayerTeamSource PG Ahmad Caver Wolves SG Marcus Foster Rytas SF Jeffery Garrett Cbet Jonava PF Martynas Echodas Rytas C Laurynas Birutis Žalgiris
Coach of the Year CoachTeamSource Virginijus Šeškus Cbet Jonava
Breakthrough of the Year PlayerTeamSource Matas Jogėla Neptūnas
Referee of the year RefereeSource Gytis Vilius
"Fair play" award for gentlemanliness in sport and life TeamSource Žalgiris
Player of the month Month Player Team PIR Source 2022 October Jeff Garrett Cbet Jonava 19.8 November Giedrius Staniulis Gargždai 23.5 December Gytis Radzevičius Rytas 25.7 2023 January Martynas Echodas Rytas 27 February Deshawn Freeman Nevėžis–OPTIBET 28 March Tim Lambrecht Nevėžis–OPTIBET 31.5 April Tim Lambrecht Nevėžis–OPTIBET 22.9
Lithuanian clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Žalgiris EuroLeague Playoffs Lietkabelis EuroCup Eighthfinals Rytas Champions League Round of 16ŠiauliaiQualifying roundsCbet JonavaFIBA Europe Cup Qualifying roundsWolves Qualifying rounds
Lithuanian clubs in Regional competitions Team Competition ProgressWolvesEuropean North Basketball League Runners-upŠiauliai Regular Season
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