2018–19 LKL season


The 2018–19 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the 26th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga. 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 be 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.
TeamLocationArenaCapacity
DzūkijaAlytusAlytus Arena5,500
JuventusUtenaUtena Arena2,000
LietkabelisPanevėžysCido Arena5,950
NeptūnasKlaipėdaŠvyturys Arena6,200
NevėžisKėdainiaiKėdainiai Arena2,200
Pieno žvaigždėsPasvalysPieno žvaigždės Arena1,500
RytasVilniusJeep Arena2,500
RytasVilniusSiemens Arena10,000
ŠiauliaiŠiauliaiŠiauliai Arena5,700
Skycop PrienaiPrienaiPrienai Arena1,500
ŽalgirisKaunasŽalgiris 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.

[LKL [Most Valuable Player Award|Regular Season MVP]]

Source:

[LKL Finals Most Valuable Player Award]

All-LKL Team

PlayerTeam
PG Žygimantas JanavičiusSkycop
SG Marius GrigonisŽalgiris
SF Edgaras UlanovasŽalgiris
PF Arnas ButkevičiusRytas
C Brandon DaviesŽalgiris

Source:

Player of the week

Player of the month

Player of the playoffs stages

Lithuanian clubs in European competitions