2014–15 LKL season

The 2014–15 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 22nd season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The season started in October 2014, and finished in June 2015.

LKL
Season2014–15
DurationOctober 2014 – June 2015
Number of games220 (regular season)
Number of teams11
Regular season
Season MVPLithuania Antanas Kavaliauskas
RelegatedMažeikiai
Finals
ChampionsŽalgiris
17th title
  Runners-upLietuvos rytas
Finals MVPLithuania Artūras Milaknis
Statistical leaders
Points Lithuania Rokas Giedraitis 15.2
Rebounds Lithuania Giedrius Staniulis 7.4
Assists Lithuania Martynas Gecevičius 4.2
Records
Biggest home winNeptūnas 110–64 Mažeikiai
(27 September 2014)
Biggest away winMažeikiai 47–95 Žalgiris
(23 December 2014)
Highest scoringŠiauliai 110–97 Mažeikiai
(4 October 2014)
Winning streak23 games
Žalgiris
Losing streak25 games
Mažeikiai
Highest attendance10,840
Žalgiris 71–68 Lietuvos rytas
(3 June 2015)
Lowest attendance80
Prienai 77–94 Šiauliai
(15 November 2014)
Average attendance1,487

Žalgiris won its 17th title, the fifth in a row.[1]

Competition format

Regular season

During the regular season, all teams played 40 games.

Playoff round

The top eight teams in the regular season round joined the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that were played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were also played in this format.

The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The final series for the first place was played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place was played in a best-of-five format.[2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris 40 36 4 3397 2737 +660 Qualification to playoffs
2 Lietuvos rytas 40 35 5 3574 2931 +643
3 Neptūnas 40 31 9 3415 3001 +414
4 Pieno žvaigždės 40 24 16 3357 3216 +141
5 Juventus 40 24 16 3012 2942 +70
6 Dzūkija 40 21 19 2999 2966 +33
7 Šiauliai 40 18 22 3309 3196 +113
8 Lietkabelis 40 11 29 3117 3390 −273
9 Prienai 40 7 33 2775 3362 −587
10 Nevėžis 40 7 33 2904 3651 −747
11 Mažeikiai 40 6 34 2808 3275 −467 Relegation to NKL
Source: LKL

Results
Home \ Away DZŪ JUV LTK LRY MAŽ NEP NEV PŽV PRI ŠIA ŽAL DZŪ JUV LTK LRY MAŽ NEP NEV PŽV PRI ŠIA ŽAL
Dzūkija — 57–59 75–68 73–86 74–53 75–91 98–62 74–95 61–56 84–77 76–81 — 75–70 84–76 66–78 70–61 66–72 83–78 72–77 101–74 79–51 75–78
Juventus 71–63 — 78–61 56–77 72–66 79–85 75–63 78–85 82–74 86–84 75–76 72–77 — 77–73 70–78 75–77 77–71 81–69 62–74 68–53 67–61 68–73
Lietkabelis 64–86 79–84 — 69–97 76–67 65–78 97–67 78–86 89–68 89–85 70–88 66–70 64–77 — 79–101 84–98 81–83 88–71 78–95 76–74 84–101 63–82
Lietuvos rytas 87–71 76–61 90–61 — 88–80 90–94 98–74 85–87 91–61 98–92 82–84 118–76 79–76 101–95 — 76–70 84–75 119–76 84–76 99–71 89–71 93–66
Mažeikiai 72–87 73–84 66–71 74–87 — 69–81 75–83 66–84 60–67 60–69 47–95 55–61 60–71 88–89 60–83 — 59–71 76–75 77–82 70–62 81–90 65–96
Neptūnas 82–72 84–73 98–86 65–73 110–64 — 115–76 110–84 92–76 70–68 76–80 62–70 69–71 102–76 86–87 95–77 — 106–78 89–97 98–59 90–77 67–65
Nevėžis 60–81 86–112 72–102 59–95 69–65 73–116 — 88–94 64–78 62–87 59–93 69–93 82–87 87–84 52–96 82–98 85–88 — 92–83 69–63 83–88 74–112
Pieno žvaigždės 99–89 89–91 94–82 69–87 78–68 70–86 84–95 — 85–74 77–90 72–88 72–59 89–64 86–75 81–87 107–67 64–68 99–70 — 87–61 99–97 56–74
Prienai 60–74 56–91 88–81 66–97 84–67 73–88 79–70 85–83 — 77–94 73–89 76–75 67–76 79–87 59–84 77–88 63–86 75–87 91–93 — 50–87 57–94
Šiauliai 93–96 90–81 78–98 72–88 110–97 80–90 108–64 91–74 93–87 — 58–89 77–51 76–77 96–58 85–108 86–61 67–88 109–74 81–84 92–61 — 62–79
Žalgiris 83–73 75–76 91–83 91–77 98–79 86–48 79–52 82–78 87–58 80–71 — 85–57 76–62 102–72 82–81 76–52 86–90 92–53 81–79 97–63 86–65 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                            
 
 
 
 
Žalgiris91739900
 
 
 
Lietkabelis69676000
 
Žalgiris81919600
 
 
 
Juventus53584900
 
Pieno žvaigždės7184518361
 
 
 
Juventus7774638069
 
Žalgiris73787185000
 
 
 
Lietuvos rytas66626877000
 
Lietuvos rytas9710796
 
 
 
Šiauliai69969200
 
Lietuvos rytas8810196920
 
 
 
Neptūnas7910789870
 
Neptūnas885671690
 
 
Dzūkija596547550
 
 
Third place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Juventus7576756184
 
 
Neptūnas8866646669
 

Awards

Players of the week
Week Name Team Efficiency
Sept. 24 – Sept. 28 United States Mustafa Shakur Neptūnas 20.0 (2 games)
Sept. 29 – Oct. 5 United States Rashaun Broadus Juventus 15.3 (3 games)
Oct. 6 – Oct. 12 Lithuania Antanas Kavaliauskas Lietuvos rytas 22.3 (3 games)
Oct. 13 – Oct. 19 United States Noah Dahlman Lietkabelis 24.5 (2 games)
Oct. 20 – Oct. 26 Lithuania Artūras Jomantas Dzūkija 32.0 (1 game)
Oct. 27 – Nov. 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Halilović Dzūkija 27.0 (1 game)
Nov. 3 – Nov. 9 Lithuania Gediminas Orelikas Lietuvos rytas 27.0 (1 game)
Nov. 10 – Nov. 16 Lithuania Osvaldas Olisevičius Pieno žvaigždės 27.0 (1 game)
Nov. 17 – Nov. 23 Lithuania Adas Juškevičius Lietuvos rytas 24.5 (2 games)
Nov. 24 – Nov. 30 United States Rashaun Broadus Juventus 21.0 (2 games)
Dec. 1 – Dec. 7 Lithuania Robertas Javtokas Žalgiris 19.5 (2 games)
Dec. 8 – Dec. 14 United States Jonathan Lee Šiauliai 35.0 (1 game)
Dec. 15 – Dec. 21 Lithuania Evaldas Kairys Pieno žvaigždės 20.0 (2 games)
Dec. 22 – Dec. 28 Lithuania Deividas Gailius Neptūnas 23.0 (1 game)
Dec. 29 – Jan. 4 Lithuania Gediminas Orelikas Lietuvos rytas 34.0 (1 game)
Jan. 5 – Jan. 11 Lithuania Egidijus Dimša Pieno žvaigždės 28.0 (1 game)
Jan. 12 – Jan. 18 United States James Anderson Žalgiris 17.0 (2 games)
Jan. 19 – Jan. 25 Lithuania Evaldas Žabas Lietkabelis 41.0 (1 game)
Jan. 26 – Feb. 1 Lithuania Giedrius Staniulis Mažeikiai 25.0 (1 game)
Feb. 2 – Feb. 8 United States James Anderson Žalgiris 25.0 (2 games)
Feb. 9 – Feb. 15 Lithuania Justas Tamulis Nevėžis 16.0 (2 games)
Feb. 16 – Feb. 22 Lithuania Paulius Dambrauskas Dzūkija 22.0 (1 game)
Feb. 23 – Mar. 1 Lithuania Deividas Gailius Neptūnas 26.0 (2 games)
Mar. 2 – Mar. 8 United States Jeffery Allen Šiauliai 31.0 (1 game)
Mar. 9 – Mar. 15 Lithuania Martynas Gecevičius Lietuvos rytas 28.0 (1 game)
Mar. 16 – Mar. 22 Lithuania Rokas Giedraitis Šiauliai 29.0 (2 games)
Mar. 23 – Mar. 29 Lithuania Antanas Kavaliauskas Lietuvos rytas 17.0 (2 games)
Mar. 30 – Apr. 5 Lithuania Gytis Sirutavičius Pieno žvaigždės 23.0 (2 games)
Apr. 6 – Apr. 12 United States James Anderson Žalgiris 37.0 (1 game)
Apr. 13 – Apr. 19 Lithuania Martynas Linkevičius Prienai 21.0 (2 games)
Apr. 20 – Apr. 26 Lithuania Darius Tarvydas Mažeikiai 22.3 (3 games)

Playoff MVPs
Game Name Team Efficiency
Quarterfinals
1 United States Rashaun Broadus Juventus
26
2 Lithuania Evaldas Žabas Lietkabelis
36
3 Lithuania Martynas Gecevičius Lietuvos rytas
27
4 Lithuania Laimonas Kisielius Pieno žvaigždės
35
5 Lithuania Arvydas Šikšnius Juventus
21
Finals
– Lithuania Artūras Milaknis Žalgiris
13.8

Players of the month

Statistics

References
  1. "Zalgiris the champion again! - Eurohoops". Archived from the original on 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  2. Čempionato sistema Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
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