2014–15 LKL season

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LKL

Season| 2014–15
Duration| October 2014 – June 2015
Number of games| 220 (regular season)
Number of teams| 11
Regular season
Season MVP|  Antanas Kavaliauskas
Relegated| Mažeikiai
Finals
Champions| Žalgiris
17th title
Runners-up| Lietuvos rytas
Finals MVP|  Artūras Milaknis
Statistical leaders
| Points|  Rokas Giedraitis|  15.2

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Rebounds|  Giedrius Staniulis|  7.4
Assists|  Martynas Gecevičius|  4.2
Records
Biggest home win| Neptūnas 110–64 Mažeikiai
(27 September 2014)
Biggest away win| Mažeikiai 47–95 Žalgiris
(23 December 2014)
Highest scoring| Šiauliai 110–97 Mažeikiai
(4 October 2014)
Winning streak| 23 games
Žalgiris
Losing streak| 25 games
Mažeikiai
Highest attendance| 10,840
Žalgiris 71–68 Lietuvos rytas
(3 June 2015)
Lowest attendance| 80
Prienai 77–94 Šiauliai
(15 November 2014)
Average attendance| 1,487

← 2013–14

2015–16 →

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.

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

## Competition format[edit]

### Regular season[edit]

During the regular season, all teams played 40 games.

### Playoff round[edit]

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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation

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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[edit]

Home \ Away  | DZŪ | JUV | LTK | LRY | MAŽ | NEP | NEV | PŽV | PRI | ŠIA | ŽAL | DZŪ | JUV | LTK | LRY | MAŽ | NEP | NEV | PŽV | PRI | ŠIA | ŽAL

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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:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

## Playoffs[edit]

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Finals

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| Žalgiris| 91| 73| 99| 0| 0

| Lietkabelis| 69| 67| 60| 0| 0|

| Žalgiris| 81| 91| 96| 0| 0

| | Juventus| 53| 58| 49| 0| 0|

| Pieno žvaigždės| 71| 84| 51| 83| 61

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| Juventus| 77| 74| 63| 80| 69|

| Žalgiris| 73| 78| 71| 85| 0| 0| 0

| | Lietuvos rytas| 66| 62| 68| 77| 0| 0| 0

| Lietuvos rytas| 97| 107| 96| |

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| Šiauliai| 69| 96| 92| 0| 0|

| Lietuvos rytas| 88| 101| 96| 92| 0

| | Neptūnas| 79| 107| 89| 87| 0|

| Neptūnas| 88| 56| 71| 69| 0

| Dzūkija| 59| 65| 47| 55| 0|

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| Juventus| 75| 76| 75| 61| 84

| Neptūnas| 88| 66| 64| 66| 69

## Awards[edit]

### Players of the week[edit]

Week  | Name  | Team  | Efficiency

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

### Playoff MVPs[edit]

Game  | Name  | Team  | Efficiency

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Quarterfinals
1  |  Rashaun Broadus | Juventus |

2  |  Evaldas Žabas | Lietkabelis |

3  |  Martynas Gecevičius | Lietuvos rytas |

4  |  Laimonas Kisielius | Pieno žvaigždės |

5  |  Arvydas Šikšnius | Juventus |

Finals
–  |  Artūras Milaknis | Žalgiris |

13.8

### Players of the month[edit]

* October:  Gediminas Orelikas (Lietuvos rytas)
* November:  Rashaun Broadus (Juventus)
* December:  Jonathan Lee (Šiauliai)
* January:  Alex Oriakhi (Pieno žvaigždės)
* February:  Antanas Kavaliauskas (Lietuvos rytas)
* March:  Rokas Giedraitis (Šiauliai)
* April:  Gytis Sirutavičius (Pieno žvaigždės)

## Statistics[edit]

Points

| Rank | Name | G | Pts | PPG

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1 |  Rokas Giedraitis | 43 | 654 | 15.2
2 |  Evaldas Žabas | 41 | 586 | 14.3
3 |  Gediminas Orelikas | 51 | 705 | 13.8
4 |  Michael Dixon, Jr | 39 | 534 | 13.7
5 |  Rashaun Broadus | 51 | 690 | 13.5

Rebounds

| Rank | Name | G | Reb | RPG

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1 |  Giedrius Staniulis | 27 | 199 | 7.4
2 |  Martynas Linkevičius | 39 | 265 | 6.8
3 |  Arnas Labuckas | 42 | 284 | 6.8
4 |  Alex Oriakhi | 42 | 271 | 6.5
5 |  Artūras Jomantas | 40 | 254 | 6.3

Assists

| Rank | Name | G | Ast | APG

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1 |  Martynas Gecevičius | 51 | 214 | 4.2
2 |  Paulius Ivanauskas | 40 | 161 | 4.0
3 |  Žygimantas Janavičius | 46 | 179 | 3.9
4 |  Rashaun Broadus | 51 | 195 | 3.8
5 |  Rolandas Alijevas | 40 | 152 | 3.8

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* LKL website

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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[PF]: Points for
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*[PD]: Point difference
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