2021–22 LKL season

Betsafe-LKL
Betsafe-LKL
Season	2021–22
Duration	18 September 2021 – 28 April 2022; (Regular season); 1 May 2022 – 12 June 2022 (Playoffs)
Number of games	198
Number of teams	11
Regular season
Season MVP	Ivan Buva
Finals
Champions	Rytas (6th title)
Runners-up	Lietkabelis
Third place	Žalgiris
Fourth place	Šiauliai–7bet
Finals MVP	Arnas Butkevičius
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Patrick Miller
Rebounds	Amar Sylla
Assists	Žygimantas Janavičius
Index Rating	Ivan Buva
Records
Biggest home win	Rytas 108–68 Nevėžis–OPTIBET; (13 February 2022)
Biggest away win	Šiauliai–7bet 64–97 Žalgiris; (17 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Pieno žvaigždės 106–102 Labas Gas; (27 March 2022)
Winning streak	14 games; Žalgiris
Losing streak	11 games; Labas Gas
Highest attendance	9,006 ; Rytas 67–72 Žalgiris; (23 January 2022)
Lowest attendance	130 ; Labas Gas 63–73 Neptūnas; (7 February 2022)
Average attendance	1,239 per match

The 2021–22 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). Žalgiris was defending champions.

For the first time since league's inception, Žalgiris failed to reach finals, after losing semifinal series to Lietkabelis 3–1^[1]

Rytas after 12 years break won Betsafe–LKL championship and achieved their 6th title overall.^[2]

Teams

Location and arenas

2021–22 LKL season is located in Lithuania

Location of teams in 2021-22 LKL

On 27 April 2021, during 2020–21 LKL season LKL board decided to expand the number of participating teams in tournament. The number of teams has been expanded to 11 teams. 2020-21 NKL season champions Cbet Jonava will join the other 10 LKL teams.^[3]

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Cbet Jonava	Jonava	Jonava Arena	2,200
Dzūkija	Alytus	Alytus Arena	5,500
Labas Gas	Prienai	Prienai Arena	1,500
Lietkabelis	Panevėžys	Cido Arena	5,950
Neptūnas	Klaipėda	Švyturys Arena	6,200
Nevėžis-OPTIBET	Kėdainiai	Kėdainiai Arena	2,200
Pieno žvaigždės	Pasvalys	Pieno žvaigždės Arena	1,500
Rytas	Vilnius	Jeep Arena	2,500
Rytas	Vilnius	Avia Solutions Group Arena	10,000
Šiauliai-7bet	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Arena	5,700
Uniclub Casino – Juventus	Utena	Utena Arena	2,000
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgiris Arena	15,415

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Nevėžis–OPTIBET	Marius Kiltinavičius	Signed by Sūduva-Mantinga	21 June 2021^[4]	Pre-season	Gediminas Petrauskas	21 June 2021^[5]
Pieno žvaigždės	Gediminas Petrauskas	Signed by Nevėžis–OPTIBET	21 June 2021^[6]		Mantas Šernius	22 June 2021^[7]
Labas Gas	Mantas Šernius	Signed by Pieno žvaigždės	22 June 2021^[8]		Marius Leonavičius	16 August 2021^[9]
Dzūkija	Nikola Vasilev	Mutual consent	15 August 2021		Ramūnas Cvirka	15 August 2021^[10]
Žalgiris	Martin Schiller	Sacked	08 October 2021^[11]	1st (4–0)	Jure Zdovc	08 October 2021^[12]
Neptūnas	Tomas Gaidamavičius	Mutual consent	11 December 2021^[13]	9th (2–7)	Dainius Adomaitis	18 December 2021^[14]
Uniclub Casino – Juventus	Žydrūnas Urbonas	Resigned	30 March 2022^[15]	6th (11–12)
Žalgiris	Jure Zdovc	Mutual consent	11 April 2022^[16]	2nd (22–3)	Kazys Maksvytis	11 April 2022^[17]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Rytas	30	26	4	2685	2257	+428	Advance to playoffs
2	Žalgiris	30	26	4	2578	2247	+331
3	Lietkabelis	30	23	7	2522	2233	+289
4	Cbet Jonava	30	16	14	2373	2451	−78
5	Šiauliai–7bet	30	15	15	2459	2464	−5
6	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	30	15	15	2526	2485	+41
7	Neptūnas	30	14	16	2332	2390	−58
8	Dzūkija	30	11	19	2291	2427	−136
9	Pieno žvaigždės	30	9	21	2423	2615	−192
10	Nevėžis-OPTIBET	30	7	23	2349	2635	−286
11	Labas GAS	30	3	27	2310	2644	−334

Source: LKL.lT

Results

Home \ Away	CBE	DZU	GAS	LTK	NEP	NEV	PIE	RYT	SIA	JUV	ZAL	CBE	DZU	GAS	LTK	NEP	NEV	PIE	RYT	SIA	JUV	ZAL
Cbet Jonava	—	85–63	93–77	74–66	64–89	88–76	77–69	79–94	58–69	86–80	80–86	—	—	100–84	—	—	—	91–82	67–91	62–79	65–71	100–97
Dzūkija	86–62	—	72–69	65–76	67–79	81–66	92–86	61–88	75–66	83–80	100–105	73–81	—	—	86–90	64–65	93–76	—	—	—	—	63–74
Labas GAS	68–81	70–77	—	65–92	62–87	93–102	79–87	68–82	88–109	80–74	78–81	—	62–72	—	—	63–73	86–97	—	—	—	88–81	71–88
Lietkabelis	88–69	94–63	87–69	—	83–62	60–67	88–70	83–80	87–76	92–89	69–73	103–71	—	82–73	—	—	—	82–87	86–90	71–66	—	85–67
Neptūnas	75–87	70–85	88–82	53–81	—	94–87	75–71	81–89	86–94	79–88	60–77	75–78	—	—	73–83	—	95–61	91–95	93–88	—	—	57–77
Nevėžis–OPTIBET	95–100	83–78	90–80	77–78	83–88	—	73–79	68–100	66–79	73–75	69–77	88–92	—	—	60–85	—	—	85–92	85–109	93–83	—	64–72
Pieno žvaigždės	76–80	75–81	78–81	97–107	69–82	87–88	—	66–76	108–90	76–90	69–85	—	101–78	106–102	—	—	—	—	—	67–89	92–84	83–102
Rytas	76–60	81–65	106–77	85–71	97–76	108–73	91–75	—	79–76	89–111	67–72	—	88–68	86–70	—	—	—	99–66	—	101–68	82–74	87–74
Šiauliai-7bet	93–87	97–85	86–80	74–97	75–77	91–77	84–62	77–89	—	80–66	64–97	—	84–83	96–93	—	84–87	—	—	—	—	91–94	86–89
Uniclub Casino – Juventus	89–86	101–84	88–75	75–92	76–64	94–77	94–82	92–103	70–79	—	71–78	—	95–78	—	93–94	82–79	96–73	—	—	—	—	76–84
Žalgiris	93–70	78–70	103–77	84–70	98–79	102–77	99–70	75–84	90–74	101–77	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: LKL.LT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in a best–of–five games format, while the finals and third place in a best–of–seven format.

Bracket

Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals



Rytas	76	73	87	92	–

Dzūkija	63	80	59	66	–
						Rytas	97	72	94	87	–

						Šiauliai–7bet	75	84	79	77	–
Cbet Jonava	82	66	70	65	–

Šiauliai–7bet	79	88	72	79	–
												Rytas	68	88	85	78	79	–	–

												Lietkabelis	77	66	63	77	76	–	–
Žalgiris	92	68	87	78	89

Neptūnas	88	70	71	87	60
						Žalgiris	71	55	69	75	–

						Lietkabelis	70	79	73	86	–	Third place
Lietkabelis	102	95	92	–	–

Uniclub Casino — Juventus	101	73	87	–	–
												Žalgiris	92	90	85	89	–	–	–

												Šiauliai–7bet	75	85	70	76	–	–	–

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Rytas (C)	43	36	7	Qualification to Champions League regular season
2	Lietkabelis	42	30	12	Qualification to EuroCup
3	Žalgiris	43	34	9	Already qualified to EuroLeague
4	Šiauliai–7bet	42	19	23	Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
5	Cbet Jonava	34	17	17
6	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	33	15	18
7	Neptūnas	35	16	19
8	Dzūkija	34	12	22
9	Pieno žvaigždės	30	9	21
10	Nevėžis-OPTIBET	30	7	23
11	Labas GAS	30	3	27

Source: LKL.lT
(C) Champions

Attendance

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Žalgiris	39,091	5,603	1,000	2,299^†
2	Rytas	49,141	9,006	806	2,137^†
3	Šiauliai–7bet	44,412	4,867	720	2,115^†
4	Lietkabelis	42,048	6,480	510	1,911^†
5	Neptūnas	17,228	2,578	355	957^†
6	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	14,131	1,957	378	883^†
7	Cbet Jonava	14,098	1,700	382	783^†
8	Nevėžis-OPTIBET	8,810	1,322	305	551^†
9	Dzūkija	6,310	780	180	371^†
10	Pieno žvaigždės	5,180	1,000	150	345^†
11	Labas GAS	4,733	1,100	130	316^†
	League total	245,182	9,006	130	1,239^†

Source: LKL.LT

Awards

All official awards of the 2021-22 LKL season.

Regular Season MVP

Pos.	Player	Team	Source
C	Ivan Buva	Rytas	^[18]

LKL Finals MVP

Pos.	Player	Team	Source
SF\PF	Arnas Butkevičius	Rytas	^[19]

All-LKL Team

Player	Team	Source
Lukas Lekavičius	Žalgiris	^[19]
Jon Elmore	Šiauliai-7bet
Arnas Butkevičius	Rytas
Gediminas Orelik	Lietkabelis
Ivan Buva	Rytas

Coach of the Year

Player	Team	Source
Giedrius Žibėnas	Rytas	^[19]

Best Defender

Player	Team	Source
Vytenis Lipkevičius	Lietkabelis	^[19]

Breakthrough of the Year

Player	Team	Source
Panagiotis Kalaitzakis	Lietkabelis	^[19]

Player of the month

Month	Player	Team	PIR	Source
2021
September	Jon Elmore	Šiauliai–7bet	19.7	^[20]
October	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	28	^[21]
November	Giedrius Staniulis	Šiauliai-7bet	26	^[22]
December	Đorđe Gagić	Lietkabelis	26.3	^[23]
2022
January	Manu Lecomte	Cbet Jonava	28	^[24]
February	Manu Lecomte	Cbet Jonava	32.5	^[25]
March	Ivan Buva	Rytas	21	^[26]
April	Juan Palacios	Cbet Jonava	27.6	^[27]

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Ivan Buva	Rytas	34	626	18.41
2.	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	29	531	18.31
3.	Amar Sylla	Nevėžis–OPTIBET	29	498	17.17

Source: LKL.LT

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	29	520	17.93
2.	Ivan Buva	Rytas	34	560	16.47
3.	Deividas Gailius	Neptūnas	31	500	16.13

Source: LKL.LT

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Amar Sylla	Nevėžis-OPTIBET	29	221	7.62
2.	Juan Palacios	Cbet Jonava	24	182	7.58
3.	Benas Griciūnas	Neptūnas	34	229	6.74

Source: LKL.LT

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Žygimantas Janavičius	Neptūnas	32	219	6.84
2.	Speedy Smith	Rytas	40	229	5.73
3.	Jon Elmore	Šiauliai–7bet	30	165	5.50

Source: LKL.LT

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Randy Culpepper	Pieno žvaigždės	18	2.50
Blocks	Amar Sylla	Nevėžis–OPTIBET	29	2.17
Turnovers	Ignas Sargiūnas	Labas Gas	30	2.87
Fouls drawn	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	29	5.24
Minutes	Arnas Beručka	Pieno žvaigždės	31	33:23
FT %	Mindaugas Girdžiūnas	Rytas	24	90.24%
2-Point %	Edgaras Želionis	Neptūnas	32	71.32%
3-Point %	Lukas Lekavičius	Žalgiris	36	47.46%

Source: LKL.LT

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Opponent	Statistic
Rating	Ivan Buva	Rytas	Cbet Jonava (Jan 13, 2022)	49
Points	Juan Palacios	Cbet Jonava	Labas Gas (Apr 27, 2022)	36
Rebounds	Juan Palacios	Cbet Jonava	Šiauliai–7bet (Mar 6, 2022)	18
Assists	Vaidas Kariniauskas	Rytas	Nevėžis–OPTIBET (Feb 13, 2022)	15
Steals	Markell Johnson	Pieno žvaigždės	Nevėžis–OPTIBET (Nov 20, 2021)	6
	Randy Culpepper	Pieno žvaigždės	Labas Gas (Mar 27, 2022)
	Juan Palacios	Cbet Jonava	Šiauliai–7bet (May 6, 2022)
Blocks	Amar Sylla	Nevėžis–OPTIBET	Žalgiris (Apr 14, 2022)	6

Source: LKL.LT

Team statistics

Speedy Smith during Game 5 of the 2022 LKL Finals

Category	Team	Average
Rating	Rytas	102.58
Points	Rytas	87.47
Rebounds	Neptūnas	36.63
Assists	Žalgiris	20.96
Steals	Lietkabelis	8.49
Blocks	Labas Gas	3.55
Turnovers	Neptūnas	15.77
FT %	Žalgiris	79.09%
2-Point %	Neptūnas	57.52%
3-Point %	Žalgiris	39.36%

Source: LKL.LT

Lithuanian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Žalgiris	EuroLeague	Regular Season
Lietkabelis	EuroCup	Eighthfinals
Rytas	Champions League	Round of 16
Juventus	Champions League	Qualifying rounds

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Attendance

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All-LKL Team

Coach of the Year

Best Defender

Breakthrough of the Year

Player of the month

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Individual game highs

Team statistics

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