2021 LKL Playoffs

2021 LKL playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	12 May 2021 – 22 May 2021 (Quarter-finals); 24 May 2021 – 30 May 2021 (Semi-finals); 1 June 2021 – 11 June 2021 (Third place); 2 June 2021 – 7 June 2021 (Final)
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Defending champions	BC Žalgiris
Final positions
Champions	Žalgiris (23rd title)
Runner-up	Rytas
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 LKL Playoffs featured the eight best teams of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) basketball league in Lithuania, competing for the championship spot. This will be the LKL playoffs' 26th edition. Žalgiris achieved their 23rd title overall, eleven consecutive.^[1]

The quarter-finals will be played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and (if necessary) third game at home. The semi-finals and finals will be played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary) at home.

Notable events[edit]

On 1 May 2021, Neptūnas made it to the playoffs after winning against Lietkabelis.^[2]
On 2 May 2021, Rytas secured the second place in the table and their place in the playoffs after winning the match against Šiauliai.^[3]
On 6 May 2021, the schedule for the playoffs was announced. The quarter-final stage will begin on May 12, and the semi-final stage will begin on May 20. The small final series is scheduled for June 2, June 5 and June 8. The final series dates are June 3, June 6 and June 9.^[4]
On 15 May 2021, Žalgiris and Juventus became the first teams to reach the Betsafe-LKL semi-finals and formed the first pair of semi-finals. Žalgiris won the series 2-0 against Pieno žvaigždės. Juventus grabbed a difficult victory against Cbet Prienai and won the series with the result 2-0. The first match between these teams will take place on 20 May.^[5]^[6]
On 16 May 2021, Lietkabelis became the third semi-final team and won the series 2-0 against Neptūnas. That means Neptūnas season is over.^[7]
On 22 May 2021, Rytas became fourth semi-final team and won the series 2–0 against Šiauliai. Šiauliai season is over.^[8]
On 29 May 2021, Žalgiris became first finalist and won the series 3-0 against Juventus. Juventus will play for 3rd place.^[9]
On 7 June 2021, the last match of the Betsafe-LKL final series took place. Žalgiris won the Betsafe-LKL title, it is already the 23rd Žalgiris title and the 11th consecutive title.^[10]

Qualified teams[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Žalgiris	36	33	3	3277	2569	+708
2	Rytas	36	27	9	3185	2858	+327
3	Lietkabelis	36	23	13	3052	2883	+169
4	Juventus	36	23	13	3202	3102	+100
5	Cbet Prienai	36	14	22	3020	3210	−190
6	Neptūnas	36	14	22	2841	3061	−220
7	Šiauliai	36	13	23	3066	3290	−224
8	Pieno žvaigždės	36	12	24	2864	3043	−179

Source: LKL.LT

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

1	Žalgiris	2

8	Pieno žvaigždės	0
			1	Žalgiris	3

			4	Juventus	0
4	Juventus	2

5	Cbet Prienai	0
						1	Žalgiris	3

						2	Rytas	0
2	Rytas	2

7	Šiauliai	0
			2	Rytas	3	Third place

			3	Lietkabelis	0
3	Lietkabelis	2				3	Lietkabelis	3

6	Neptūnas	0				4	Juventus	2

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Žalgiris	2–0	Pieno žvaigždės	81–74	100–81	—
Juventus	2–0	Cbet Prienai	86–72	87–80	—
Rytas	2–0	Šiauliai	98–60	101–70	—
Lietkabelis	2–0	Neptūnas	94–93	94–78	—

Quarter-finals Game 1[edit]

12 May 2021	Juventus	86–72 (Series: 1–0)	Cbet Prienai	Utena
18:00 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 19–16, 20–25, 18–12
	Pts: Crawford 19 Rebs: Skučas 11 Asts: Crawford 5 PIR: Crawford 24	Boxscore	Pts: Sargiūnas 27 Rebs: Pacevičius 6 Asts: Lecomte 6 PIR: Sargiūnas 19	Arena: Utena Arena Attendance: 106 Referees: Artūras Šukys, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Aurimas Borusas

12 May 2021	Žalgiris	81–74 (Series: 1–0)	Pieno žvaigždės	Kaunas
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 24–16, 21–19, 8–19
	Pts: Grigonis 16 Rebs: Lauvergne 8 Asts: Walkup 7 PIR: Lauvergne 21	Boxscore	Pts: Giedraitis 19 Rebs: Želionis 8 Asts: Petrilevičius 5 PIR: Želionis 21	Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 150 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Andrius Maleckas, Mindaugas Večerskis

13 May 2021	Lietkabelis	94–93 (Series: 1–0)	Neptūnas	Panevėžys
18:00 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 24–24, 18–19, 31–21
	Pts: Kalaitzakis 19 Rebs: Masiulis, Gagić 5 Asts: Normantas 5 PIR: Kalaitzakis 23	Boxscore	Pts: Mažeika, Gailius 17 Rebs: Gailius 5 Asts: Janavičius 11 PIR: Janavičius 28	Arena: Cido Arena Attendance: 150 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gvidas Gedvilas, Gintaras Mačiulis

20 May 2021	Rytas	98–60 (Series: 1–0)	Šiauliai	Vilnius
19:00 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 30–12, 21–17, 21–13
	Pts: Goudelock, Kitsing 15 Rebs: Echodas 7 Asts: Bičkauskis 4 PIR: Echodas 17	Boxscore	Pts: Urbutis 15 Rebs: Van Vliet 11 Asts: Van Vliet 5 PIR: Van Vliet 21	Arena: Jeep Arena Attendance: 150 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Andrius Maleckas, Mindaugas Večerskis

Quarter-finals Game 2[edit]

15 May 2021	Pieno žvaigždės	81–100 (Series: 0–2)	Žalgiris	Pasvalys
16:30 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 24–30, 25–17, 13–27, 19–26
	Pts: Manigat 23 Rebs: Petrilevičius 6 Asts: Franke 7 PIR: Šikšnius 20	Boxscore	Pts: Hayes 23 Rebs: Lauvergne 9 Asts: Walkup 6 PIR: Lauvergne 23	Arena: Pieno žvaigždės Arena Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Andžej Urbanovič

15 May 2021	Cbet Prienai	80–87 (Series: 0–2)	Juventus	Prienai
17:20 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 20–22, 20–27, 17–17
	Pts: Sušinskas 17 Rebs: Tubutis 10 Asts: Sušinskas 5 PIR: Sušinskas 23	Boxscore	Pts: Šulskis 22 Rebs: Skučas 13 Asts: Crawford, Skučas 4 PIR: Skučas 20	Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 130 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gintaras Mačiulis

16 May 2021	Neptūnas	78–94 (Series: 0–2)	Lietkabelis	Klaipėda
17:20 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 20–21, 10–24, 22–25
	Pts: Gailius 25 Rebs: Galdikas 6 Asts: Janavičius 10 PIR: Gailius 29	Boxscore	Pts: P. Valinskas 20 Rebs: Lipkevičius 11 Asts: P. Valinskas 5 PIR: Lipkevičius 30	Arena: Švyturys Arena Attendance: 150 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Artūras Šukys, Juozas Barkauskas

22 May 2021	Šiauliai	70–101 (Series: 0–2)	Rytas	Šiauliai
17:20 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–37, 13–30, 25–15
	Pts: Varnas 17 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Furmanavičius 5 PIR: Varnas 18	Boxscore	Pts: Girdžiūnas, Butkevičius 16 Rebs: Radzevičius, Butkevičius 6 Asts: Bičkauskis 5 PIR: Butkevičius 24	Arena: Šiauliai Arena Attendance: 150 Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Juozas Barkauskas, Aurimas Borusas

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Žalgiris	3–0	Juventus	100–75	116–80	93–75	—	—
Rytas	3–0	Lietkabelis	97–72	94–74	87–80	—	—

Semi-finals Game 1[edit]

24 May 2021	Žalgiris	100–75 (Series: 1–0)	Juventus	Kaunas
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 35–16, 17–16, 25–20
	Pts: Lauvergne, Walkup 17 Rebs: Jankūnas 8 Asts: Grigonis 6 PIR: Lauvergne 26	Boxscore	Pts: Kupšas 18 Rebs: Kupšas 5 Asts: Šulskis 6 PIR: Kupšas 20	Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 164 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gytis Vilius, Vilius Mačiulaitis

25 May 2021	Rytas	97–72 (Series: 1–0)	Lietkabelis	Vilnius
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 32–23, 21–14, 20–19
	Pts: Echodas, Girdžiūnas 14 Rebs: Radzevičius 7 Asts: Butkevičius 6 PIR: Echodas 22	Boxscore	Pts: Gagić 17 Rebs: Kalaitzakis, Maldūnas 7 Asts: Normantas 4 PIR: Gagić 17	Arena: Jeep Arena Attendance: 453 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Andrius Maleckas

Semi-finals Game 2[edit]

26 May 2021	Juventus	80–116 (Series: 0–2)	Žalgiris	Utena
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–25, 26–33, 16–35
	Pts: Kupšas 23 Rebs: Urbonas 7 Asts: Crawford 5 PIR: Kupšas 25	Boxscore	Pts: Jokubaitis 19 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: three players 5 PIR: Jokubaitis 25	Arena: Utena Arena Attendance: 142 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Artūras Šukys, Gintaras Mačiulis

27 May 2021	Lietkabelis	74–94 (Series: 0–2)	Rytas	Panevėžys
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 17–19, 19–29, 16–19
	Pts: Masiulis 16 Rebs: P. Valinskas 7 Asts: Normantas 7 PIR: Normantas 19	Boxscore	Pts: Goudelock 18 Rebs: Butkevičius 7 Asts: Butkevičius 7 PIR: Echodas 24	Arena: Cido Arena Attendance: 178 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys

Semi-finals Game 3[edit]

29 May 2021	Žalgiris	93–75 (Series: 3–0)	Juventus	Kaunas
17:20 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 25–10, 24–21, 14–22
	Pts: Grigonis 18 Rebs: Geben 10 Asts: Walkup 5 PIR: Grigonis 25	Boxscore	Pts: Kupšas 23 Rebs: Kupšas, Šulskis 7 Asts: Crawford, Urbonas 5 PIR: Kupšas 30	Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 185 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Andžej Urbanovič

30 May 2021	Rytas	87–80 (Series: 3–0)	Lietkabelis	Vilnius
16:20 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 20–20, 20–24, 22–12
	Pts: Echodas 19 Rebs: Buva, Echodas 7 Asts: Bičkauskis 6 PIR: Echodas 23	Boxscore	Pts: Vinales 21 Rebs: Kalaitzakis, Masiulis 6 Asts: Maldūnas, Vinales 2 PIR: Kalaitzakis 15	Arena: Jeep Arena Attendance: 485 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gvidas Gedvilas, Juozas Barkauskas

Third place[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Lietkabelis	3–2	Juventus	87–74	74–85	112–82	79–83	84–63

Third-place game 1[edit]

1 Jun 2021	Lietkabelis	87–74 (Series: 1–0)	Juventus	Panevėžys
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 25–14, 23–25, 25–14
	Pts: Gagić 24 Rebs: Masiulis 12 Asts: Normantas 5 PIR: Gagić 27	Boxscore	Pts: Crawford 22 Rebs: 3 players 4 Asts: Crawford 5 PIR: Crawford 23	Arena: Cido Arena Attendance: 97 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gvidas Gedvilas

Third-place game 2[edit]

4 Jun 2021	Juventus	85–74 (Series: 1–1)	Lietkabelis	Utena
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 21–13, 17–18, 24–22
	Pts: Crawford 20 Rebs: Šulskis, Urbonas 6 Asts: Crawford 7 PIR: Crawford 24	Boxscore	Pts: Gagić 19 Rebs: Lipkevičius 8 Asts: Normantas, P. Valinskas 4 PIR: Gagić 23	Arena: Utena Arena Attendance: 146 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Artūras Šukys, Vilius Mačiulaitis

Third-place game 3[edit]

6 Jun 2021	Lietkabelis	112–82 (Series: 2–1)	Juventus	Panevėžys
17:20 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 37–19, 28–24, 25–24
	Pts: Lipkevičius, P. Valinskas 16 Rebs: Kalaitzakis 6 Asts: Normantas 9 PIR: Lipkevičius 19	Boxscore	Pts: Kupšas 16 Rebs: Kupšas 6 Asts: Urbonas 9 PIR: Kupšas 26	Arena: Cido Arena Attendance: 203 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andrius Maleckas

Third-place game 4[edit]

9 Jun 2021	Juventus	83–79 (Series: 2–2)	Lietkabelis	Utena
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 34–15, 16–28, 11–19, 22–17
	Pts: Gecevičius, Šulskis 17 Rebs: Gecevičius 6 Asts: Crawford, Šulskis 4 PIR: Šulskis 22	Boxscore	Pts: Gagić 16 Rebs: Kalaitzakis 12 Asts: Normantas 4 PIR: Kalaitzakis 21	Arena: Utena Arena Attendance: 224 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys, Gvidas Gedvilas

Third-place game 5[edit]

11 Jun 2021	Lietkabelis	84–63 (Series: 3–2)	Juventus	Panevėžys
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–13, 18–14, 24–19
	Pts: Normantas, P. Valinskas 19 Rebs: Gagić 11 Asts: P. Valinskas 5 PIR: Lipkevičius, Masiulis 19	Boxscore	Pts: Kupšas 14 Rebs: Kupšas 9 Asts: Paliukėnas 4 PIR: Kupšas 20	Arena: Cido Arena Attendance: 250 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis

Final[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Žalgiris	3–0	Rytas	90–75	92–70	84–73	—	—

Final Game 1[edit]

2 Jun 2021	Žalgiris	90–75 (Series: 1–0)	Rytas	Kaunas
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–12, 20–24, 19–16
	Pts: Lauvergne 18 Rebs: Lauvergne 10 Asts: Walkup 7 PIR: Lauvergne 27	Boxscore	Pts: Buva 22 Rebs: Echodas 6 Asts: Bičkauskis 5 PIR: Buva 25	Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 1044 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andrius Maleckas

Final Game 2[edit]

5 Jun 2021	Rytas	70–92 (Series: 0–2)	Žalgiris	Vilnius
17:20 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 23–21, 15–21, 16–25
	Pts: Goudelock 17 Rebs: Butkevičius, Echodas 6 Asts: Girdžiūnas 4 PIR: Radzevičius 17	Boxscore	Pts: Hayes 15 Rebs: Jankūnas 5 Asts: Walkup 6 PIR: Walkup 20	Arena: Jeep Arena Attendance: 1351 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys

Final Game 3[edit]

7 Jun 2021	Žalgiris	84–73 (Series: 3–0)	Rytas	Kaunas
18:50 (EEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 25–23, 23–15, 20–20
	Pts: Walkup 20 Rebs: Lauvergne 7 Asts: Grigonis 6 PIR: Walkup 25	Boxscore	Pts: Goudelock 25 Rebs: Buva 9 Asts: Goudelock 3 PIR: Buva 25	Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 1809 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gvidas Gedvilas

References[edit]

^ "11-ąjį kartą iš eilės: "Žalgiris" – "Betsafe-LKL" čempionas". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ ""Lietkabelį" įveikęs "Neptūnas" pateko į atkrintamąsias". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ "Užtikrintą pergalę iškovojęs "Rytas" užsitikrino antrąją vietą". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 2, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ "Paaiškėjo "Betsafe-LKL" atkrintamųjų varžybų tvarkaraštis". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
^ "Šimtą taškų pelnęs Kauno "Žalgiris" – pirmasis finalo ketverto dalyvis". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "Pavargti turėjusi "Juventus" žengė į "Betsafe-LKL" pusfinalį". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "Lyderio pastangų nepakako: uostamiestyje triumfavęs "Lietkabelis" pasiekė pusfinalį". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 16, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^ ""Rytas" užtikrintai perkopė ketvirtfinalio barjerą". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 22, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ "Pasipriešinimo nesulaukęs "Žalgiris" tiesiausiu keliu žengė į finalą". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "11-ąjį kartą iš eilės: "Žalgiris" – "Betsafe-LKL" čempionas". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

External links[edit]

LKL website

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[2] ""Lietkabelį" įveikęs "Neptūnas" pateko į atkrintamąsias". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.

[3] "Užtikrintą pergalę iškovojęs "Rytas" užsitikrino antrąją vietą". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 2, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.

[4] "Paaiškėjo "Betsafe-LKL" atkrintamųjų varžybų tvarkaraštis". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.

[5] "Šimtą taškų pelnęs Kauno "Žalgiris" – pirmasis finalo ketverto dalyvis". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.

[6] "Pavargti turėjusi "Juventus" žengė į "Betsafe-LKL" pusfinalį". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.

[7] "Lyderio pastangų nepakako: uostamiestyje triumfavęs "Lietkabelis" pasiekė pusfinalį". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 16, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

[8] ""Rytas" užtikrintai perkopė ketvirtfinalio barjerą". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 22, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

[9] "Pasipriešinimo nesulaukęs "Žalgiris" tiesiausiu keliu žengė į finalą". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

[10] "11-ąjį kartą iš eilės: "Žalgiris" – "Betsafe-LKL" čempionas". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

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