2021–22 LKL season

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Betsafe-LKL
Season2021–22
Teams11
Records
Biggest home winRytas 101–68 Šiauliai-7bet
(18 December 2021)
Biggest away winŠiauliai–7bet 64–97 Žalgiris
(17 October 2021)
Highest scoringDzūkija 100–105 Žalgiris
(23 September 2021)
Winning streak13 games
Rytas
Losing streak11 games
Labas Gas
Seasons
← 2020–21
 →
All statistics correct as of 05 March 2022.

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

Teams[]

Location and arenas[]

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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.[1]

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
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 Lithuania Signed by Sūduva-Mantinga 21 June 2021[2] Pre-season Lithuania Gediminas Petrauskas 21 June 2021[3]
Pieno žvaigždės Lithuania Gediminas Petrauskas Signed by Nevėžis–OPTIBET 21 June 2021[4] Lithuania Mantas Šernius 22 June 2021[5]
Labas Gas Lithuania Mantas Šernius Signed by Pieno žvaigždės 22 June 2021[6] Lithuania Marius Leonavičius 16 August 2021[7]
Dzūkija North Macedonia Mutual consent 15 August 2021 Lithuania 15 August 2021[8]
Žalgiris Austria Martin Schiller Sacked 08 October 2021[9] 1st (4–0) Slovenia Jure Zdovc 08 October 2021[10]
Neptūnas Lithuania Mutual consent 11 December 2021[11] 9th (2–7) Lithuania Dainius Adomaitis 18 December 2021[12]

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris 24 22 2 2091 1791 +300 Advance to playoffs
2 Rytas 24 21 3 2162 1789 +373
3 Lietkabelis 25 20 5 2094 1843 +251
4 Šiauliai–7bet 23 12 11 1865 1855 +10
5 Uniclub Casino – Juventus 22 11 11 1856 1834 +22
6 Cbet Jonava 24 11 13 1839 1949 −110
7 Neptūnas 24 10 14 1849 1936 −87
8 Dzūkija 22 9 13 1669 1766 −97
9 Nevėžis-OPTIBET 22 5 17 1737 1933 −196
10 Pieno žvaigždės 23 5 18 1830 2018 −188
11 Labas GAS 25 3 22 1915 2193 −278 Relegation to NKL
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2022. 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 29 Mar 80–86 — — 27 Apr — — — 2 Apr 67–91 62–79 13 Apr 10 Apr
Dzūkija 86–62 — 72–69 65–76 67–79 81–66 92–86 61–88 75–66 83–80 100–105 73–81 — — 14 Apr 9 Apr 28 Mar — — — — 63–74
Labas GAS 68–81 70–77 — 65–92 62–87 93–102 79–87 68–82 88–109 80–74 78–81 — 6 Apr — — 63–73 18 Apr — — — 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 — — — 21 Apr 11 Apr 71–66 — 24 Apr
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 — 3 Apr 12 Apr 28 Apr — — 20 Apr
Nevėžis–OPTIBET 95–100 83–78 90–80 77–78 83–88 — 73–79 68–100 66–79 73–75 69–77 21 Apr — — 27 Apr — — 85–92 85–109 11 Apr — 14 Apr
Pieno žvaigždės 76–80 75–81 78–81 97–107 24 Apr 87–88 — 66–76 108–90 76–90 69–85 — 18 Apr 106–102 — — — — — 28 Apr 9 Apr 83–102
Rytas 76–60 81–65 106–77 85–71 97–76 108–73 91–75 — 79–76 89–111 67–72 — 23 Apr 20 Apr — — — 99–66 — 101–68 18 Apr 87–74
Šiauliai-7bet 93–87 97–85 86–80 74–97 75–77 91–77 84–62 4 Apr — 80–66 64–97 — 25 Apr 14 Apr — 84–87 — — — — 21 Apr 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 — 2 Apr — 93–94 82–79 25 Apr — — — — 28 Apr
Žalgiris 93–70 78–70 103–77 84–70 98–79 102–77 99–70 75–84 16 Apr 101–77 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2022. Source: LKL.LT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Lithuanian clubs in European competitions[]

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

Awards[]

All official awards of the 2021-22 LKL season.

Player of the month[]

Month Player Team PIR Source
2021
September United States Jon Elmore Šiauliai–7bet 19.7 [13]
October United States Patrick Miller Uniclub Casino – Juventus 28 [14]
November Lithuania Giedrius Staniulis Šiauliai-7bet 26 [15]
December Serbia Đorđe Gagić Lietkabelis 26.3 [16]
2022
January Belgium Manu Lecomte Cbet Jonava 28 [17]
February Belgium Manu Lecomte Cbet Jonava 32.5 [18]
March
April

Statistics[]

Individual statistics[]

Rating[]

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Croatia Ivan Buva Rytas 20 410 20.50
2. United States Patrick Miller Uniclub Casino – Juventus 17 347 20.41
3. Lithuania Giedrius Staniulis Šiauliai–7bet 18 327 18.17

Source: LKL.LT

Points[]

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. United States Patrick Miller Uniclub Casino – Juventus 17 325 19.12
2. United States TJ Starks Nevėžis–OPTIBET 10 189 18.90
3. Croatia Ivan Buva Rytas 20 358 17.90

Source: LKL.LT

Rebounds[]

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Lithuania Giedrius Staniulis Šiauliai–7bet 18 136 7.56
2. Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 18 136 7.56
3. Lithuania Neptūnas 19 142 7.47

Source: LKL.LT

Assists[]

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Lithuania Žygimantas Janavičius Neptūnas 19 131 6.89
2. United States Jon Elmore Šiauliai–7bet 19 114 6.00
3. United States Speedy Smith Rytas 19 102 5.37

Source: LKL.LT

Other statistics[]

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals United States Jon Elmore Šiauliai–7bet 19 2.00
Blocks United States Labas Gas 19 1.95
Turnovers Lithuania Labas Gas 20 2.90
Fouls drawn United States Patrick Miller Uniclub Casino – Juventus 17 5.53
Minutes Lithuania Arnas Beručka Pieno žvaigždės 20 34:15
FT % Lithuania Mindaugas Girdžiūnas Rytas 12 92.50%
2-Point % Lithuania Vytenis Lipkevičius Lietkabelis 14 75.68%
3-Point % Lithuania Lukas Lekavičius Žalgiris 16 56.36%

Source: LKL.LT

Individual game highs[]

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Rating Croatia Ivan Buva Rytas 49 Cbet Jonava (Jan 13, 2022)
Points United States TJ Starks Nevėžis-OPTIBET 35 Cbet Jonava (Feb 5, 2022)
Rebounds Senegal Amar Sylla Nevėžis–OPTIBET 16 Labas Gas (Jan 30, 2022)
Assists Lithuania Vaidas Kariniauskas Rytas 15 Nevėžis–OPTIBET (Feb 13, 2022)
Steals United States Markell Johnson Pieno žvaigždės 6 Nevėžis–OPTIBET (Nov 20, 2021)
Blocks United States Labas Gas 5 Pieno žvaigždės (Oct 17, 2021)

Source: LKL.LT

Team statistics[]

Category Team Average
Rating Rytas 107.62
Points Rytas 89.76
Rebounds Neptūnas 37.00
Assists Žalgiris 22.24
Steals Šiauliai–7bet 9.26
Blocks Labas Gas 3.71
Turnovers Neptūnas 16.75
FT % Žalgiris 80.61%
2-Point % Rytas 59.14%
3-Point % Žalgiris 40.97%

Source: LKL.LT

Sponsors[]

Title sponsor[]

  • Betsafe

General sponsor[]

Main sponsors[]

Sponsors[]

  • Rambyno
  • Pigu.lt
  • Apranga Group
  • UNIQA
  • Citybee
  • Molten

Technical partners[]

  • Cobalt
  • TŪTA
  • Persence
  • Alpera

Broadcast partners[]

  • Go3
  • BTV

References[]

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