2021–22 LKL season

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Season	2021–22
Teams	11
Records
Biggest home win	Žalgiris 103–77 Labas Gas; (31 October 2021)
Biggest away win	Šiauliai–7bet 64–97 Žalgiris; (17 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Rytas 89–111 Uniclub Casino – Juventus; (2 October 2021)
Winning streak	8 games; Žalgiris
Losing streak	7 games; Labas Gas
	All statistics correct as of 18 September 2021.

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

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
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[2]	Pre-season	Gediminas Petrauskas	21 June 2021[3]
Pieno žvaigždės	Gediminas Petrauskas	Signed by Nevėžis–OPTIBET	21 June 2021[4]		Mantas Šernius	22 June 2021[5]
Labas Gas	Mantas Šernius	Signed by Pieno žvaigždės	22 June 2021[6]		Marius Leonavičius	16 August 2021[7]
Dzūkija	Nikola Vasilev	Mutual consent	15 August 2021		Ramūnas Cvirka	15 August 2021[8]
Žalgiris	Martin Schiller	Sacked	08 October 2021[9]	1st (4–0)	Jure Zdovc	08 October 2021[10]
Neptūnas	Tomas Gaidamavičius	Mutual consent	11 December 2021[11]	9th (2–7)

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris	12	11	1	1090	924	+166	Advance to playoffs
2	Rytas	11	10	1	938	817	+121
3	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	11	8	3	972	916	+56
4	Lietkabelis	13	8	5	1052	958	+94
5	Šiauliai–7bet	11	7	4	899	876	+23
6	Dzūkija	11	5	6	850	869	−19
7	Cbet Jonava	11	5	6	853	857	−4
8	Neptūnas	10	3	7	772	850	−78
9	Nevėžis-OPTIBET	11	3	8	837	928	−91
10	Pieno žvaigždės	12	2	10	910	1012	−102
11	Labas GAS	11	0	11	818	984	−166

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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	16 Dec	88–76	20 Dec	8 Jan	58–69	12 Feb	80–86	—	—	27 Apr	—	—	—	2 Apr	20 Mar	3 Mar	13 Apr	10 Apr
Dzūkija	86–62	—	72–69	65–76	28 Dec	81–66	21 Jan	2 Jan	75–66	31 Jan	100–105	17 Feb	—	—	14 Apr	9 Apr	28 Mar	—	—	—	—	7 Mar
Labas GAS	29 Dec	21 Mar	—	65–92	62–87	30 Jan	79–87	68–82	88–109	18 Dec	78–81	—	6 Apr	—	—	7 Feb	18 Apr	—	—	—	7 Mar	3 Apr
Lietkabelis	3 Jan	14 Feb	22 Jan	—	83–62	60–67	88–70	29 Jan	6 Feb	92–89	69–73	16 Apr	—	12 Mar	—	—	—	21 Apr	11 Apr	26 Mar	—	14 Apr
Neptūnas	24 Jan	19 Jan	9 Jan	53–81	—	94–87	75–71	81–89	86–94	79–88	30 Jan	26 Mar	—	—	5 Mar	—	3 Apr	12 Apr	27 Apr	—	—	20 Apr
Nevėžis–OPTIBET	5 Feb	83–78	90–80	29 Dec	20 Dec	—	73–79	68–100	23 Jan	73–75	3 Jan	21 Apr	—	—	14 Apr	—	—	19 Mar	6 Mar	11 Apr	—	14 Apr
Pieno žvaigždės	76–80	75–81	12 Feb	97–107	24 Apr	10 Jan	—	66–76	29 Jan	76–90	69–85	—	18 Apr	27 Mar	—	—	—	—	—	27 Apr	9 Apr	16 Feb
Rytas	76–60	81–65	16 Feb	85–71	97–76	13 Feb	28 Dec	—	79–76	89–111	23 Jan	—	23 Apr	20 Apr	—	—	—	12 Mar	—	18 Dec	18 Apr	28 Mar
Šiauliai-7bet	93–87	10 Jan	2 Jan	74–97	15 Feb	91–77	84–62	4 Apr	—	13 Dec	64–97	—	13 Mar	14 Apr	—	20 Mar	—	—	—	—	21 Apr	13 Feb
Uniclub Casino – Juventus	89–86	101–84	88–75	8 Jan	3 Jan	15 Feb	94–82	5 Feb	70–79	—	27 Dec	—	2 Apr	—	19 Mar	14 Mar	25 Apr	—	—	—	—	27 Apr
Žalgiris	13 Mar	19 Dec	103–77	84–70	98–79	102–77	6 Feb	75–84	1 Apr	101–77	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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	Regular Season
	Champions League

Awards

All official awards of the 2021-22 LKL season.

Player of the month

Month	Player	Team	PIR	Source
2021
September	Jon Elmore	Šiauliai–7bet	19.7	[12]
October	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	28	[13]
November	Giedrius Staniulis	Šiauliai-7bet	26	[14]
December
2022
January
February
March
April

Statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	8	188	23.50
2.	Ivan Buva	Rytas	8	168	21.00
3.	Deividas Gailius	Neptūnas	6	117	19.50

Source: LKL.LT

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	8	166	20.75
2.	Ivan Buva	Rytas	8	151	18.88
3.	Jon Elmore	Šiauliai–7bet	7	123	17.57

Source: LKL.LT

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Giedrius Staniulis	Šiauliai–7bet	7	61	8.71
2.	Adam Łapeta	Dzūkija	7	51	7.29
3.	Benas Griciūnas	Neptūnas	7	49	7.00

Source: LKL.LT

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Žygimantas Janavičius	Neptūnas	7	43	6.14
2.	Jon Elmore	Šiauliai–7bet	7	35	5.00
3.	Donatas Sabeckis	Šiauliai–7bet	7	35	5.00

Source: LKL.LT

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Arnas Butkevičius	Rytas	8	1.88
Blocks	Juwan Josiah Durham	Labas Gas	7	2.29
Turnovers	Isiah Umipig	Labas Gas	5	4.00
Fouls drawn	Patrick Miller	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	8	5.50
Minutes	Justas Furmanavičius	Dzūkija	7	37:46
FT %	Martynas Mažeika	Neptūnas	4	100.00%
2-Point %	Klaidas Metrikis	Neptūnas	5	80.00%
3-Point %	Lukas Lekavičius	Žalgiris	7	72.73%

Source: LKL.LT

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	Opponent
Rating	Emmanuel Mudiay	Žalgiris	44	Dzūkija (Sep 23, 2021)
Points	Emmanuel Mudiay	Žalgiris	32	Dzūkija (Sep 23, 2021)
Rebounds	Giedrius Staniulis	Šiauliai–7bet	16	Neptūnas (Oct 31, 2021)
Assists	Mantas Kalnietis	Žalgiris	12	Nevėžis–OPTIBET (Oct 23, 2021)
Steals	Edvinas Šeškus	Cbet Jonava	5	Pieno žvaigždės (Oct 11, 2021)
Blocks	Juwan Josiah Durham	Labas Gas	5	Pieno žvaigždės (Oct 17, 2021)

Source: LKL.LT

Team statistics

Category	Team	Average
Rating	Žalgiris	112.89
Points	Žalgiris	91.56
Rebounds	Cbet Jonava	38.86
Assists	Žalgiris	21.89
Steals	Rytas	9.13
Blocks	Labas Gas	4.14
Turnovers	Labas Gas	17.14
FT %	Žalgiris	82.66%
2-Point %	Rytas	57.93%
3-Point %	Žalgiris	44.59%

Source: LKL.LT

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2021–22 LKL season

Teams

Location and arenas

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Lithuanian clubs in European competitions

Awards

Player of the month

Statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Individual game highs

Team statistics

Sponsors

Title sponsor

General sponsor

Main sponsors

Sponsors

Technical partners

Broadcast partners

References