2024–25 LKL season

Betsafe-LKL
Betsafe-LKL
Season	2024–25
Duration	21 September 2024 – 21 May 2025; (Regular season)
Teams	10
Records
Biggest home win	Žalgiris 101–46 M Basket-Delamode; (17 November 2024)
Biggest away win	Uniclub Bet – Juventus 67–128 Žalgiris; (29 December 2024)
Highest scoring	Rytas 118–109 Šiauliai–Casino Admiral; (26 October 2024)
Winning streak	12 games; Žalgiris
Losing streak	7 games; Neptūnas
Highest attendance	13,359; Žalgiris 78–67 Rytas; (8 December 2024)
Lowest attendance	502; M Basket-Delamode 77–98 Nevėžis–Optibet; (3 November 2024)
Seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga season, also called Betsafe–LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). Rytas are defending champions.

Teams

10 teams will participate in the 2024–25 season. Despite the announcement that no team will be relegated after 2023–24 due to Gargždai bankruptcy, last place finishers Pieno žvaigždės decided to withdraw from the league due to struggles to meet league's budget requirements.^[1] Due to decreased number of teams, the league's format was changed, with the format being same as 2020–21 season, where 10 teams will face-off each other 4 times with top 8 teams advancing into Playoffs.^[2]

Location of teams in 2024–25 LKL

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
7Bet–Lietkabelis	Panevėžys	Kalnapilio Arena	5,950
Cbet	Jonava	Jonava Arena	2,200
M Basket-Delamode	Telšiai	Telšiai sports arena	1,000
Neptūnas	Klaipėda	Švyturys Arena	6,200
Nevėžis–Optibet	Kėdainiai	Kėdainiai Arena	2,200
Rytas	Vilnius	Twinsbet Arena	10,000
Rytas	Vilnius	Active Vilnius Arena	2,500
Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Arena	5,700
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Utena	Utena Arena	2,000
Wolves Twinsbet	Vilnius	Twinsbet Arena	10,000
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgiris Arena	15,415

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)
7Bet–Lietkabelis	Nenad Čanak	Vytenis Lipkevičius	AGO	Lietkabelis, Norfa
Cbet	Mantas Šernius	Aurimas Majauskas	AGO	Litas, Talga
M Basket-Delamode	Marius Kiltinavičius	Donatas Sabeckis	Adikopas	Delamode Baltics, Saurida
Neptūnas	Georgios Vovoras	Deividas Gailius	AGO	Amberton Hotel Group, Solorina
Nevėžis–Optibet	Gediminas Petrauskas	Ignas Vaitkus	AGO	Autotoja, Optibet
Rytas	Giedrius Žibėnas	Margiris Normantas	AGO	Norfa, Švyturys
Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	Žydrūnas Urbonas	Saulius Kulvietis	AGO	AdmiralBet, Norfa
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Kęstutis Kemzūra	Žygimantas Skučas	Hustle Point	Umaras, Uniclub Bet, Utenos mėsa, Utenos nealkoholinis
Wolves Twinsbet	Alessandro Magro	Regimantas Miniotas	Adikopas	Twinsbet
Žalgiris	Andrea Trinchieri	Edgaras Ulanovas	Puma	Go3, Topsport

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Wolves Twinsbet	Nedas Pacevičius	End of contract	11 June 2024	Pre-season	Alessandro Magro	1 July 2024^[3]
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Oliver Kostić	Mutual agreement	28 May 2024^[4]		Vytautas Buzas	28 May 2024^[4]
Cbet	Virginijus Šeškus	Mutual agreement	15 July 2024^[5]		Mantas Šernius	15 July 2024^[6]
M Basket-Delamode	Nikola Vasilev	Mutual agreement	12 August 2024^[7]		Virginijus Šeškus	12 August 2024^[7]
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Vytautas Buzas	Appointed as assistant	10 November 2024^[8]	8th (3–5)	Kęstutis Kemzūra	10 November 2024^[9]
M Basket-Delamode	Virginijus Šeškus	Mutual agreement	22 November 2024^[10]	10th (1–8)	Marius Kiltinavičius	22 November 2024^[10]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris	18	16	2	1669	1342	+327	Advance to playoffs
2	Rytas	18	15	3	1614	1472	+142
3	Wolves Twinsbet	17	11	6	1549	1506	+43
4	Uniclub Bet – Juventus	18	10	8	1524	1531	−7
5	Cbet	18	8	10	1564	1640	−76
6	7Bet–Lietkabelis	18	8	10	1489	1487	+2
7	Neptūnas	18	7	11	1520	1574	−54
8	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	17	6	11	1560	1675	−115
9	Nevėžis–Optibet	18	5	13	1591	1617	−26
10	M Basket-Delamode	18	3	15	1467	1703	−236

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2025. Source: LKL.lt
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Percentage of wins; 3) Head–to–head record; 4) Head–to–head percentage of wins; 5) Head–to–head point difference; 6) Head–to–head points scored; 7) Point difference; 8) Points scored; 9) Lottery draw (Note: Head–to–head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[11]

Results

Home \ Away	LIE	JON	MAZ	NEP	NEV	RYT	SIA	JUV	WOL	ZAL
7Bet–Lietkabelis	—	86–88	82–78	81–89	93–82	67–84	93–76	90–98	83–81	85–89
—	13 May	19 Apr	30 Apr	22 Apr	15 Mar	12 Apr	20 May	30 Mar	3 May
Cbet	84–82	—	103–83	86–82	87–110	74–94	104–93	93–98	91–94	72–93
22 Mar	—	16 Apr	20 May	29 Mar	21 Apr	4 May	23 Apr	2 Mar	11 May
M Basket–Delamode	93–87	72–83	—	107–96	77–98	83–93	93–95	46–91	86–95	82–88
17 May	6 May	—	15 Mar	5 Apr	26 Apr	1 Mar	3 May	8 Mar	13 Apr
Neptūnas	56–63	90–87	99–63	—	94–107	76–94	80–90	63–74	89–74	70–97
2 Mar	5 Apr	14 May	—	4 May	12 Apr	27 Apr	17 May	15 Apr	30 Mar
Nevėžis–Optibet	78–85	93–105	93–87	74–83	—	83–93	106–90	74–78	85–90	76–89
15 Apr	26 Apr	11 May	9 Mar	—	21 May	17 May	16 Mar	7 May	23 Mar
Rytas	90–78	84–80	109–98	84–90	89–69	—	118–109	90–76	71–82	91–88
10 May	29 Apr	22 Mar	24 Apr	1 Mar	—	13 May	16 Apr	6 Apr	9 Mar
Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	96–92	103–93	103–107	108–103	95–91	79–89	—	98–100	5 Mar	63–91
6 May	9 Mar	30 Apr	22 Mar	19 Apr	29 Mar	—	5 Apr	22 Apr	21 May
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	70–79	79–80	92–72	92–99	91–84	78–86	101–88	—	100–110	67–128
8 Mar	13 Apr	29 Mar	21 Apr	14 May	7 May	10 May	—	30 Apr	26 Apr
Wolves Twinsbet	82–97	103–90	95–94	102–86	103–102	84–88	103–93	67–72	—	100–82
27 Apr	18 May	21 May	11 May	12 Apr	4 May	17 Mar	23 Mar	—	19 Apr
Žalgiris	73–66	101–64	101–46	91–75	88–86	78–67	111–81	84–67	97–84	—
6 Apr	16 Mar	24 Apr	7 May	29 Apr	18 May	16 Apr	2 Mar	14 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2025. Source: LKL.lt
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Žalgiris	42,431	13,359	2,694	4,714	−5.1%^†
2	Wolves Twinsbet	28,479	7,139	1,409	3,164	−1.8%^†
3	Rytas	27,514	8,491	1,349	3,057	−18.8%^†
4	Neptūnas	22,417	4,889	1,573	2,490	+19.3%^†
5	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	19,775	4,757	1,416	2,471	+34.4%^†
6	7Bet–Lietkabelis	16,994	4,096	1,126	1,888	−16.5%^†
7	Uniclub Bet – Juventus	13,345	2,827	732	1,482	+4.1%^†
8	Nevėžis–Optibet	10,637	1,552	877	1,181	+8.2%^†
9	Cbet	10,226	1,988	796	1,136	+12.7%^†
10	M Basket-Delamode	6,359	1,103	502	706	−7.8%^†
	League total	198,177	13,359	502	2,226	+2.3%^†

Source: LKL.lt

Statistics

Source: LKL.lt
Last updated: 10 February 2025

Performance Index Rating

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Rating	PIR
1	Kay Bruhnke	M Basket–Delamode	12	248	20.7
2	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	15	300	20
3	Amit Ebo	Nevėžis–Optibet	17	323	19
4	Joseph Girard III	Nevėžis–Optibet	18	336	18.7
5	Gerry Blakes	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	17	303	17.8

Points

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Points	PPG
1	Joseph Girard III	Nevėžis–Optibet	18	381	21.2
2	Gerry Blakes	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	17	348	20.5
3	Kay Bruhnke	M Basket–Delamode	12	226	18.8
4	Chauncey Collins	M Basket–Delamode	13	230	17.7
5	Dominic Green	Uniclub Bet–Juventus	18	311	17.3

Rebounds

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Arnaldo Toro	Uniclub Bet–Juventus	18	144	8
2	Martynas Pacevičius	Neptūnas	13	93	7.2
3	Giedrius Staniulis	M Basket–Delamode	12	78	6.5
4	Lukas Uleckas	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	9	58	6.4
5	Sukhmail Mathon	M Basket–Delamode	9	58	6.4

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Amit Ebo	Nevėžis–Optibet	17	153	9
2.	Desure Buie	Neptūnas	18	125	6.9
3.	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	15	87	5.8
4.	Donatas Sabeckis	M Basket–Delamode	17	98	5.8
5.	Sylvain Francisco	Žalgiris	15	82	5.5

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Club	Opponent	Statistic
PIR	Bohdan Blyzniuk	Cbet	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral (Dec 16, 2024)	43
Points	Margiris Normantas	Rytas	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral (Oct 26, 2024)	34
Points	Chauncey Collins	M Basket–Delamode	Wolves Twinsbet (Dec 29, 2024)	34
Rebounds	Martynas Pacevičius	Neptūnas	Wolves Twinsbet (Oct 12, 2024)	17
Assists	Donatas Sabeckis	M Basket–Delamode	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral (Sep 29, 2024)	13
Steals	Mantas Rubštavičius	7bet–Lietkabelis	Uniclub Bet–Juventus (Oct 26, 2024)	5
	Desure Buie	Neptūnas	Uniclub Bet–Juventus (Nov 30, 2024)
	Donatas Sabeckis	M Basket–Delamode	7bet–Lietkabelis (Dec 14, 2024)
Blocks	Steven Enoch	Rytas	Nevėžis–Optibet (Dec 14, 2024)	4
Blocks	Ed Croswell	Nevėžis–Optibet	Cbet (Feb 2, 2025)	4

Other statistics

Category	Player	Club	Games	Average
Steals	Desure Buie	Neptūnas	18	1.6
Blocks	Kay Bruhnke	M Basket–Delamode	12	1.3
Turnovers	Amit Ebo	Nevėžis–Optibet	17	3.9
Fouls drawn	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	15	6.4
Minutes	Kay Bruhnke	M Basket–Delamode	12	32:24
FT %	Karolis Lukošiūnas	Uniclub Bet–Juventus	13	100%
	Radvilas Kneižys	Neptūnas	12
	Nojus Mineikis	M Basket–Delamode	9
2-Point %	Alen Smailagić	Žalgiris	14	90.2%
3-Point %	Vytenis Čižauskas	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	9	57.1%

Club statistics

Category	Club	Average
PIR	Žalgiris	112.2
Points	Žalgiris	92.7
Rebounds	Rytas	39.2
Assists	Žalgiris	21.7
Steals	Cbet	7.2
Blocks	Žalgiris	2.9
Turnovers	M Basket–Delamode	15
FT %	Wolves Twinsbet	81.8%
2-Point %	Žalgiris	60.1%
3-Point %	Žalgiris	40%

Awards

All official awards of the 2024–25 LKL season.

Player of the month

Month	Player	Team	PIR	Source
2024
September–October	Anthony Cowan Jr.	Wolves Twinsbet	19.3	^[12]
November	Kay Bruhnke	M Basket–Delamode	24	^[13]
December	Chauncey Collins	M Basket–Delamode	29	^[14]
2025
January
February
March
April

LKL clubs in international competitions

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Žalgiris	EuroLeague	Regular season		12–13
Wolves Twinsbet	EuroCup	Regular season Group A	4th place out of 10 teams	11–8
Wolves Twinsbet		Eightfinal	vs. U-BT Cluj-Napoca	11–8
7Bet–Lietkabelis		Regular season Group B	9th place out of 10 teams	5–13

FIBA competitions
Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Rytas	Champions League	Regular season Group F	1st place out of 4 teams (5–1)	6–2
Rytas		Round of 16 Group J		6–2
Uniclub Bet – Juventus		Qualifying tournament 4 Quarter–finals	Win vs. Spartak Office Shoes	1–1
Uniclub Bet – Juventus		Qualifying tournament 4 Semi–finals	Loss vs. Dinamo BDS Sassari	1–1
Neptūnas	FIBA Europe Cup	Qualifying round	Loss vs. Surne Bilbao Basket	0–2

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[14] "Galinga gruodžio atkarpa atnešė Ch. Collinsui mėnesio MVP titulą: „Tai pastovių treniruočių rezultatas"". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

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