# 2019–20 BC Žalgiris season

The 2019–20 BC Žalgiris season is the 76th season in the existence of the club. The club has been playing in the Betsafe-LKL, King Mindaugas Cup and the EuroLeague.

## Overview

During the off-season, Aaron White, Brandon Davies, Nate Wolters, Léo Westermann and Deon Thompson left, while Antanas Kavaliauskas announced retirement. Little used guard Donatas Sabeckis was also not re-signed. Lukas Lekavičius returned to the team after two seasons in Greece, and Alex Pérez was signed to replace Westermann. Jock Landale was signed to replace Davies, while Nigel Hayes was signed to replace White. Zach LeDay of Olympiacos was signed to complete the front court. Martinas Geben, signed to a long-term deal the previous summer, earned a spot on the roster after a successful season in Juventus Utena in the LKL, where he was named Season MVP. Marius Grigonis, who had a great season, was resigned to new contract. Coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius remained with the team for one more season.
Žalgiris won the King Mindaugas Cup, getting revenge and beating BC Rytas 80–60 in the finals. Edgaras Ulanovas was named the MVP of the tournament, his fourth such award in Lithuanian Cup competitions.

### Season suspension

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019-20 LKL season was ended prematurely, and with Žalgiris firmly leading the standings, Žalgiris was announced as the champion of the LKL, winning their 10th consecutive LKL championship. On 12 March 2020, Euroleague announced it was suspending its competitions due to the same reason.

## Players
### Squad information

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### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Jock Landale | Zach LeDay | Martinas Geben | |
| PF | Nigel Hayes | Paulius Jankūnas | | Erikas Venskus |
| SF | Edgaras Ulanovas | K. C. Rivers | | |
| SG | Marius Grigonis | Artūras Milaknis | Karolis Lukošiūnas | |
| PG | Thomas Walkup | Lukas Lekavičius | Rokas Jokubaitis | |

### On loan

BC Žalgiris players out on loan :
| Player | Position | Team | On loan since |
| Erikas Venskus | PF | Žalgiris-2 | November 2018 |
| Arnas Velička | PG | CBet | July 2019 |
| Laurynas Birutis | C | CBet | November 2019 |
| Gytis Masiulis | PF | Skyliners | May 2020 |

### Transactions
#### Players in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving from | Type | Date |
| 34 | C | Jock Landale | Partizan Belgrade | Buyout | May 2019 |
| 10 | F | Nigel Hayes | Galatasaray Istanbul | End of contract | June 2019 |
| 4 | PG | Lukas Lekavičius | Panathinaikos Athens | End of contract | June 2019 |
| 2 | PG | Alex Pérez | Bandırma Banvit | End of contract | July 2019 |
| 32 | C | Zach LeDay | Olympiacos Piraeus | Parted ways | July 2019 |
| 23 | C | Martinas Geben | Juventus Utena | End of loan | August 2019 |
| 16 | SG | Karolis Lukošiūnas | BC Šiauliai | Parted ways | August 2019 |
| 1 | G/F | K. C. Rivers | Real Betis Sevilla | Buyout | November 2019 |

#### Players out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving to | Type | Date |
| 2 | F/C | Deon Thompson | Unicaja Málaga | End of contract | June 2019 |
| 3 | G | Nate Wolters | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Buyout | June 2019 |
| 0 | C | Brandon Davies | FC Barcelona | Buyout | July 2019 |
| 44 | C | Antanas Kavaliauskas | | Retired | July 2019 |
| 9 | PG | Léo Westermann | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | Buyout | July 2019 |
| 30 | PF | Aaron White | Olimpia Milano | End of contract | July 2019 |
| 8 | PG | Donatas Sabeckis | Cibona Zagreb | End of contract$^1$ | July 2019 |
| 7 | SG | Martynas Varnas | CBet Prienai | End of contract$^1$ | July 2019 |
| 10 | G/F | Lukas Uleckas | CBet Prienai | Parted ways | July 2019 |
| 66 | G | Paulius Valinskas | Orléans Loiret Basket | Parted ways$^1$ | August 2019 |
| 23 | G/F | Matas Jogėla | Neptūnas Klaipėda | Parted ways$^1$ | September 2019 |
| 2 | PG | Alex Pérez | | Waived | December 2019 |
Notes:
* $^1$ On loan during the 2018–19 season.

## Club
### Technical Staff

| Position | Staff member |
| Director | Paulius Motiejūnas |
| Sports Director | Robertas Javtokas |
| Head coach | Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
| Assistant coaches | Darius Maskoliūnas |
| Assistant coaches | Tomas Masiulis |
| Assistant coaches | Evaldas Beržininkaitis |
| Athletic Coaches | Justinas Grainys |
| Athletic Coaches | Nerijus Navickas |
| Physiotherapist | Paulius Jacikas |
| Physician | Vytautas Kailius |
| Team Manager | Mindaugas Kvedaras |
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## Pre-season games

Win  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Betsafe-LKL | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2,135 | 1,680 | +455 | 091.67 |
| EuroLeague | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 2,213 | 2,142 | +71 | 042.86 |
| King Mindaugas Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 277 | +75 | 100.00 |
| Total | 56 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 4,700 | 4,099 | +601 | 067.86 |
Last updated: May 9, 2020 Source: Competitions

### Betsafe-LKL
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Žalgiris (C) | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2135 | 1680 | +455 | Already qualified for EuroLeague |
| 2 | Rytas | 24 | 17 | 7 | 2033 | 1812 | +221 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Lietkabelis | 24 | 16 | 8 | 1880 | 1740 | +140 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 4 | Neptūnas | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2009 | 1933 | +76 | Qualification for Champions League qualifying rounds |
| 5 | Juventus | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1847 | 1877 | −30 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 24 | 22 | 2 | 2135 | 1680 | +455 | 10 | 1 | 959 | 766 | +193 | 12 | 1 | 1176 | 914 | +262 |
Last updated: May 9, 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: May 9, 2020. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.
Win  Loss

#### Postponed matches
### EuroLeague
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 7 | Khimki | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2393 | 2380 | +13 |
| 8 | Fenerbahçe Beko | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2153 | 2188 | −35 |
| 9 | Žalgiris | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2213 | 2142 | +71 |
| 10 | Valencia Basket | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2252 | 2273 | −21 |
| 11 | Olympiacos | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2243 | 2282 | −39 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 28 | 12 | 16 | 2213 | 2142 | +71 | 7 | 7 | 1111 | 1054 | +57 | 5 | 9 | 1102 | 1088 | +14 |
Last updated: May 9, 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | | | | | | |
| Position | 14 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | |
Last updated: March 6, 2020. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.
Win  Loss

#### Postponed matches
### King Mindaugas Cup

The 2020 King Mindaugas Cup was 5th instance of the tournament presented to public on 1 December 2015, to replace the LKF Cup and the LKL All-Star Day. Final Four tournament was held in Švyturio arena, Klaipėda. Žalgiris set the new King Mindaugas Cup record, defeating Rytas 80:60 and becoming new Cup holders. Edgaras Ulanovas was named the Finals MVP. Forward scored 13 points, dished three assists, stole the ball twice and recorded 16 efficiency rating. It was the third time Ulanovas became King Mindaugas Cup Finals MVP.
Win  Loss

## Individual awards
### King Mindaugas Cup Finals MVP

* Edgaras Ulanovas

## Statistics

| Player | Left during season |

### Betsafe-LKL

| Player | GP | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | PPG | PIR |
| Martinas Geben | 24 | 16:22 | .722 | .200 | .847 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 8 | 11.6 |
| Marius Grigonis | 7 | 17:21 | .467 | .364 | .909 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 8 |
| Nigel Hayes | 24 | 19:23 | .494 | .350 | .767 | 3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Paulius Jankūnas | 23 | 15:46 | .506 | .476 | .842 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 10.2 |
| Rokas Jokubaitis | 19 | 17:12 | .590 | .457 | .808 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 8.8 |
| Jock Landale | 23 | 15:01 | .605 | .393 | .731 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 9 |
| Zach LeDay | 24 | 16:34 | .597 | .556 | .838 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 11 | 14.6 |
| Lukas Lekavičius | 24 | 17:28 | .471 | .283 | .920 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 7 |
| Karolis Lukošiūnas | 18 | 16:55 | .500 | .375 | .400 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 2.6 |
| Artūras Milaknis | 24 | 18:51 | .667 | .440 | .938 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 6.6 |
| K. C. Rivers | 13 | 16:55 | .586 | .446 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| Edgaras Ulanovas | 23 | 18:27 | .596 | .458 | .817 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 9.6 | 12.4 |
| Erikas Venskus | 4 | 10:56 | .750 | .000 | .000 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Thomas Walkup | 22 | 16:59 | .557 | .395 | .826 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1 | 7.1 | 11.9 |
| Alex Pérez | 7 | 20:05 | .520 | .154 | .813 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1 | 6.4 | 8.7 |
Last updated: May 9, 2020. Source:

### EuroLeague

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Martinas Geben | 20 | 9 | 8:08 | .659 | .000 | .765 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Marius Grigonis | 10 | 10 | 25:45 | .512 | .386 | .846 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.5 | 11.0 |
| Nigel Hayes | 28 | 10 | 22:18 | .438 | .372 | .758 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| Paulius Jankūnas | 27 | 12 | 13:41 | .481 | .143 | .759 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 4.9 |
| Rokas Jokubaitis | 10 | 0 | 6:25 | .417 | .500 | .750 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Jock Landale | 25 | 19 | 20:32 | .646 | .302 | .821 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.0 | 10.4 |
| Zach LeDay | 28 | 6 | 22:21 | .516 | .433 | .844 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 |
| Lukas Lekavičius | 27 | 3 | 19:55 | .584 | .392 | .862 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| Karolis Lukošiūnas | 6 | 0 | 2:43 | .000 | .200 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Artūras Milaknis | 28 | 10 | 22:04 | .706 | .395 | .833 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 5.7 |
| K. C. Rivers | 18 | 8 | 21:22 | .528 | .412 | .900 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 6.7 |
| Edgaras Ulanovas | 28 | 28 | 25:49 | .466 | .368 | .813 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 9.7 |
| Erikas Venskus | 2 | 0 | 1:48 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Thomas Walkup | 28 | 21 | 25:45 | .507 | .467 | .857 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 12.7 |
| Kerr Kriisa | 1 | 0 | 2:09 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Alex Pérez | 7 | 4 | 10:38 | .357 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
Last updated: May 6, 2020. Source: EuroLeague