# 2013–14 LKL season

The 2013–14 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 21st season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL).

## Competition format
### Regular season

During the regular season, which lasted from 26 September, until 27 April, all teams except Žalgiris, Lietuvos rytas and Neptūnas played 34 games (four against each other, and two against the three mentioned teams). The three mentioned teams only played twenty games, two against each team.

### Playoff round

The top eight teams in the regular season round were divided up into pairs, and each pair played two games (a third game was played if each team in the pair won a game). The semifinals were also played in that format. The playoff round lasted from 28 April until 20 May.
The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The final series for the first place were played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place were played in a best-of-five format.

## Regular season
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | L | % | PF | PA | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 20 | 18 | 2 | .900 | 1770 | 1426 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 2 | TonyBet | 34 | 25 | 9 | .735 | 2676 | 2552 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 3 | Neptūnas | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | 1650 | 1545 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 4 | Žalgiris | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | 1642 | 1428 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 5 | Pieno žvaigždės | 34 | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2578 | 2424 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 34 | 20 | 14 | .588 | 2754 | 2550 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 7 | Juventus | 34 | 14 | 20 | .412 | 2646 | 2633 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 8 | Nevėžis | 34 | 12 | 22 | .353 | 2358 | 2529 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 9 | Lietkabelis | 34 | 12 | 22 | .353 | 2432 | 2681 |
| 10 | Dzūkija | 34 | 11 | 23 | .324 | 2300 | 2580 |
| 11 | LSU-Atletas | 34 | 5 | 29 | .147 | 2470 | 2928 | Relegated |

### Notable Matches

* October 27, 2013 15:00
* Report
| Žalgiris | 78–79 | Šiauliai |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 9–23, 18–17, 31–15 |||
| Pts: Dentmon 15 Rebs: Jankūnas, Javtokas 7 Asts: Dentmon 9 | | Pts: Needham 18 Rebs: Pakamanis, Dillard 6 Asts: Pakamanis 5 |
* Kaunas, Lithuania Attendance: 4000 Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Rytis Sabas, Šarūnas Gabrilavičius
* December 1, 2013 15:00
* Report
| TonyBet | 101–83 | Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 29–13, 21–19, 30–29 |||
| Pts: Lukauskis 23 Rebs: Linkevičius 6 Asts: Valeika 9 | | Pts: Jankūnas 13 Rebs: Jankūnas, K.Lavrinovič 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 3 |
* Prienai, Lithuania Attendance: 1000 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas, Martynas Gudas, Gintaras Mačiulis
* December 22, 2013 16:00
* Report
| Lietuvos rytas | 90–58 | Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 23–12, 18–12, 19–18 |||
| Pts: Seibutis, Babrauskas 17 Rebs: Palacios 11 Asts: Cook 6 | | Pts: 3 players 8 Rebs: 3 players 6 Asts: Dentmon, Čižauskas 3 |
* Vilnius, Lithuania Attendance: 10800 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis
* January 28, 2014 19:00
* Report
| Neptūnas | 81–73 | Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 25–14, 25–21, 17–24 |||
| Pts: Runkauskas 25 Rebs: Galdikas 8 Asts: Girdžiūnas, Butkevičius 4 | | Pts: Dentmon 18 Rebs: Jankūnas 9 Asts: Jankūnas 6 |
* Klaipėda, Lithuania Attendance: 5800 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Ramūnas Žukauskas
* April 5, 2014 17:00
* Report
| Šiauliai | 89–84 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–24, 20–19, 30–25 |||
| Pts: Leslie 20 Rebs: 5 players 4 Asts: Needham 5 | | Pts: Jelovac 21 Rebs: Palacios, Jelovac 5 Asts: 3 players 5 |
* Šiauliai, Lithuania Attendance: 2500 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Artūras Šukys, Šarūnas Gabrilavičius
* April 7, 2014 19:00
* Report
| Žalgiris | 79–88 | Neptūnas |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 20–27, 20–21, 17–25 |||
| Pts: Jankūnas 16 Rebs: Jankūnas 12 Asts: Jasikevičius 4 | | Pts: Mažeika 18 Rebs: Galdikas 9 Asts: Mažeika, Brazelton 5 |
* Kaunas, Lithuania Attendance: 3460 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Gintaras Mačiulis
* April 15, 2014 18:00
* Report
| Pieno žvaigždės | 75–68 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 19–14, 19–13, 22–25 |||
| Pts: Jonušas 18 Rebs: Jonušas 9 Asts: 3 players 2 | | Pts: Songaila 16 Rebs: Palacios 12 Asts: Gecevičius 4 |
* Pasvalys, Lithuania Attendance: 850 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Martynas Gudas, Danielius Bandzevičius
* April 26, 2014 18:30
* Report
| Žalgiris | 84–86 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 25–21, 16–23, 20–29 |||
| Pts: Jankūnas 22 Rebs: Jankūnas 11 Asts: Dentmon 4 | | Pts: Dowdell 18 Rebs: Jelovac 3 Asts: Seibutis 4 |
* Kaunas, Lithuania Attendance: 10250 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Gytis Vilius

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 'finals | 'finals | 'finals |
| 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nevėžis | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nevėžis | 0 | 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Žalgiris | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Žalgiris | 2 | 4 | Žalgiris | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Pieno žvaigždės | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Pieno žvaigždės | 0 | | | | 4 | Žalgiris | 4 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Neptūnas | 2 |
| 2 | TonyBet | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | Neptūnas | 2 |
| 7 | Juventus | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Juventus | 0 | 2 | TonyBet | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Neptūnas | 2 |
| 3 | Neptūnas | 2 | 3 | Neptūnas | 2 | 1 | Lietuvos rytas | 3 |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 1 | | | | 2 | TonyBet | 0 |

## Statistics

| Rank | Name | G | Pts | PPG |
| 1 | Travis Leslie | 18 | 274 | 15.2 |
| 2 | Gintaras Leonavičius | 34 | 510 | 15.0 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | 27 | 390 | 14.4 |
| 4 | Juan Palacios | 18 | 257 | 14.3 |
| 5 | Egidijus Dimša | 33 | 457 | 13.9 |
| Rank | Name | G | Reb | RPG |
| 1 | Ivan Nelyubov | 18 | 150 | 8.3 |
| 2 | Tomas Urbonas | 24 | 197 | 8.2 |
| 3 | Paulius Jankūnas | 18 | 142 | 7.9 |
| 4 | Giedrius Staniulis | 24 | 187 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Valdas Dabkus | 20 | 154 | 7.7 |
| Rank | Name | G | Ast | APG |
| 1 | Omar Cook | 18 | 114 | 6.3 |
| 2 | Karolis Babkauskas | 31 | 181 | 5.8 |
| 3 | Rolandas Alijevas | 32 | 147 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Aidas Viskontas | 34 | 150 | 4.4 |
| 5 | Žygimantas Janavičius | 30 | 132 | 4.4 |
Updated: 26 May 2014