# 2023–24 King Mindaugas Cup

The 2023–24 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the ninth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Žalgiris successfully defended the title for the 4th time in a row after defeating 7Bet–Lietkabelis in the final 86–70.

## Format

All 12 teams from 2023–24 LKL season and one wildcard team from 2023–24 NKL season participated in this tournament. Five teams that participated in Euroleague Basketball and FIBA tournaments, have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while the remaining teams were drawn into two groups, with the group winners advancing straight to the Quarterfinals, while second-placed teams faced off each other for the final Quarterfinals spot.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | NEP | JUV | GAR | MAZ |
| 1 | Neptūnas | 6 | 5 | 1 | 547 | 513 | +34 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 92–90 | 84–78 | 109–80 |
| 2 | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 517 | 463 | +54 | Advance to Eightfinal | 92–78 | — | 84–61 | 90–91 |
| 3 | Gargždai | 6 | 2 | 4 | 478 | 514 | −36 | | 87–97 | 66–75 | — | 95–93 |
| 4 | M Basket-Delamode | 6 | 1 | 5 | 506 | 558 | −52 | | 86–87 | 75–86 | 81–91 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | SIA | NEV | OLI | PZV |
| 1 | Šiauliai | 6 | 5 | 1 | 565 | 506 | +59 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 89–74 | 82–90 | 104–93 |
| 2 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 6 | 3 | 3 | 525 | 512 | +13 | Advance to Eightfinal | 98–102 | — | 83–57 | 112–107 |
| 3 | Olimpas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 457 | 474 | −17 | | 75–88 | 77–66 | — | 80–71 |
| 4 | Pieno žvaigždės | 6 | 1 | 5 | 511 | 566 | −55 | | 76–100 | 80–92 | 84–78 | — |

## Eightfinal

Second ranked teams from each group faced-off each other in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a match. The winner earned the last quarterfinals spot.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 208–203 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 107–90 | 101–113 |

## Quarterfinals

Five teams have received byes to the Quarterfinals stage due to participating in FIBA and Euroleague Basketball competitions. Those teams are:
* 7Bet–Lietkabelis
* Cbet
* Rytas
* Wolves
* Žalgiris
All qualified teams will be drawn into pairs, where they will face-off each other in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a match. The winners of each pair would then qualify for the Final four.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Žalgiris | 177–158 | Wolves | 95–76 | 82–82 |
| Rytas | 202–153 | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 98–86 | 104–67 |
| 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 168–167 | Neptūnas | 89–91 | 79–76 |
| Cbet | 149–163 | Šiauliai | 77–80 | 72–83 |

## Final four

The final four was hosted by the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas on 17–18 February 2024.
| Semifinals 17 February | Semifinals 17 February | Final 18 February | Final 18 February |
| Žalgiris | 87 | | |
| Šiauliai | 77 | | |
| Šiauliai | 77 | Žalgiris | 86 |
| | | 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 70 |
| Rytas | 86 | 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 70 |
| 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 94 | Third place 18 February | Third place 18 February |
| | | Šiauliai | 89 |
| | | Rytas | 94 |

### Semifinals

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Keenan Evans | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 9 | Dovydas Giedraitis | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 10 | Rolands Šmits | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| PF | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 45 | Brady Manek | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 4 | Lukas Lekavičius | 17 | 1 | 4 |
| C | 8 | Kevarrius Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Laurynas Birutis | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| G | 26 | Edmond Sumner | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 33 | Tomas Dimša | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| F/C | 35 | Danielius Lavrinovičius | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 51 | Arnas Butkevičius | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Trinchieri ||||||
| Žalgiris | Šiauliai |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | L.J. Thorpe | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| SG | 4 | Eimantas Stankevičius | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Daniel Baslyk | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| PF | 8 | Ben Vander Plas | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 21 | Tomaš Pavelka | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 3 | Karolis Giedraitis | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Shaquille Keith | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| F/C | 25 | Dovydas Romančenko | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| G/F | 29 | Nojus Mineikis | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| SG | 45 | Deividas Žukauskas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 77 | Paulius Danusevičius | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Žydrūnas Urbonas ||||||
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 17 | Marcus Foster | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| SG | 8 | R. J. Cole | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 4 | Justin Gorham | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Gytis Radzevičius | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| C | 12 | Javin DeLaurier | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Arnas Velička | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| G | 2 | Margiris Normantas | 14 | 3 | 3 |
| G/F | 10 | Lukas Uleckas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Martynas Echodas | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| PF | 21 | Gytis Masiulis | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| PG | 22 | Gantas Križanauskas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F/C | 41 | Oskaras Pleikys | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Giedrius Žibėnas ||||||
| Rytas | 7Bet–Lietkabelis |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Diante Baldwin | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| SG | 91 | Deividas Sirvydis | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| SF | 10 | Vytenis Lipkevičius | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 17 | Gediminas Orelik | 13 | 4 | 4 |
| C | 41 | Đorđe Gagić | 31 | 10 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 2 | Dovis Bičkauskis | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| G/F | 3 | Liutauras Lelevičius | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 9 | Nikas Stuknys | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 11 | Džiugas Slavinskas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| F/C | 12 | Gabrielius Maldūnas | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| G/F | 13 | Martynas Varnas | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| PG | 66 | Paulius Valinskas | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Nenad Čanak (basketball) ||||||

### Third place

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | L.J. Thorpe | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| SG | 4 | Eimantas Stankevičius | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 8 | Ben Vander Plas | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| PF | 9 | Daniel Baslyk | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 21 | Tomaš Pavelka | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 3 | Karolis Giedraitis | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Shaquille Keith | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| F/C | 25 | Dovydas Romančenko | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| G/F | 29 | Nojus Mineikis | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 45 | Deividas Žukauskas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 77 | Paulius Danusevičius | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Žydrūnas Urbonas ||||||
| Šiauliai | Rytas |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 17 | Marcus Foster (basketball) | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 8 | R. J. Cole | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| SF | 7 | Gytis Radzevičius | 15 | 6 | 6 |
| PF | 4 | Justin Gorham | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Javin DeLaurier | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 2 | Margiris Normantas | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| G/F | 10 | Lukas Uleckas | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Martynas Echodas | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| PF | 21 | Gytis Masiulis | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 22 | Gantas Križanauskas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F/C | 41 | Oskaras Pleikys | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Giedrius Žibėnas ||||||

### Final

* 2023–24 King Mindaugas Cup champions
* Žalgiris (7th title)

## Three-Point contest

Contestants :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | First round | Second round | Final round |
| G | Sean McNeil | Nevėžis–Optibet | 1.90 | 95 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| G/F | Artis Ate | Pieno žvaigždės | 1.93 | 88 | 18 | – | – |
| G | Eimantas Stankevičius | Šiauliai | 1.92 | 90 | 18 | – | – |
| G | Ivan Gandia-Rosa | CBet | 1.85 | 87 | 18 | – | – |
| G | Martynas Gecevičius | M Basket–Delamode | 1.93 | 95 | 22 | 18 | – |
| G | Ignas Sargiūnas | Neptūnas | 1.96 | 86 | 13 | – | – |
| G | Liutauras Lelevičius | 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 2.01 | 90 | 18 | – | – |
| G | Marius Valinskas | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 1.87 | 81 | 11 | – | – |
| G | Rasheed Sulaimon | Wolves | 1.94 | 93 | 19 | 20 | 16 |
| G/F | Lukas Uleckas | Rytas | 1.99 | 93 | 12 | – | – |
| F/C | Danielius Lavrinovičius | Žalgiris | 2.06 | 105 | 22 | 17 | – |
| G | Edvinas Paulauskas | — | 1.90 | 80 | 15 | – | – |
| G | Brandon Tabb | Pieno žvaigždės | 1.93 | 89 | 14 | – | – |
^REP Lukas Uleckas was selected as Arnas Velička replacement. ^C After the contest, it was noted that Rasheed Sulaimon scored only 16 points instead of 18 points and the series should have been tied. The LKL presented a prize of the same value to Sean McNeil and the contest title is shared between these two players.