# 2016 King Mindaugas Cup

The 2016 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as KIDY Tour – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the first edition of the newly formed Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. It's managed by the Lithuanian Basketball League and the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. The competition was held in Vilnius, in the Siemens Arena on February 19–21, 2016.
Lietuvos rytas won the inaugural tournament, defeating Žalgiris 67–57 in the final. Their captain Antanas Kavaliauskas was awarded as MVP of the tournament. Neptūnas took the third place after a victory against Vytautas.

## Performers

The event included Leon Somov & Jazzu, Vaidas Baumila, Dee & Kamy and Jama&W musical performances.

## Qualified teams

Eight best ranked 2015–16 LKL season teams qualified into the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 1 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2142 | 1682 | +460 |
| 2 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | 25 | 20 | 5 | 2127 | 1830 | +297 |
| 3 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | 25 | 13 | 12 | 1899 | 1823 | +76 |
| 4 | Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2019 | 1988 | +31 |
| 5 | Juventus Utena | 25 | 12 | 13 | 1955 | 2059 | −104 |
| 6 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | 25 | 11 | 14 | 1850 | 1939 | −89 |
| 7 | Šiauliai | 25 | 10 | 15 | 1923 | 1991 | −68 |
| 8 | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | 25 | 9 | 16 | 1917 | 2033 | −116 |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals 19 February | Quarterfinals 19 February | Quarterfinals 19 February | Semifinals 20 February | Semifinals 20 February | Semifinals 20 February | Final 21 February | Final 21 February | Final 21 February |
| Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | 88 | | | | | | |
| Juventus Utena | Juventus Utena | 86 | | | | | | |
| Juventus Utena | Juventus Utena | 86 | Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | 67 | | | |
| | | | Žalgiris | Žalgiris | 90 | | | |
| Žalgiris | Žalgiris | 77 | Žalgiris | Žalgiris | 90 | | | |
| Nevėžis | Nevėžis | 64 | | | | | | |
| Nevėžis | Nevėžis | 64 | | | | Žalgiris | Žalgiris | 57 |
| | | | | | | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 67 |
| Neptūnas | Neptūnas | 96 | | | | | | | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 67 |
| Šiauliai | Šiauliai | 58 | | | |
| Šiauliai | Šiauliai | 58 | Neptūnas | Neptūnas | 79 | Bronze final | Bronze final | Bronze final |
| | | | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 97 |
| Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 88 | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 97 | | | |
| Lietkabelis | Lietkabelis | 82 | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals
### Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas vs. Juventus Utena

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 12 | Šarūnas Vasiliauskas | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| SG | 20 | Dainius Šalenga | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 7 | Laimonas Kisielius | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| PF | 8 | Vytautas Šulskis | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| C | 14 | Vaidas Čepukaitis | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 4 | Kajus Okmanas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 6 | Vilmantas Dilys | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| SG | 10 | Paulius Ivanauskas | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 22 | Domantas Šeškus | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 32 | Tomas Michnevičius | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Virginijus Šeškus ||||||
| Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | Juventus Utena |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 33 | Rolandas Alijevas | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| SG | 22 | Spencer Butterfield | 21 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 12 | Saulius Kulvietis | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 21 | Egidijus Dimša | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| C | 11 | Edgaras Želionis | 15 | 5 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 6 | Arminas Urbutis | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Martynas Linkevičius | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| SG | 17 | Laurynas Samėnas | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 25 | Ugnius Nikitinas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 40 | Chavaughn Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Antanas Sireika ||||||

### Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Nevėžis Kėdainiai

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Kaspars Vecvagars | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 10 | Renaldas Seibutis | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 7 | Martynas Pocius | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 3 | Siim-Sander Vene | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Ian Vougioukas | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 4 | Lukas Lekavičius | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 12 | Brock Motum | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| PF | 13 | Paulius Jankūnas | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 18 | Martynas Sajus | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| PG | 21 | Olivier Hanlan | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| SF | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius ||||||
| Žalgiris Kaunas | Nevėžis Kėdainiai |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 11 | Ernestas Ežerskis | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 9 | Darius Gvezdauskas | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 33 | Andrius Aleksandrovas | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 31 | Taylor King | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| C | 14 | Mindaugas Kupšas | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Chad Frazier | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 8 | Vaidotas Volkus | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 10 | Rokas Grinius | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 12 | Oleksandr Kolchenko | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| C | 15 | Simonas Kymantas | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 22 | Aidas Viskontas | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ramūnas Cvirka ||||||

### Neptūnas Klaipėda vs. Šiauliai

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Martynas Mažeika | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| SG | 13 | Travis Bader | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 51 | Arnas Butkevičius | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| PF | 45 | Jerai Grant | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| C | 15 | Vytautas Šarakauskas | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Daniel Ewing | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| SF | 6 | Arvydas Šikšnius | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 30 | Laurynas Beliauskas | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 41 | Donatas Zavackas | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 44 | Trent Plaisted | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| PF | 49 | Gilvydas Biruta | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dainius Adomaitis ||||||
| Neptūnas Klaipėda | Šiauliai |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | Mike Scott | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 20 | Cameron Ayers | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 21 | Artūras Jomantas | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| PF | 23 | David Dudzinski | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 33 | Domagoj Bubalo | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 6 | Eividas Mološčiakas | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 7 | Karolis Guščikas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 8 | Gintaras Leonavičius | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 9 | Tadas Pažėra | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 30 | Arūnas Sajavičius | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 50 | Assem Marei | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Gediminas Petrauskas ||||||

### Lietuvos rytas Vilnius vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Kendrick Brown | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| SG | 7 | Adas Juškevičius | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| SF | 13 | Deividas Gailius | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| PF | 14 | Gediminas Orelik | 13 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 16 | Adam Łapeta | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 8 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 12 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 17 | Denys Lukashov | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| PG | 19 | Žygimantas Janavičius | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| C | 21 | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 22 | Marius Runkauskas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 33 | Artūras Gudaitis | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Tomas Pačėsas ||||||
| Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 4 | Miljan Pavković | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| SG | 13 | Simas Buterlevičius | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 77 | Arnas Labuckas | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| PF | 42 | Valdas Vasylius | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| C | 9 | Mile Ilić | 21 | 5 | 4 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Jermaine Love | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| SG | 7 | Lukas Aukštikalnis | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 16 | Jurica Žuža | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 21 | Mantas Kazonas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 22 | Julius Kazakauskas | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Kazys Maksvytis ||||||

## Semifinals
### Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Kaspars Vecvagars | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| SG | 10 | Renaldas Seibutis | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| SF | 7 | Martynas Pocius | 17 | 6 | 3 |
| PF | 13 | Paulius Jankūnas | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Brock Motum | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 3 | Siim-Sander Vene | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| PG | 4 | Lukas Lekavičius | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Ian Vougioukas | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 18 | Martynas Sajus | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 21 | Olivier Hanlan | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius ||||||
| Žalgiris Kaunas | Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 12 | Šarūnas Vasiliauskas | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| SG | 10 | Paulius Ivanauskas | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 20 | Dainius Šalenga | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 7 | Laimonas Kisielius | 26 | 6 | 4 |
| C | 8 | Vytautas Šulskis | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 4 | Kajus Okmanas | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 22 | Domantas Šeškus | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 32 | Tomas Michnevičius | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Virginijus Šeškus ||||||

### Lietuvos rytas Vilnius vs. Neptūnas Klaipėda

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 17 | Denys Lukashov | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| SG | 22 | Marius Runkauskas | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 13 | Deividas Gailius | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 21 | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| C | 16 | Adam Łapeta | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 2 | Kendrick Brown | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| SG | 7 | Adas Juškevičius | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| SF | 8 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| PF | 12 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 14 | Gediminas Orelik | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| PG | 19 | Žygimantas Janavičius | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C | 33 | Artūras Gudaitis | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Tomas Pačėsas ||||||
| Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Martynas Mažeika | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| SG | 13 | Travis Bader | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 51 | Arnas Butkevičius | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 45 | Jerai Grant | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| C | 15 | Vytautas Šarakauskas | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Daniel Ewing | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| SF | 6 | Arvydas Šikšnius | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 30 | Laurynas Bieliauskas | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 41 | Donatas Zavackas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 44 | Trent Plaisted | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 49 | Gilvydas Biruta | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dainius Adomaitis ||||||

## Bronze final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 12 | Šarūnas Vasiliauskas | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 10 | Paulius Ivanauskas | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 20 | Dainius Šalenga | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 7 | Laimonas Kisielius | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| C | 8 | Vytautas Šulskis | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 4 | Kajus Okmanas | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| PG | 22 | Domantas Šeškus | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 32 | Tomas Michnevičius | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Virginijus Šeškus ||||||
| Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Martynas Mažeika | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| SG | 13 | Travis Bader | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 51 | Arnas Butkevičius | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 6 | Arvydas Šikšnius | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| C | 45 | Jerai Grant | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Daniel Ewing | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 15 | Vytautas Šarakauskas | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 30 | Laurynas Beliauskas | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 41 | Donatas Zavackas | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 44 | Trent Plaisted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 49 | Gilvydas Biruta | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dainius Adomaitis ||||||

## Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 4 | Lukas Lekavičius | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| SG | 10 | Renaldas Seibutis | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SF | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 13 | Paulius Jankūnas | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 12 | Brock Motum | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 3 | Siim-Sander Vene | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 7 | Martynas Pocius | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Ian Vougioukas | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 18 | Martynas Sajus | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Kaspars Vecvagars | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 21 | Olivier Hanlan | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius ||||||
| Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Kendrick Brown | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| SG | 22 | Marius Runkauskas | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 13 | Deividas Gailius | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| PF | 21 | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 20 | 7 | 4 |
| C | 33 | Artūras Gudaitis | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 7 | Adas Juškevičius | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| SG | 8 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 14 | Gediminas Orelik | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| C | 16 | Adam Łapeta | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| PG | 17 | Denys Lukashov | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 19 | Žygimantas Janavičius | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Tomas Pačėsas ||||||