# 2024–25 King Mindaugas Cup

The 2024–25 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the tenth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Žalgiris successfully defended the title for the 5th time in a row after defeating Neptūnas in the final 91–89.

## Format

All 10 teams from 2024–25 LKL season participated in this tournament. Four teams that participated in Euroleague Basketball and FIBA tournaments, have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while the remaining teams will participate in round-robin stage, with the Top 4 teams advancing to the Quarterfinals.

## Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | JON | SIA | NEP | NEV | MAZ | JUV |
| 1 | Cbet | 10 | 6 | 4 | 912 | 869 | +43 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 87–84 | 88–84 | 93–80 | 89–74 | 90–87 |
| 2 | Šiauliai–Casino Admiral | 10 | 6 | 4 | 967 | 965 | +2 | Advance to Quarterfinals | 90–104 | — | 102–82 | 88–109 | 99–100 | 87–83 |
| 3 | Neptūnas | 10 | 6 | 4 | 961 | 890 | +71 | Advance to Quarterfinals | 111–110 | 101–104 | — | 86–88 | 106–71 | 105–74 |
| 4 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 10 | 5 | 5 | 910 | 897 | +13 | Advance to Quarterfinals | 87–84 | 104–108 | 101–102 | — | 89–71 | 93–89 |
| 5 | M Basket-Delamode | 10 | 4 | 6 | 796 | 894 | −98 | | 78–76 | 85–91 | 70–91 | 89–85 | — | 73–86 |
| 6 | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 10 | 3 | 7 | 874 | 905 | −31 | | 94–91 | 110–114 | 82–93 | 87–74 | 82–85 | — |

## Quarterfinals

Four teams have received byes to the Quarterfinals stage due to participating in FIBA and Euroleague Basketball competitions. Those teams are:
* 7bet–Lietkabelis
* Rytas
* Wolves Twinsbet
* 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. The draw took place on 15 December.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rytas | 155–159 | Neptūnas | 78–67 | 77–92 |
| Wolves Twinsbet | 180–149 | Cbet | 95–77 | 85–72 |
| Žalgiris | 199–173 | Šiauliai | 107–88 | 92–85 |
| 7bet–Lietkabelis | 155–146 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 78–79 | 77–67 |

## Final four

The final four was hosted by the Twinsbet Arena in Vilnius on 15–16 February 2025.
| Semifinals 15 February | Semifinals 15 February | Final 16 February | Final 16 February |
| Neptūnas | 87 | | |
| Wolves Twinsbet | 83 | | |
| Wolves Twinsbet | 83 | Neptūnas | 89 |
| | | Žalgiris | 91 |
| Žalgiris | 79 | Žalgiris | 91 |
| 7bet–Lietkabelis | 56 | Third place 16 February | Third place 16 February |
| | | Wolves Twinsbet | 91 |
| | | 7bet–Lietkabelis | 100 |

### Semifinals

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Desure Buie | 22 | 6 | 7 |
| SG | 10 | Nate Johnson (basketball player 1998) | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 24 | Zane Waterman | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 11 | Matas Repšys | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Tomáš Pavelka (basketball) | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Radvilas Kneižys | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 4 | Žygimantas Janavičius | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 8 | Mindaugas Girdžiūnas | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F/C | 9 | Martynas Pacevičius | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| G/F | 13 | Deividas Gailius | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 20 | Myles Hesson | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| G/F | 21 | Arnas Beručka | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Georgios Vovoras ||||||
| Neptūnas | Wolves Twinsbet |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 1 | Anthony Cowan Jr. | 21 | 1 | 8 |
| SG | 23 | Matas Jogėla | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 44 | Jeffery Taylor | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 10 | Regimantas Miniotas | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 22 | Marek Blaževič | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 4 | Garrison Brooks | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 11 | Justinas Marcinkevičius (basketball) | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 12 | Andrew Andrews | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| PG | 13 | Kristupas Žemaitis | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 15 | Tre'Shawn Thurman | 20 | 9 | 0 |
| F | 98 | Arnoldas Kulboka | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Alessandro Magro ||||||
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Sylvain Francisco | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| SG | 8 | Ignas Brazdeikis | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| SF | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| PF | 51 | Arnas Butkevičius | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 42 | Bryant Dunston | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G/F | 0 | Mantas Juzėnas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 1 | Lonnie Walker IV | 19 | 5 | 3 |
| C | 15 | Laurynas Birutis | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| F/C | 18 | Alen Smailagić | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 21 | Matt Mitchell (basketball) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 45 | Brady Manek | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G/F | 91 | Deividas Sirvydis | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Trinchieri ||||||
| Žalgiris | 7bet–Lietkabelis |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Dovis Bičkauskis | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| SG | 17 | Mantas Rubštavičius | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 16 | Georgios Kalaitzakis | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 77 | Paulius Danusevičius | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 41 | Đorđe Gagić | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Dominykas Stenionis | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 10 | Vytenis Lipkevičius | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F/C | 12 | Gabrielius Maldūnas | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| G/F | 13 | Martynas Varnas | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 18 | Grantas Vasiliauskas | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| F/C | 35 | Danielius Lavrinovičius | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 50 | Oleksandr Kovliar | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Nenad Čanak (basketball) ||||||

### Third place

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 13 | Kristupas Žemaitis | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| SG | 23 | Matas Jogėla | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 44 | Jeffery Taylor | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 98 | Arnoldas Kulboka | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| C | 22 | Marek Blaževič | 21 | 7 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Anthony Cowan Jr. | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 4 | Garrison Brooks | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| F/C | 10 | Regimantas Miniotas | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 11 | Justinas Marcinkevičius (basketball) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 12 | Andrew Andrews | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 15 | Tre'Shawn Thurman | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Alessandro Magro ||||||
| Wolves Twinsbet | 7bet–Lietkabelis |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Dovis Bičkauskis | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| SG | 17 | Mantas Rubštavičius | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 16 | Georgios Kalaitzakis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 77 | Paulius Danusevičius | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| C | 41 | Đorđe Gagić | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Dominykas Stenionis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 10 | Vytenis Lipkevičius | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| F/C | 12 | Gabrielius Maldūnas | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| G/F | 13 | Martynas Varnas | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 18 | Grantas Vasiliauskas | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| F/C | 35 | Danielius Lavrinovičius | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 50 | Oleksandr Kovliar | 30 | 3 | 7 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Nenad Čanak (basketball) ||||||

### Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 4 | Žygimantas Janavičius | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| SG | 10 | Nate Johnson (basketball player 1998) | 22 | 5 | 3 |
| SF | 21 | Arnas Beručka | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 24 | Zane Waterman | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Tomáš Pavelka (basketball) | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Radvilas Kneižys | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 7 | Desure Buie | 23 | 5 | 6 |
| G | 8 | Mindaugas Girdžiūnas | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| F/C | 9 | Martynas Pacevičius | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 11 | Matas Repšys | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G/F | 13 | Deividas Gailius | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 20 | Myles Hesson | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Georgios Vovoras ||||||
| Neptūnas | Žalgiris |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Sylvain Francisco | 16 | 7 | 5 |
| SG | 8 | Ignas Brazdeikis | 20 | 5 | 3 |
| SF | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| PF | 51 | Arnas Butkevičius | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Laurynas Birutis | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G/F | 0 | Mantas Juzėnas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 1 | Lonnie Walker IV | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| F/C | 18 | Alen Smailagić | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 21 | Matt Mitchell (basketball) | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| C | 42 | Bryant Dunston | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| PF | 45 | Brady Manek | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G/F | 91 | Deividas Sirvydis | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Trinchieri ||||||
* 2024–25 King Mindaugas Cup champions
* Žalgiris (8th title)

## Three-Point contest

Contestants :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | First round | Semifinal | Final |
| G/F | Nojus Mineikis | M Basket–Delamode | 2.01 | 95 | 15 | – | – |
| G | Chauncey Collins | M Basket–Delamode | 1.85 | 85 | 13 | – | – |
| G | Nedas Montvila | Nevėžis–Optibet | 1.94 | 91 | 9 | – | – |
| G | Desure Buie | Neptūnas | 1.80 | 73 | 16 | – | – |
| G | Eimantas Stankevičius | Šiauliai–Casino Admiral | 1.92 | 90 | 23 | 15 | – |
| F/C | Erikas Venskus | Cbet | 2.05 | 100 | 14 | – | – |
| G | Laurynas Beliauskas | Uniclub Bet – Juventus | 1.92 | 84 | 17 | 19 | 26 |
| G | Dominykas Stenionis | 7bet–Lietkabelis | 1.79 | 75 | 7 | – | – |
| F | Arnoldas Kulboka | Wolves Twinsbet | 2.06 | 104 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
| G | Ignas Sargiūnas | Rytas | 1.96 | 86 | 15 | – | – |
| G/F | Mantas Juzėnas | Žalgiris | 2.00 | 91 | 10 | – | – |
| F | Šarūnas Knyšius | NKA I Hegelmann Litauen | 1.55 | 40 | 17 | 11 | – |