# 2018 King Mindaugas Cup

The 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as SIL – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the third edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. On 7 December 2017 it was announced that Klaipėda would host the tournament.
Žalgiris was the defending champions. Žalgiris successfully defended its title after beating BC Lietuvos rytas in the Final.

## Format changes

After a lot of criticism during last year's tournament Lithuanian Basketball League changed distribution of quarterfinals games venues, awarding them directly to seeded teams instead of previously held open draw. LKL Cheerleaders Battles final was added to complement the event alongside traditional Three-point and Slam Dunk contests.

## Draw

The draw of the 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė will be held on 16 January 2018.

## Qualified teams

Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2017–18 LKL regular season will qualify to the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Žalgiris | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1233 | 982 | +251 | Seeded |
| 2 | Neptūnas | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1283 | 1157 | +126 | Seeded |
| 3 | Lietuvos rytas | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1263 | 1136 | +127 | Seeded |
| 4 | Lietkabelis | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1229 | 1159 | +70 | Seeded |
| 5 | Juventus | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1189 | 1225 | −36 | Non-seeded |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1115 | 1252 | −137 | Non-seeded |
| 7 | Pieno žvaigždės | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1187 | 1286 | −99 | Non-seeded |
| 8 | Dzūkija | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1109 | 1273 | −164 | Non-seeded |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals 13–14 February | Quarter-finals 13–14 February | Semi-finals 17 February | Semi-finals 17 February | Final 18 February | Final 18 February |
| Neptūnas | 77 | | |
| Dzūkija | 85 | | |
| Dzūkija | 85 | Dzūkija | 61 |
| | | Lietuvos rytas | 81 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 91 | Lietuvos rytas | 81 |
| Juventus | 88 | | | | |
| Juventus | 88 | | | Lietuvos rytas | 62 |
| | | | | Žalgiris | 81 |
| Lietkabelis | 86 | | | Žalgiris | 81 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 76 | | | | |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 76 | Lietkabelis | 74 | | |
| | | Žalgiris | 88 |
| Žalgiris | 85 | Žalgiris | 88 |
| Šiauliai | 78 | | |

## Quarter-finals
### Neptūnas Klaipėda vs. Dzūkija Alytus

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | Brandon Fields | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 10 | Renaldas Seibutis | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 88 | Vytautas Šulskis | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 11 | Edgaras Želionis | 13 | 12 | 2 |
| C | 21 | Simas Galdikas | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Jerry Johnson | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| F | 7 | Laimonas Kisielius | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| G | 9 | Tomas Delininkaitis | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| F | 19 | Laimonas Chatkevičius | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 23 | Mindaugas Kačinas | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 25 | Matas Jucikas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 30 | Laurynas Beliauskas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Kazys Maksvytis ||||||
| Neptūnas Klaipėda | Dzūkija Alytus |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Parrish Petty | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| SG | 32 | Gediminas Navickas | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| SF | 19 | Nikolaos Stylianou | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| PF | 14 | Paulius Petrilevičius | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| C | 15 | Povilas Čukinas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 10 | Charles Callison | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 11 | Paulius Danisevičius | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| F | 12 | Mindaugas Sušinskas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 21 | Anatoly Kashirov | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 31 | Alan Wiggins | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 77 | Gediminas Žalalis | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Alar Varrak ||||||

### Lietkabelis Panevėžys vs. Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Lorenzo Williams | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| SG | 6 | Lukas Aukštikalnis | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 13 | Simas Jasaitis | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 50 | Žygimantas Skučas | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| C | 14 | Vaidas Čepukaitis | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 1 | Donatas Tarolis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 7 | Darjuš Lavrinovič | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| G | 8 | Gintaras Leonavičius | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Arnas Velička | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 12 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| G | 30 | Dominik Mavra | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 31 | Žanis Peiners | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ramūnas Butautas ||||||
| Lietkabelis Panevėžys | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 8 | Trevon Hughes | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 1 | Jahenns Manigat | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| SF | 14 | Osvaldas Olisevičius | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| PF | 13 | Vyacheslav Bobrov | 16 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 18 | Lis Shoshi | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 5 | Steponas Babrauskas | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 6 | Šarūnas Valunta | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 7 | Tomas Galeckas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 9 | Ignas Fiodorovas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 11 | Tomas Lekūnas | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 21 | Nikita Balashov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 23 | Martynas Varnas | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Gediminas Petrauskas ||||||

### Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Šiauliai

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Kevin Pangos | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| SG | 66 | Paulius Valinskas | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| PF | 13 | Paulius Jankūnas | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 0 | Brandon Davies | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 6 | Axel Toupane | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 19 | Martynas Sajus | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 20 | Gytis Masiulis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 21 | Artūras Milaknis | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 22 | Vasilije Micić | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| F | 30 | Aaron White | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 44 | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius ||||||
| Žalgiris Kaunas | Šiauliai |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 8 | Donatas Sabeckis | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| SG | 2 | Nick Zeisloft | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 0 | Akeem Wright | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| PF | 15 | Vytautas Šarakauskas | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 11 | Laurynas Birutis | 35 | 11 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 10 | Šarūnas Beniušis | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| G | 19 | Mantvydas Žukauskas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 25 | Evaldas Šaulys | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 30 | Kristupas Žemaitis | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| F | 34 | Giedrius Stankevičius | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 35 | Rytis Pipiras | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Antanas Sireika ||||||

### Lietuvos rytas Vilnius vs. Juventus Utena

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Chris Kramer | 15 | 3 | 7 |
| SG | 1 | Ben Madgen | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 21 | Artūras Jomantas | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| PF | 12 | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| C | 14 | Martynas Echodas | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 0 | Deividas Sirvydis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 8 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 18 | Mindaugas Girdžiūnas | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| G | 20 | Jimmy Baron | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 31 | Rokas Giedraitis | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| C | 55 | Egidijus Mockevičius | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Rimas Kurtinaitis ||||||
| Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | Juventus Utena |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Dovis Bičkauskis | 18 | 11 | 5 |
| SG | 24 | Jonte Flowers | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 6 | Arvydas Šikšnius | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| PF | 12 | Maksym Korniyenko | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 49 | Mindaugas Kupšas | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 0 | Kenny Gaines | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| G | 3 | Anthony Ireland | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| G | 5 | Tautvydas Paliukėnas | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 10 | Karolis Guščikas | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| G | 13 | Simas Buterlevičius | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 23 | LaRon Dendy | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Žydrūnas Urbonas ||||||

## Semi-finals
### Dzūkija Alytus vs. Lietuvos rytas Vilnius

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 11 | Paulius Danisevičius | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| SG | 9 | Parrish Petty | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| SF | 77 | Gediminas Žalalis | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 14 | Paulius Petrilevičius | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 15 | Povilas Čukinas | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 7 | Tomas Pačėsas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 10 | Charles Callison | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 12 | Mindaugas Sušinskas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 19 | Nikolaos Stylianou | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 21 | Anatoly Kashirov | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 31 | Alan Wiggins | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| G | 32 | Gediminas Navickas | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Alar Varrak ||||||
| Dzūkija Alytus | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Chris Kramer | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| SG | 1 | Ben Madgen | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| SF | 8 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | 19 | 5 | 3 |
| C | 14 | Martynas Echodas | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 0 | Deividas Sirvydis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 18 | Mindaugas Girdžiūnas | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 20 | Jimmy Baron | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | 21 | Artūras Jomantas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 31 | Rokas Giedraitis | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| C | 55 | Egidijus Mockevičius | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Rimas Kurtinaitis ||||||

### Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Kevin Pangos | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| SG | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 6 | Axel Toupane | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 13 | Paulius Jankūnas | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| C | 0 | Brandon Davies | 17 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 19 | Martynas Sajus | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 20 | Gytis Masiulis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| G | 21 | Artūras Milaknis | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 22 | Vasilije Micić | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 30 | Aaron White | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| C | 44 | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| G | 66 | Paulius Valinskas | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius ||||||
| Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Lorenzo Williams | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| SG | 11 | Arnas Velička | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 31 | Žanis Peiners | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| PF | 50 | Žygimantas Skučas | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Vaidas Čepukaitis | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 1 | Donatas Tarolis | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| G | 6 | Lukas Aukštikalnis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| C | 7 | Darjuš Lavrinovič | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| G | 8 | Gintaras Leonavičius | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| F | 12 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 13 | Simas Jasaitis | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 30 | Dominik Mavra | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ramūnas Butautas ||||||

## Slam Dunk Contest

Contestants :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Height | Weight | First round | Final round |
| G | Kenneth Gaines | Juventus | 1.91 | 94 | 94(45+49) | 144(48+47+49) |
| G | Domantas Vilys | Perlas (NKL) | 1.88 | 74 | 89(44+45) | 137(48+43+46) |
| C | Matas Jucikas | Neptūnas | 2.05 | 91 | 82(43+39) | — |
| F | Vyacheslav Bobrov | Pieno žvaigždės | 2.01 | 102 | 81(38+43) | — |
| F/C | LaRon Dendy | Juventus | 2.06 | 104 | 80(43+37) | — |
| C | Šarūnas Beniušis | Šiauliai | 2.06 | 98 | – | — |
^WC Selected as wild card participant. ^INJ Šarūnas Beniušis was unable to participate due to an illness

## Three-Point Contest

Contestants :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | First round | Second round | Final round |
| G/F | Mindaugas Lukauskis | Lietuvos rytas | 1.98 | 90 | 17 | 22 | 22 |
| G | Nick Zeisloft | Šiauliai | 1.93 | 94 | 21 | 23 | 19 |
| G | Lukas Aukštikalnis | Lietkabelis | 1.96 | 80 | 17 | 20 | — |
| F | Valery Likhodey | Nevėžis | 2.04 | 100 | 17 | 16 | — |
| G | Laurynas Beliauskas | Neptūnas | 1.92 | 78 | 16 | – | — |
| G | Anthony Ireland | Juventus | 1.76 | 79 | 16 | – | — |
| G | Paulius Valinskas | Žalgiris | 1.91 | 83 | 14 | – | — |
| F | Dovis Bičkauskis | Juventus | 1.91 | 88 | 13 | – | — |
| G | Gediminas Navickas | Dzūkija | 1.80 | 71 | 12 | – | — |
| G/F | Steponas Babrauskas | Pieno žvaigždės | 1.97 | 88 | 11 | — | — |
| G | Edvinas Šeškus | Vytautas | 1.96 | 80 | 8 | – | — |
| G | LaMelo Ball | Vytautas | 1.91 | 75 | – | – | — |
^WC Selected as wild card participants. ^REP Lukas Aukštikalnis was selected as Adas Juškevičius replacement. ^REP Dovis Bičkauskis was selected as Simas Buterlevičius replacement ^REP Anthony Ireland was selected as Jerry Johnson replacement.

## Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Kevin Pangos | 11 | 2 | 7 |
| SG | 92 | Edgaras Ulanovas | 21 | 8 | 0 |
| SF | 6 | Axel Toupane | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| PF | 13 | Paulius Jankūnas | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| C | 0 | Brandon Davies | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 19 | Martynas Sajus | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 20 | Gytis Masiulis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 21 | Artūras Milaknis | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 22 | Vasilije Micić | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 30 | Aaron White | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 44 | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 66 | Paulius Valinskas | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius ||||||
| Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Chris Kramer | 16 | 3 | 3 |
| SG | 1 | Ben Madgen | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SF | 8 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 14 | Martynas Echodas | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 0 | Deividas Sirvydis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 18 | Mindaugas Girdžiūnas | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 20 | Jimmy Baron | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 21 | Artūras Jomantas | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 31 | Rokas Giedraitis | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 42 | Travis Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 55 | Egidijus Mockevičius | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Rimas Kurtinaitis ||||||

## All-Tournament Team

* PG – Dominik Mavra
* SG – Ben Madgen
* SF – Edgaras Ulanovas (MVP)
* PF – Aaron White
* C – Martynas Echodas