# 2016–17 LKL season

The 2016–17 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 24th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The season started on 21 September 2016, and ended on 9 June 2017.
Žalgiris was the defending champion, and successfully defended its title. The title was the seventh consecutive championship for Žalgiris.

## Competition format

During the regular season, all teams played 36 games. The top eight teams, after playing 36 games each, joined the playoffs, in the quarterfinals, that was played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were also played in that format.
The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The final series for the first place was played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place was played in a best-of-five format.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Dzūkija | Alytus | Alytus Arena | 5,500 |
| Juventus | Utena | Utena Arena | 2,000 |
| Lietkabelis | Panevėžys | Cido Arena | 7,000 |
| Lietuvos rytas | Vilnius | Lietuvos rytas Arena Siemens Arena | 2,500 11,000 |
| Neptūnas | Klaipėda | Švyturys Arena | 6,500 |
| Nevėžis | Kėdainiai | Kėdainiai Arena | 2,200 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | Pasvalys | Pieno žvaigždės Arena | 1,500 |
| Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Šiauliai Arena | 5,900 |
| Vytautas | Prienai-Birštonas | Prienai Arena | 1,500 |
| Žalgiris | Kaunas | Žalgiris Arena | 15,500 |

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams played against each other four times, home-and-away, in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advanced to the playoffs. The regular season started on 21 September 2016.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Žalgiris | 36 | 33 | 3 | 3033 | 2424 | +609 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 2 | Lietuvos rytas | 36 | 26 | 10 | 2951 | 2622 | +329 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 3 | Lietkabelis | 36 | 25 | 11 | 2904 | 2728 | +176 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 4 | Neptūnas | 36 | 21 | 15 | 2790 | 2623 | +167 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 5 | Juventus | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2941 | 2915 | +26 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 6 | Vytautas | 36 | 18 | 18 | 2782 | 2735 | +47 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 7 | Pieno žvaigždės | 36 | 15 | 21 | 2810 | 2898 | −88 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 8 | Dzūkija | 36 | 10 | 26 | 2471 | 2769 | −298 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 9 | Nevėžis | 36 | 7 | 29 | 2664 | 2994 | −330 | |
| 10 | Šiauliai | 36 | 6 | 30 | 2551 | 3189 | −638 | |

### Results
#### Rounds 1 and 2

| Home \ Away | DZŪ | JUV | LTK | LRY | NEP | NEV | PŽV | ŠIA | VYT | ŽAL |
| Dzūkija | | 75–73 | 67–87 | 59–79 | 56–80 | 66–63 | 52–67 | 94–64 | 49–68 | 61–94 |
| Juventus | 77–62 | | 76–85 | 81–74 | 91–97 | 81–72 | 97–92 | 98–79 | 73–76 | 66–90 |
| Lietkabelis | 94–77 | 77–84 | | 93–85 | 93–74 | 85–81 | 69–88 | 75–62 | 71–66 | 90–86 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 73–62 | 98–81 | 68–66 | | 78–75 | 89–70 | 94–57 | 83–74 | 77–53 | 66–74 |
| Neptūnas | 64–58 | 75–60 | 67–77 | 79–78 | | 70–63 | 55–61 | 95–67 | 76–79 | 67–95 |
| Nevėžis | 82–85 | 88–74 | 79–86 | 68–81 | 94–90 | | 77–73 | 81–74 | 80–68 | 68–81 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 79–72 | 91–95 | 70–72 | 68–86 | 70–67 | 92–72 | | 71–59 | 75–70 | 82–86 |
| Šiauliai | 78–82 | 65–76 | 66–101 | 60–104 | 62–110 | 99–92 | 85–84 | | 60–97 | 45–98 |
| Vytautas | 79–58 | 89–84 | 75–85 | 79–83 | 74–67 | 83–69 | 96–77 | 109–57 | | 55–63 |
| Žalgiris | 79–64 | 90–70 | 76–65 | 84–68 | 77–67 | 89–62 | 98–84 | 98–82 | 79–66 | |

#### Rounds 3 and 4

| Home \ Away | DZŪ | JUV | LTK | LRY | NEP | NEV | PŽV | ŠIA | VYT | ŽAL |
| Dzūkija | | 74–76 | 89–80 | 73–78 | 66–69 | 83–73 | 82–92 | 69–51 | 79–65 | 64–79 |
| Juventus | 87–66 | | 74–72 | 85–87 | 83–98 | 98–79 | 91–97 | 81–67 | 81–75 | 71–73 |
| Lietkabelis | 70–62 | 94–90 | | 86–77 | 74–61 | 100–69 | 90–59 | 80–85 | 63–69 | 79–77 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 76–72 | 75–76 | 92–60 | | 82–62 | 86–78 | 93–86 | 87–63 | 109–60 | 72–79 |
| Neptūnas | 69–60 | 70–79 | 86–61 | 85–78 | | 90–53 | 59–54 | 85–78 | 72–60 | 77–81 |
| Nevėžis | 70–79 | 74–102 | 71–95 | 56–92 | 70–72 | | 90–94 | 86–56 | 87–96 | 54–82 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 82–53 | 76–81 | 76–84 | 79–88 | 81–93 | 89–88 | | 85–74 | 92–89 | 56–63 |
| Šiauliai | 85–64 | 78–86 | 78–98 | 81–82 | 65–100 | 84–74 | 98–87 | | 94–100 | 71–93 |
| Vytautas | 91–69 | 95–87 | 82–85 | 68–73 | 96–89 | 56–72 | 86–74 | 83–61 | | 70–81 |
| Žalgiris | 96–68 | 90–76 | 84–62 | 90–60 | 69–78 | 80–59 | 94–70 | 101–50 | 84–59 | |

## Playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 80 | 87 | 96 | | | | | | | | |
| 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 73 | 74 | 40 | | | | | | | | |
| 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 8Dzūkija | 73 | 74 | 40 | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 83 | 70 | 83 | 69 |
| | | | | | | | | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 54 | 73 | 60 | 53 |
| 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 93 | 78 | 87 | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 4Neptūnas | 54 | 73 | 60 | 53 |
| 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 75 | 57 | 69 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 5Juventus | 75 | 57 | 69 | | | | | | | | | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 1Žalgiris | 73 | 83 | 97 | 72 | 73 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2Lietkabelis | 2Lietkabelis | 2Lietkabelis | 67 | 86 | 58 | 59 | 68 |
| 2Lietuvos rytas | 2Lietuvos rytas | 2Lietuvos rytas | 2Lietuvos rytas | 2Lietuvos rytas | 106 | 89 | 107 | | | | | | | | | 2Lietkabelis | 2Lietkabelis | 2Lietkabelis | 67 | 86 | 58 | 59 | 68 |
| 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 73 | 80 | 51 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 7Pieno žvaigždės | 73 | 80 | 51 | 2Lietuvos rytas | 2Lietuvos rytas | 2Lietuvos rytas | 2Lietuvos rytas | 96 | 73 | 73 | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 85 | 90 | 81 | 86 |
| 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 77 | 84 | 83 | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 3Lietkabelis | 85 | 90 | 81 | 86 |
| 6Vytautas | 6Vytautas | 6Vytautas | 6Vytautas | 6Vytautas | 75 | 71 | 67 | | | | | | | | |
| Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 3Lietuvos rytas | 79 | 70 | 71 | 65 | 75 |
| 4Neptūnas | 60 | 83 | 54 | 70 | 66 |

## Attendance data

Attendance data included playoff games:
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Neptūnas | 104,170 | 5,970 | 2,210 | 4,340 | +9.6%$^†$ |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 100,047 | 11,841 | 1,705 | 4,002 | +4.2%$^†$ |
| 3 | Lietkabelis | 89,334 | 7,013 | 1,914 | 3,722 | +147.1%$^†$ |
| 4 | Lietuvos rytas | 60,081 | 9,930 | 780 | 2,403 | −5.2%$^†$ |
| 5 | Dzūkija | 33,927 | 3,156 | 731 | 1,786 | −22.8%$^†$ |
| 6 | Juventus | 27,481 | 2,216 | 820 | 1,446 | +1.2%$^†$ |
| 7 | Šiauliai | 24,340 | 2,800 | 300 | 1,352 | −14.1%$^†$ |
| 8 | Nevėžis | 15,918 | 1,785 | 450 | 884 | −1.1%$^†$ |
| 9 | Vytautas | 13,394 | 1,500 | 270 | 715 | +3.3%$^†$ |
| 10 | Pieno žvaigždės | 11,470 | 1,100 | 150 | 604 | +8.4%$^†$ |
| | League total | 480,362 | 11,841 | 150 | 2,287 | +12.7%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 10 June 2017 Source: LKL

## Clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Žalgiris | EuroLeague | 10th |
| Lietuvos rytas | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Lietkabelis | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Neptūnas | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| Juventus | Champions League | Round of 32 |
| Vytautas | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| Šiauliai | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## Clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Vytautas | Baltic Basketball League | Champion |
| Pieno žvaigždės | Baltic Basketball League | Finalist |
| Nevėžis | Baltic Basketball League | Quarterfinals |