2019 LKL Play-offs
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April – June 1, 2019 |
| Season | 2018–19 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | BC Žalgiris |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | BC Žalgiris (21st title) |
| Runners-up | BC Rytas |
| Semifinalists | |
The 2019 LKL Playoffs featured the eight best teams of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) basketball league in Lithuania, competing for the championship spot. This was the LKL playoffs' 25th edition. Žalgiris achieved their 21st title overall, ninth consecutive.[1][2]
The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and (if necessary) third game at home. The finals were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary) at home.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
1 Žalgiris | 2 | |||||||||
8 Dzūkija | 0 | |||||||||
1 Žalgiris | 2 | |||||||||
4 Lietkabelis | 0 | |||||||||
4 Lietkabelis | 2 | |||||||||
5 Pieno žvaigždės | 0 | |||||||||
1 Žalgiris | 3 | |||||||||
2 Rytas | 0 | |||||||||
2 Neptūnas | 2 | |||||||||
7 Skycop | 1 | |||||||||
2 Neptūnas | 0 | |||||||||
3 Rytas | 2 | Third place series | ||||||||
3 Rytas | 2 | |||||||||
6 Juventus | 1 | |||||||||
3 Lietkabelis | 0 | |||||||||
4 Neptūnas | 3 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Žalgiris | 2–0 | Dzūkija | 89–70 | 81–62 | |
| Neptūnas | 2–1 | Skycop Prienai | 102–78 | 85–94 | 77–71 |
| Rytas | 2–1 | Juventus | 93–91 | 83–92 | 84–63 |
| Lietkabelis | 2–0 | Pieno žvaigždės | 95–87 | 105–98 |
Semifinals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Žalgiris | 2–0 | Lietkabelis | 78–58 | 84–63 | |
| Neptūnas | 0–2 | Rytas | 46–75 | 70–83 |
Third–place series
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neptūnas | 3–0 | Lietkabelis | 89–77 | 88–75 | 84–77 |