2024–25 LKL season

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Betsafe-LKL
Season	2024–25
Duration	21 September 2024 – 21 May 2025; (Regular season); 24 May 2025 – 21 June 2025; (Playoffs)
Games played	205
Teams	10
Regular season
Season MVP	Anthony Cowan Jr.
Finals
Champions	Žalgiris; (25th title)
Runners-up	Rytas
Third place	7Bet–Lietkabelis
Fourth place	Cbet
Finals MVP	Sylvain Francisco
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Joseph Girard III
Rebounds	Martynas Pacevičius
Assists	Amit Ebo
Index Rating	Ed Croswell
Records
Biggest home win	Cbet 116–55 M Basket-Delamode; (16 April 2025)
Biggest away win	Uniclub Bet – Juventus 67–128 Žalgiris; (29 December 2024)
Highest scoring	Rytas 118–109 Šiauliai–Casino Admiral; (26 October 2024)
Winning streak	30 games; Žalgiris
Losing streak	21 games; M Basket-Delamode
Highest attendance	14,417; Žalgiris 76–69 Rytas; (21 June 2025)
Lowest attendance	335; M Basket-Delamode 86–107 Cbet; (6 May 2025)
Seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga season, also called Betsafe–LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). Rytas were defending champions, however, they finished as a runners-up, losing finals series to eventual champions Žalgiris, who won their 25th champioship.

Season2024–25

Duration21 September 2024 – 21 May 2025
(Regular season)
24 May 2025 – 21 June 2025
(Playoffs)

Games played205

Teams10

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Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
7Bet–Lietkabelis	Panevėžys	Kalnapilio Arena	5,950
Cbet	Jonava	Jonava Arena	2,200
M Basket-Delamode	Telšiai	Telšiai sports arena	1,000
Neptūnas	Klaipėda	Švyturys Arena	6,200
Nevėžis–Optibet	Kėdainiai	Kėdainiai Arena	2,200
Rytas	Vilnius	Twinsbet Arena	10,000
Rytas	Vilnius	Active Vilnius Arena	2,500
Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Arena	5,700
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Utena	Utena Arena	2,000
Wolves Twinsbet	Vilnius	Twinsbet Arena	10,000
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgiris Arena	15,415

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)
7Bet–Lietkabelis	Nenad Čanak	Vytenis Lipkevičius	AGO	Lietkabelis, Norfa
Cbet	Mantas Šernius	Aurimas Majauskas	AGO	Litas, Talga
M Basket-Delamode	Marius Kiltinavičius	Donatas Sabeckis	Adikopas	Delamode Baltics, Saurida
Neptūnas	Vidas Ginevičius	Deividas Gailius	AGO	Amberton Hotel Group, Solorina
Nevėžis–Optibet	Gediminas Petrauskas	Ignas Vaitkus	AGO	Autotoja, Optibet
Rytas	Giedrius Žibėnas	Margiris Normantas	AGO	Norfa, Švyturys
Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	Darius Pakamanis	Saulius Kulvietis	AGO	AdmiralBet, Norfa
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Kęstutis Kemzūra	Žygimantas Skučas	Hustle Point	Umaras, Uniclub Bet, Utenos mėsa, Utenos nealkoholinis
Wolves Twinsbet	Alessandro Magro	Regimantas Miniotas	Adikopas	Twinsbet
Žalgiris	Andrea Trinchieri	Edgaras Ulanovas	Puma	Go3, Topsport

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Wolves Twinsbet	Nedas Pacevičius	End of contract	11 June 2024	Pre-season	Alessandro Magro	1 July 2024^[3]
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Oliver Kostić	Mutual agreement	28 May 2024^[4]		Vytautas Buzas	28 May 2024^[4]
Cbet	Virginijus Šeškus	Mutual agreement	15 July 2024^[5]		Mantas Šernius	15 July 2024^[6]
M Basket-Delamode	Nikola Vasilev	Mutual agreement	12 August 2024^[7]		Virginijus Šeškus	12 August 2024^[7]
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	Vytautas Buzas	Appointed as assistant	10 November 2024^[8]	8th (3–5)	Kęstutis Kemzūra	10 November 2024^[9]
M Basket-Delamode	Virginijus Šeškus	Mutual agreement	22 November 2024^[10]	10th (1–8)	Marius Kiltinavičius	22 November 2024^[10]
Neptūnas	Georgios Vovoras	Sacked	3 April 2025^[11]	8th (9–14)	Vidas Ginevičius (interim coach)	3 April 2025^[11]
Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	Žydrūnas Urbonas	Mutual agreement	12 May 2025^[12]	7th (13–20)	Darius Pakamanis (interim coach)	12 May 2025^[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris	36	34	2	3286	2644	+642	Advance to playoffs
2	Rytas	36	29	7	3350	3033	+317
3	7Bet–Lietkabelis	36	20^[a]	16	3006	2921	+85
4	Wolves Twinsbet	36	20^[a]	16	3253	3209	+44
5	Cbet	36	19	17	3221	3240	−19
6	Uniclub Bet – Juventus	36	16	20	3073	3157	−84
7	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	36	14^[b]	22	3267	3417	−150
8	Neptūnas	36	14^[b]	22	3050	3186	−136
9	Nevėžis–Optibet	36	11	25	3268	3267	+1
10	M Basket-Delamode	36	3	33	2845	3545	−700

Home \ Away	LIE	JON	MAZ	NEP	NEV	RYT	SIA	JUV	WOL	ZAL
7Bet–Lietkabelis	—	86–88	82–78	81–89	93–82	67–84	93–76	90–98	83–81	85–89
—	72–68	90–69	84–79	71–79	82–75	92–73	94–89	78–64	76–88
Cbet	84–82	—	103–83	86–82	87–110	74–94	104–93	93–98	91–94	72–93
92–87	—	116–55	93–98	96–89	99–104	106–101	78–72	81–77	81–91
M Basket–Delamode	93–87	72–83	—	107–96	77–98	83–93	93–95	46–91	86–95	82–88
65–96	86–107	—	77–96	71–101	81–113	74–102	85–94	86–106	80–105
Neptūnas	56–63	90–87	99–63	—	94–107	76–94	80–90	63–74	89–74	70–97
72–91	97–98	85–79	—	96–90	92–82	90–95	100–88	85–97	67–80
Nevėžis–Optibet	78–85	93–105	93–87	74–83	—	83–93	106–90	74–78	85–90	76–89
97–82	80–102	109–80	81–83	—	101–105	92–104	105–74	106–107	80–84
Rytas	90–78	84–80	109–98	84–90	89–69	—	118–109	90–76	71–82	91–88
90–72	112–82	102–69	103–85	99–98	—	103–96	90–75	92–88	76–83
Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	96–92	103–93	103–107	108–103	95–91	79–89	—	98–100	110–89	63–91
89–104	90–94	122–96	91–78	96–92	82–102	—	86–68	85–92	66–71
Uniclub Bet – Juventus	70–79	79–80	92–72	92–99	91–84	78–86	101–88	—	100–110	67–128
74–75	109–115	80–77	100–94	101–91	90–104	102–79	—	94–86	75–96
Wolves Twinsbet	82–97	103–90	95–94	102–86	103–102	84–88	103–93	67–72	—	100–82
88–92	91–87	109–85	96–84	94–99	89–102	100–84	87–83	—	69–81
Žalgiris	73–66	101–64	101–46	91–75	88–86	78–67	111–81	84–67	97–84	—
79–83	89–62	109–63	84–49	105–88	97–79	98–56	84–81	89–75	—

2024–25 LKL season

Teams

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Final standings

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Statistics

Performance Index Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Individual game highs

Other statistics

Club statistics

Awards

Regular Season MVP

LKL Finals MVP

Breakthrough of the Year

Coach of the Year

All-LKL Team

Player of the month

LKL clubs in international competitions

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Quarterfinals				Semifinals						Finals



Žalgiris	88	98	—

Neptūnas	75	70	—
				Žalgiris	73	98	86	—	—

				Cbet	61	74	78	—	—
Wolves Twinsbet	102	98	—

Cbet	103	102	—
										Žalgiris	89	83	80	84	76

										Rytas	97	79	86	83	69
Rytas	127	110	—

Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	81	84	—
				Rytas	86	73	87	76	94

				7Bet–Lietkabelis	82	76	86	87	70	Third place
7Bet–Lietkabelis	83	93	—

Uniclub Bet – Juventus	77	90	—
										Cbet	90	85	78	73	—

										7Bet–Lietkabelis	83	104	92	81	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris (C)	46	42	4	Already qualified to EuroLeague
2	Rytas	48	36	12	Qualification to Champions League regular season
3	7Bet–Lietkabelis	47	27	20	Qualification to EuroCup
4	Cbet	45	22	23
5	Wolves Twinsbet	38	20	18
6	Uniclub Bet – Juventus	38	16	22	Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
7	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	38	14^[a]	24
8	Neptūnas	38	14^[a]	24	Qualification to EuroCup
9	Nevėžis–Optibet	36	11	25
10	M Basket-Delamode	36	3	33

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Žalgiris	125,812	14,417	1,665	5,242	+5.6%^†
2	Rytas	83,395	9,310	1,054	3,474	−7.7%^†
3	Wolves Twinsbet	47,906	7,139	1,153	2,521	−21.7%^†
4	Neptūnas	43,293	4,889	1,197	2,278	+9.2%^†
5	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	42,816	4,757	1,416	2,253	+22.6%^†
6	7Bet–Lietkabelis	45,707	4,096	952	1,987	−12.2%^†
7	Uniclub Bet – Juventus	26,492	2,827	627	1,394	−2.1%^†
8	Cbet	28,142	2,116	796	1,279	+26.9%^†
9	Nevėžis–Optibet	20,845	1,792	400	1,158	+6.0%^†
10	M Basket-Delamode	10,820	1,103	295	601	−21.5%^†
	League total	475,228	14,417	295	2,318	+6.5%^†

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Ed Croswell	Nevėžis–Optibet	25	499	20
2.	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	35	692	19.8
3.	Joseph Girard III	Nevėžis–Optibet	35	646	18.5
4.	Sylvain Francisco	Žalgiris	41	748	18.2
5.	Amit Ebo	Nevėžis–Optibet	26	469	18

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Joseph Girard III	Nevėžis–Optibet	35	734	21
2.	Brandon Childress	Cbet	33	597	18.1
3.	Gerry Blakes	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	34	604	17.8
4.	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	35	575	16.4
5.	Amit Ebo	Nevėžis–Optibet	26	426	16.4

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Martynas Pacevičius	Neptūnas	32	255	8
2.	Arnaldo Toro	Uniclub Bet–Juventus	25	193	7.7
3.	Paulius Danusevičius	7Bet–Lietkabelis	34	224	6.6
4.	Ed Croswell	Nevėžis–Optibet	25	164	6.6
5.	Sukhmail Mathon	Uniclub Bet–Juventus	29	176	6.1

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Amit Ebo	Nevėžis–Optibet	26	222	8.5
2.	Desure Buie	Neptūnas	37	231	6.2
3.	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	35	205	5.9
4.	Donatas Sabeckis	M Basket–Delamode	18	102	5.7
5.	Sylvain Francisco	Žalgiris	41	224	5.5

Category	Player	Club	Opponent	Statistic
PIR	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	Nevėžis–Optibet (May 7, 2025)	47
Points	Anthony Cowan	Wolves Twinsbet	Nevėžis–Optibet (May 7, 2025)	37
Rebounds	Martynas Pacevičius	Neptūnas	Wolves Twinsbet (Oct 12, 2024)	17
Assists	Donatas Sabeckis	M Basket–Delamode	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral (Sep 29, 2024)	13
Assists	Desure Buie	Neptūnas	Cbet (Apr 5, 2025)	13
Steals	Brandon Childress	Cbet	7Bet–Lietkabelis (Jun 11, 2025)	8
Blocks	Artūras Gudaitis	Rytas	7Bet–Lietkabelis (May 30, 2025)	5

Category	Club	Average
PIR	Žalgiris	107.8
Points	Rytas	92
Rebounds	Rytas	38.7
Assists	Wolves Twinsbet	20.5
Steals	Cbet	7.9
Blocks	Rytas	3.1
Turnovers	M Basket–Delamode	15.8
FT %	Wolves Twinsbet	80.4%
2-Point %	Žalgiris	61.9%
3-Point %	Wolves Twinsbet	38%

Pos.	Player	Team	Source
PG	Sylvain Francisco	Žalgiris	^[18]
PG	Brandon Childress	Cbet
SG	Mantas Rubštavičius	7Bet–Lietkabelis
SF	Gytis Radzevičius	Rytas
C	Laurynas Birutis	Žalgiris

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Žalgiris	EuroLeague	Regular season	13th place out of 18 teams	15–19
Wolves Twinsbet	EuroCup	Regular season Group A	4th place out of 10 teams (11–8)	11–9
Wolves Twinsbet		Eightfinals	Loss vs. U-BT Cluj-Napoca	11–9
7Bet–Lietkabelis		Regular season Group B	9th place out of 10 teams	5–13

FIBA competitions
Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Rytas	Champions League	Regular season Group F	1st place out of 4 teams (5–1)	7–5
Rytas		Round of 16 Group J	3rd place out of 4 teams (2–4)	7–5
Uniclub Bet – Juventus		Qualifying tournament 4 Quarter–finals	Win vs. Spartak Office Shoes	1–1
Uniclub Bet – Juventus		Qualifying tournament 4 Semi–finals	Loss vs. Dinamo BDS Sassari	1–1
Neptūnas	FIBA Europe Cup	Qualifying round	Loss vs. Surne Bilbao Basket	0–2

Month	Player	Team	PIR	Source
2024
September–October	Anthony Cowan Jr.	Wolves Twinsbet	19.3	^[19]
November	Kay Bruhnke	M Basket–Delamode	24	^[20]
December	Chauncey Collins	M Basket–Delamode	29	^[21]
2025
January–February	Amit Ebo	Nevėžis–Optibet	24.8	^[22]
March	Gytis Radzevičius	Rytas	27.3	^[23]
April	Dominic Brewton	Cbet	21.6	^[24]