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2017–18 LKL season

Betsafe-LKL
2017–18
September 2017 – June 2018
220 (regular season)
10
Laurynas Birutis
Vytautas
Žalgiris (20th title)
Lietuvos rytas
Neptūnas
Lietkabelis
2,478
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The season started in September 2017, and the last game of final series was played in 18 June 2018.

Žalgiris is the defending champion.

During the regular season, all teams will play 36 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 36 game schedule, will each qualify for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that will be played in a best-of-five games format. The semifinals will also be played in that format.

The final round will be played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, will be played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for third place will be played in a best-of-five format.

TeamLocationArenaCapacity
DzūkijaAlytusAlytus Arena5,500
JuventusUtenaUtena Arena2,000
LietkabelisPanevėžysCido Arena5,950
Lietuvos rytasVilniusLietuvos rytas Arena2,500
Siemens Arena10,000
NeptūnasKlaipėdaŠvyturys Arena6,200
NevėžisKėdainiaiKėdainiai Arena2,200
Pieno žvaigždėsPasvalysPieno žvaigždės Arena1,500
ŠiauliaiŠiauliaiŠiauliai Arena5,700
VytautasPrienai-BirštonasPrienai Arena1,500
ŽalgirisKaunasŽalgiris Arena15,708

In the regular season, teams play against each other four times, home-and-away, in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the play-offs. The regular season started on 19 September 2017.

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13632430142451+563Advance to play-offs
23630631622704+458
336251130112838+173
436201630132978+35
536162028862941−55
636142228943140−246
736132329183029−111
836122428052993−188
936102627213030−309
103682828053125−320Relegation to NKL

The quarter-finals are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and (if necessary) fifth game at home. The semi-finals are played in a best-of-five format and the finals in a best-of-seven format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3, 5 and 7 (if necessary) at home.

Team 1SeriesTeam 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Žalgiris3–0Nevėžis95–7096–7584–69
Lietuvos rytas3–0Juventus97–6479–78102–73
Neptūnas3–1Pieno žvaigždės91–8187–9292–82101–64
Lietkabelis3–1Šiauliai103–8684–9492–6885–84
Team 1SeriesTeam 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Žalgiris3–0Lietkabelis93–6994–7983–64
Lietuvos rytas3–2Neptūnas79–8467–4974–6770–7488–82
Team 1SeriesTeam 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Neptūnas3–1Lietkabelis69–8371–6979–7189–78
Team 1SeriesTeam 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Žalgiris4–1Lietuvos rytas96–8373–8290–8082–7880–70

Attendance data included playoff games:

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Žalgiris105,38411,2931,3744,215+5.3%†
2Lietuvos rytas96,2399,8308303,850+60.2%†
3Neptūnas88,2305,4902,1003,676−15.3%†
4Lietkabelis79,7846,4192,4883,469−6.8%†
5Šiauliai48,3005,2001,0002,415+78.6%†
6Dzūkija32,5123,7644151,806+1.1%†
7Juventus28,3883,1288641,494+3.3%†
8Nevėžis18,1111,800550953+7.8%†
9Vytautas14,2351,500300791+10.6%†
10Pieno žvaigždės11,6231,100200581−3.8%†
League total522,80611,2932002,478+8.4%†
MonthPlayerTeamPIRSource
SeptemberJuan PalaciosNeptūnas22.7
OctoberArnas ButkevičiusNeptūnas25.5
NovemberVyacheslav BobrovPieno žvaigždės28.3
DecemberEdgaras ŽelionisNeptūnas18.8
JanuaryRenaldas SeibutisNeptūnas25
FebruaryLorenzo WilliamsLietkabelis28
MarchLaurynas BirutisŠiauliai26.4
AprilLaurynas BirutisŠiauliai23.4
TeamCompetitionProgress.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ref
ŽalgirisEuroLeagueThird qualified
Lietuvos rytasEuroCupTop 16
LietkabelisRegular season
NeptūnasChampions LeagueRound of 16
JuventusRegular season
VytautasFirst qualifying round
NevėžisFIBA Europe CupSecond round
TeamCompetitionProgress
Pieno žvaigždėsBaltic Basketball LeagueChampion
VytautasDisqualified
Šiauliai4th place
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