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.
Teams 10 teams participated in the 2024–25 season. Despite the announcement that no team will be relegated after 2023–24 due to Gargždai bankruptcy, last place finishers Pieno žvaigždės decided to withdraw from the league due to struggles to meet league's budget requirements. Due to decreased number of teams, the league's format was changed, with the format being same as 2020–21 season, where 10 teams faced-off each other 4 times with top 8 teams advancing into Playoffs.
Team Location Arena Capacity 7Bet–Lietkabelis Panevėžys Kalnapilio Arena5,950 Cbet Jonava Jonava Arena2,200 M Basket-Delamode Telšiai Telšiai sports arena1,000 Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena6,200 Nevėžis–Optibet Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena2,200 Rytas Vilnius Twinsbet Arena10,000 Active Vilnius Arena2,500 Šiauliai–Casino Admiral Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena5,700 Uniclub Bet – Juventus Utena Utena Arena2,000 Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius Twinsbet Arena10,000Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena15,415
Personnel and kits
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
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointmentWolves Twinsbet Nedas Pacevičius End of contract 11 June 2024 Pre-season Alessandro Magro 1 July 2024Uniclub Bet – Juventus Oliver Kostić Mutual agreement 28 May 2024 Vytautas Buzas 28 May 2024Cbet Virginijus Šeškus Mutual agreement 15 July 2024 Mantas Šernius 15 July 2024M Basket-Delamode Nikola Vasilev Mutual agreement 12 August 2024 Virginijus Šeškus 12 August 2024Uniclub Bet – Juventus Vytautas Buzas Appointed as assistant 10 November 2024 8th (3–5) Kęstutis Kemzūra 10 November 2024M Basket-Delamode Virginijus Šeškus Mutual agreement 22 November 2024 10th (1–8) Marius Kiltinavičius 22 November 2024Neptūnas Georgios Vovoras Sacked 3 April 2025 8th (9–14) Vidas Ginevičius (interim coach) 3 April 2025Šiauliai–Casino Admiral Žydrūnas Urbonas Mutual agreement 12 May 2025 7th (13–20) Darius Pakamanis (interim coach) 12 May 2025
Regular season League table
Results
Playoffs
Quarterfinals will be played in a best–of–three format, while the semifinals, third place game and final in a best-of-five format.
Bracket
2024–25 LKL champions Žalgiris(25th title)
Final standings
Attendances to arenas Average attendances
Statistics Source: LKL.lt Last updated: 21 June 2025
Performance Index Rating RankPlayerClubGamesRatingPIR1. Ed Croswell Nevėžis–Optibet 25 499 202. Anthony Cowan Wolves Twinsbet 35 692 19.83. Joseph Girard III Nevėžis–Optibet 35 646 18.54. Sylvain Francisco Žalgiris 41 748 18.25. Amit Ebo Nevėžis–Optibet 26 469 18
Points RankPlayerClubGamesPoints1. Joseph Girard III Nevėžis–Optibet 35 734 212. Brandon Childress Cbet 33 597 18.13. Gerry Blakes Šiauliai–Casino Admiral 34 604 17.84. Anthony Cowan Wolves Twinsbet 35 575 16.45. Amit Ebo Nevėžis–Optibet 26 426 16.4
Rebounds RankPlayerClubGamesRebounds1. Martynas Pacevičius Neptūnas 32 255 82. Arnaldo Toro Uniclub Bet–Juventus 25 193 7.73. Paulius Danusevičius 7Bet–Lietkabelis 34 224 6.64. Ed Croswell Nevėžis–Optibet 25 164 6.65. Sukhmail Mathon Uniclub Bet–Juventus 29 176 6.1
Assists RankPlayerClubGamesAssists1. Amit Ebo Nevėžis–Optibet 26 222 8.52. Desure Buie Neptūnas 37 231 6.23. Anthony Cowan Wolves Twinsbet 35 205 5.94. Donatas Sabeckis M Basket–Delamode 18 102 5.75. Sylvain Francisco Žalgiris 41 224 5.5
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerClub OpponentStatistic 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 Desure Buie Neptūnas Cbet (Apr 5, 2025) Steals Brandon Childress Cbet 7Bet–Lietkabelis (Jun 11, 2025) 8 Blocks Artūras Gudaitis Rytas 7Bet–Lietkabelis (May 30, 2025) 5
Other statistics CategoryPlayerClubGamesAverage Steals Brandon Childress Cbet 33 1.8 Blocks Artūras Gudaitis Rytas 26 1.1 Turnovers Amit Ebo Nevėžis–Optibet 26 4.4 Fouls drawn Anthony Cowan Wolves Twinsbet 35 6.4 Minutes Dominic Green Uniclub Bet–Juventus 38 29:09 FT % Modestas Babraitis Cbet 26 93.3% Desure Buie Neptūnas 37 2-Point % Laurynas Birutis Žalgiris 46 74.6% 3-Point % Artūras Gudaitis Rytas 27 100%
Club statistics CategoryClubAverage 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%
Awards All official awards of the 2024–25 LKL season.
Regular Season MVP PlayerTeamSource PG Anthony Cowan Jr. Wolves Twinsbet
LKL Finals MVP PlayerTeamSource PG Sylvain Francisco Žalgiris
Breakthrough of the Year PlayerTeamSource Martynas Pacevičius Neptūnas
Coach of the Year CoachTeamSource Mantas Šernius Cbet
All-LKL Team PlayerTeamSourcePG Sylvain Francisco Žalgiris Brandon Childress Cbet SG Mantas Rubštavičius 7Bet–Lietkabelis SF Gytis Radzevičius Rytas C Laurynas Birutis Žalgiris
Player of the month Month Player Team PIR Source 2024 September–October Anthony Cowan Jr. Wolves Twinsbet 19.3 November Kay Bruhnke M Basket–Delamode 24 December Chauncey Collins M Basket–Delamode 29 2025 January–February Amit Ebo Nevėžis–Optibet 24.8 March Gytis Radzevičius Rytas 27.3 April Dominic Brewton Cbet 21.6
LKL clubs in international competitions + Euroleague Basketball competitions Team Competition Progress Result 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 Eightfinals Loss vs. U-BT Cluj-Napoca 7Bet–Lietkabelis Regular season Group B 9th place out of 10 teams 5–13
+ FIBA competitions Team Competition Progress Result Rytas Champions League Regular season Group F 1st place out of 4 teams (5–1) 7–5Round of 16 Group J 3rd place out of 4 teams (2–4) Uniclub Bet – JuventusQualifying tournament 4 Quarter–finals Win vs. Spartak Office Shoes 1–1 Qualifying tournament 4 Semi–finals Loss vs. Dinamo BDS SassariNeptūnas FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying round Loss vs. Surne Bilbao Basket 0–2
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