Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga
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The Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (LKL) (English: Lithuanian Basketball League) is Lithuania's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of eleven teams.
History
Since the league started to exist, from the beginning it is outdominated by Žalgiris, they have won the trophy 6 times in a row (1994-1999) & were always better than their main rivalry those days Atletas, but in 1999/2000 season it was a big surprise for Lithuanian basketball fans, because of Lietuvos Rytas triumph & stoppage of Žalgiris dynasty. In 2000/2001 season the greens got their revange by beating rytas in the finals. In 2001/2002 season, Lietuvos Rytas led by Ramūnas Šiškauskas & Arvydas Macijauskas once again beat zalgiris in the finals. But from there, Žalgiris took the control of the league & outbeated Rytas in 3 finals in a row (2003, 2004, 2005), the green's leader back then was Tanoka Beard, he was the leader in scoring & rebounding in the finals. In 2006, Rytas like Zalgiris was playing in the strongest European basketball competition - Euroleague, that season the reds led by Robertas Javtokas, Simas Jasaitis, and Fred House have crushed greens in finals serie, beating them (4-0), that was their easiest series. But from there Žalgiris once again started to dominate, they've won 2 titles in a row (2007, 2008) and this year, they are looking forward to do the same.
Teams
| Lithuanian Basketball League Teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | City/Area | Arena | Founded | Joined LKL | Head Coach |
| BC Aisčiai-Atletas | Kaunas, Lithuania | Kaunas Sport Hall | 1993 | Darius Dikčius | |
| BC Lietuvos Rytas | Vilnius, Lithuania | Siemens Arena | 1997 | Rimas Kurtinaitis | |
| KK Neptūnas | Klaipėda, Lithuania | Sport and Play Center | 1964 | 1993 | Rytis Vaišvila |
| KK Nevėžis | Kėdainiai, Lithuania | Kėdainiai Sports School | 1992 | 2002 | Gintaras Leonavičius |
| BC Techasas | Panevėžys, Lithuania | Cido Arena | 1993 | Aurimas Matulevičius | |
| BC Sakalai | Vilnius, Lithuania | UAB Ekinsta Laisvalaikio Centras | 1991 | 1994 | Romualdas Petronis |
| BC Šiauliai | Šiauliai, Lithuania | Šiaulių arena | 1994 | Robertas Giedraitis | |
| BC Arvi-Sūduva | Marijampolė, Lithuania | 2006 | Linas Šalkus | ||
| BC Žalgiris | Kaunas, Lithuania | Kaunas Sports Hall | 1944 | 1993 | Gintaras Krapikas |
| BC Alytus | Alytus, Lithuania | Alytus Sport and Recreation Center | 2005 | Sigitas Krukis | |
| Kaunas TRIOBET | Kaunas, Lithuania | A.Sabonis basketball school | 2008 | Rimvydas Samulėnas | |
