The 2021 LKL Playoffs featured the eight best teams of the

Lietuvos krepšinio lyga Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL; ), also known as Betsafe LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the premier men's professional club basketball league in Lithuania. It is composed of 10 teams, and it is a member of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. ...

(LKL)

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

league in Lithuania, competing for the championship spot. This will be the LKL playoffs' 26th edition. Žalgiris achieved their 23rd title overall, eleven consecutive. The quarter-finals will be played in a

best-of-three There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...

format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and (if necessary) third game at home. The semi-finals and finals will be played in a

best-of-five There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...

format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary) at home.

Notable events

* On 1 May 2021, Neptūnas made it to the playoffs after winning against

Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis (), commonly known as Lietkabelis Panevėžys, also known as 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lit ...

. * On 2 May 2021,

Rytas The Lithuanian Education Society Rytas (; "rytas" means ''morning'' or ''dawn'') was a Roman Catholic society fostering education in the Lithuanian language mostly in the Vilnius Region, then fiercely contested between Lithuania and the Second Poli ...

secured the second place in the table and their place in the playoffs after winning the match against

Šiauliai Šiauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the List of cities in Lithuania, country's fourth largest city and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 202 ...

. * On 6 May 2021, the schedule for the playoffs was announced. The quarter-final stage will begin on May 12, and the semi-final stage will begin on May 20. The small final series is scheduled for June 2, June 5 and June 8. The final series dates are June 3, June 6 and June 9. * On 15 May 2021, Žalgiris and

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

became the first teams to reach the Betsafe-LKL semi-finals and formed the first pair of semi-finals. Žalgiris won the series 2-0 against

Pieno žvaigždės Pieno žvaigždės is fourth-largest dairy products company in Lithuania., uniting Mažeikiai dairy, Kaunas dairy, Pasvalys creamery and company "Panevėžio pienas". Pieno žvaigždės is listed in the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius under the ticker sym ...

grabbed a difficult victory against Cbet Prienai and won the series with the result 2-0. The first match between these teams will take place on 20 May. * On 16 May 2021,

became the third semi-final team and won the series 2-0 against Neptūnas. That means Neptūnas season is over. * On 22 May 2021,

became fourth semi-final team and won the series 2–0 against

season is over. * On 29 May 2021, Žalgiris became first finalist and won the series 3-0 against

will play for 3rd place. * On 7 June 2021, the last match of the Betsafe-LKL final series took place. Žalgiris won the Betsafe-LKL title, it is already the 23rd Žalgiris title and the 11th consecutive title.

Notable events

Qualified teams

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals Game 1

Quarter-finals Game 2

Semi-finals

Semi-finals Game 1

Semi-finals Game 2

Semi-finals Game 3

Third place

Third-place game 1

Third-place game 2

Third-place game 3

Third-place game 4

Third-place game 5

Final

Final Game 1

Final Game 2

Final Game 3

See also

References

External links