2008 LKL Finals
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| Dates | May 5- May 17 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Marcus Brown | |||||||||
The 2008 LKL Finals was the championship series of the Lithuanian Basketball League's 2007–08 LKL season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. Žalgiris defeated Lietuvos Rytas in a five games, series 4–1. It was the club's 12th Lithuanian League title. Žalgiris had won the most Lithuanian championships of all-time at that point. Lietuvos Rytas had three Lithuanian championships at that time. The games were broadcast on LTV with Linas Kunigėlis as the announcer.
Way to Finals
[edit]On the way to the finals, Žalgiris won against Sakalai (110–73, 90–80), in the quarterfinals, and Šiauliai (100–76, 94–83), in the semifinals. Šiauliai later won third place.
Lietuvos Rytas defeated Aisčiai-Atletas (126–59, 87–67), in the first round of the playoffs, and later Alytus (116–62, 115–85).
Game summaries
[edit]Game 1
[edit]May 5
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| BC Lietuvos Rytas 76, Žalgiris 73 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 14–16, 19–15, 20–25 | ||
| Pts: Lukauskis 22 Rebs: Petravičius 12 Asts: Price 1, Petravičius 1, Jomantas 1 |
Pts: Jankūnas 17 Rebs: Jankūnas 9 Asts: Collins 5 | |
Game 2
[edit]May 8
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| Žalgiris 87, BC Lietuvos Rytas 80 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 21–24, 27–22, 12–16 | ||
| Pts: Collins 18 Rebs: Markota 7 Asts: Collins 7 |
Pts: Bajramović 18 Rebs: Nielsen 8 Asts: Price 2, Eidson 2, Petravičius 2 | |
Game 3
[edit]May 12
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| BC Lietuvos Rytas 90, Žalgiris 91 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 21–24, 14–16, 24–18 | ||
| Pts: Bajramović 24 Rebs: Eidson 7 Asts: Price 3, Eidson 3, Jordan 3 |
Pts: Brown 27 Rebs: Markota 10 Asts: Brown 7 | |
Game 4
[edit]May 14
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| Žalgiris 92, BC Lietuvos Rytas 79 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 29–23, 16–15, 20–18 | ||
| Pts: Markota 20 Rebs: Žukauskas 7 Asts: Collins 7 |
Pts: Bajramović 19 Rebs: Price 8 Asts: Eidson 3 | |
Game 5
[edit]May 17
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| BC Lietuvos Rytas 75, Žalgiris 81 (OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 17–14, 9–14, 18–21, Overtime: 6-12 | ||
| Pts: Lukauskis 19 Rebs: Jomantas 8 Asts: Eidson 3 |
Pts: Collins 15 Rebs: Markota 12 Asts: Collins 5 | |