Teams with different moods meet on Saturday for the LKL third-place series for third place.
Starting the small final on their home court, “Neptūnas” basketball players were third in the regular championship, achieved more victories than “Lietkabelis” in the EuroCup tournament, and confidently overcame the quarter-final barrier.
However, Gediminas Petrauskas and his coached Klaipėda team expressed disappointment in the semi-finals, where they lost the series 1-3 to Utena “Juventus”, who will start the LKL final series with “Žalgiris” in Kaunas on Sunday for the first time in the club’s history.
“Lietkabelis” struggled for most of the season, losing more often than winning in the LKL regular season, but defeated “Neptūnas” in the KMT small final, beat “Šiauliai”, who were one place higher, in the LKL quarter-finals, and logically lost to the favorite “Žalgiris” (0-3) in the semi-finals.
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Now the Panevėžys team plays where they are used to competing – under the coaching of Nenad Čanak, the Panevėžys club has won bronze in 5 out of the last 6 seasons.
- In LKL history, both clubs have won silver medals twice: “Lietkabelis” – in 2017 and 2022, and “Neptūnas” – in 2014 and 2016.
- “Lietkabelis” has won bronze 5 times: in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025.
- “Neptūnas” has won bronze 3 times: in 2013, 2018, and 2019.
How will it be this time?
15min invites you to follow the most important events of the match starting at 16:50 in Klaipėda.
