The team led by Eimantas Skersis and coached by Laimonas Eglinskas recorded a streak of 11 losses in the regular season and was close to not making it to the playoffs.
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Nevertheless, the Utena team scraped into them by taking seventh place, and in the playoffs, they began their sensational journey: in the quarterfinals, they knocked out Vilnius “Rytas” 2-0, and in the semifinals, they also defeated Klaipėda “Neptūnas” 3-1.
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In the history of the LKL, which has existed since 1993, there has never been a case where a team finishing lower than fourth place in the regular season reached the final.
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A peculiar record before the Utena team’s journey belonged to Kaunas “Žalgiris”.
