2017–18 BC Prienai season
The 2017–18 BC Prienai season is the 23rd season in the existence of the club, which was known as Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas for sponsorship reasons (which was their last year under that name). The team played in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) but also briefly participated in the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) and in the qualifying round of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The season was highlighted with both on-court and financial struggles, dating as far back as 2016, and several roster changes.
President | ![]() | ||
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Staples center | Prienai Arena | ||
LKL | Last Place (Not Relegated) | ||
BBL | Withdrew | ||
BCL | Failed to qualify | ||
Scoring leader | ![]() 12.7 | ||
Rebounding leader | ![]() 5.7 | ||
Assists leader | ![]() 4.0 | ||
Biggest win | 91–56 Tsmoki-Minsk (25 October 2017) | ||
Biggest defeat | 56–113 Lietuvos rytas (6 January 2018) | ||
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All statistics correct as of April 1, 2018. |
The team, in December 2017, most notably signed American brothers LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball, who had drawn international attention in the years prior. Following the brothers' arrival, Vytautas withdrew from the BBL and announced Big Baller Brand, a sports apparel company owned by LaVar Ball, as its sponsor. After the Ball brothers joined the team in January 2018, Vytautas took part in several exhibition games, including the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games and the Big Baller Brand International Tournament. Upon signing the Ball brothers, the team gained significant popularity, especially in the United States. However, both Ball brothers would not stay with the squad near the end of the season, thus leaving them with the threat of relegation.
Overview
Vytautas started the 2017–18 season badly by failing to qualify for the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League season.[1] The team was also performing poorly in the national competition and saw decreasing popularity among fans.[2] Additionally, Vytautas faced major financial struggles, failing to fully pay many former players.[3] Towards the beginning of the season, the team controversially signed businessman Tomas Tumynas, who had no prior professional basketball experience.[4] According to head coach Virginijus Šeškus, Tumynas helped Vytautas financially, despite not playing any games before his release in January 2018.[4][5] The team lost to Lietuvos rytas Vilnius on 6 January 2018 by a margin of 113–56 for its worst defeat of the season. After the game, Vytautas dropped to last place in their league.[6]
On 11 December 2017, Vytautas signed LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, the younger brothers of Los Angeles Lakers player Lonzo Ball, both of whom agreed to join the team in the beginning of January 2018.[7] Both brothers, along with Lonzo, had gained fame in the United States after leading Chino Hills High School to an undefeated season and mythical national championship in 2015–16. LiAngelo drew the international spotlight in November 2017 after being arrested for shoplifting in China, abruptly ending his college basketball career at UCLA and culminating in a Twitter-based feud between his father LaVar Ball and U.S. President Donald Trump. The Lithuanian team, whose managers described the signing as an instant success, subsequently received international attention and being featured in The New York Times.[8][9] Upon the Ball brothers' arrival, the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) rescheduled Vytautas' games against Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys and Juventus Utena to better suit their American audience.[10]
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In early January 2018, Vytautas pulled out of the Baltic Basketball League season, instead setting up and hosting the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a series of exhibition games mostly against opponents from lower Lithuanian leagues.[11] On 23 January 2018, the team announced that the sports apparel company Big Baller Brand would be an official sponsor until the end of the season.[12] LaVar Ball, owner of the company, was appointed as assistant coach for a match-up with Dzūkija Alytus and then as head coach against Jonava.[13][14] Ball and his family helped the team pay off the club's debts, contributing €100,000.[15]
By the end of February, Vytautas announced that it would play in another exhibition event sponsored by the company, known the Big Baller Brand International Tournament, a round-robin competition featuring three European teams outside of Lithuania. LaVar Ball continued to serve as head coach.[16] In late March and early April, Vytautas participated in two more friendlies, hosting a game against a youth squad of the Chinese team Guangdong Southern Tigers and facing the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL) in London.[17][18] However, after the end of the team's exhibition games, head coach Virginijus Šeškus would make some drastic changes for the team to avoid the threat of relegation, most notably by sitting LaMelo Ball throughout the rest of the regular season. Since the changes, Vytautas would go on a three-game winning streak, with the threat of being relegated looking dimmer and dimmer in the process. However, after a 73–69 loss to Siauliai on April 25, LaVar Ball announced he would pull his sons out of the team after neither Ball player played that night. After losing that night, Vytautas would lose their last three games of the season, with the team letting go of Kervin Bristol, Rashaun Broadus, and Denys Lukashov before the end of their last game that season. As a result, their season left them with the threat of relegating to the NKL, with Vytis Šakiai looking for its promotion this season. Ultimately, while Vytautas finished the season in last place, they would survive the threat of relegation this season due to Vytis not meeting the proper promotion requirements this year.
Players
Squad information
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Updated: April 29, 2018 |
Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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C | Kervin Bristol | |||
PF | Regimantas Miniotas | Eigirdas Žukauskas | Egidijus Dimša | |
SF | LiAngelo Ball | Justas Sinica | Martynas Linkevičius | Bartas Aleksandravičius |
SG | Edvinas Šeškus | Paulius Ivanauskas | ||
PG | Rashaun Broadus | Denys Lukashov | LaMelo Ball | Gediminas Maceina |
Notes:
- 1 Sign and trade. Didn't play a single regular season game.
Club
Technical staff
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Friendlies
Win Loss
9 January 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
90–80 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 16–21, 31–17, 14–16 | ||||
Pts: Miniotas 20 Rebs: Miniotas 13 Asts: La. Ball 9 PIR: not available |
Report | Pts: Jokubaitis 31 Rebs: Venskus 10 Asts: Arlauskas 3 PIR: not available |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,500 |
15 January 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
130–93 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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20:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 32–22, 34–19, 32–33 | |||
Pts: La. Ball 31 Rebs: Bristol 7 Asts: La. Ball 9 PIR: not available |
Report | Pts: Sirvydis 19 Rebs: Naruševičius 11 Asts: Jermolajevas, Marčiulionis 3 PIR: not available |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,200 |
17 January 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
93–89 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–28, 28–27, 22–16 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 22 Rebs: Bristol 8 Asts: Dimša 8 |
Report | Pts: Užupis, Wanamaker 13 Rebs: Užupis 9 Asts: Juknevičius, Wanamaker 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,000 |
23 January 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
147–142 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 34–37, 33–33, 40–37, 40–35 | |||
Pts: La. Ball 43 Rebs: Miniotas 9 Asts: La. Ball 10 |
Report | Pts: Petrilevičius 35 Rebs: Žalalis 11 Asts: Danisevičius 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,000 |
28 January 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
151–120 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 36–42, 49–31, 34–23 | |||
Pts: La. Ball 40 Rebs: Miniotas 17 Asts: La. Ball 10 |
Pts: Hobbs 30 Rebs: Hobbs 10 Asts: Hobbs 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,000 |
25 February 2018 1 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
133–141 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 49–25, 22–38, 31–32, 31–46 | |||
Pts: Šeškus 35 Rebs: Miniotas 13 Asts: La. Ball 8 |
Report | Pts: Zotovs 29 Rebs: Čavars 12 Asts: Zotovs 14 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 800 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Mantas Butvilas (LTU) |
26 February 2018 2 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
96–128 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 24–27, 30–32, 18–35 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 26 Rebs: Miniotas 7 Asts: La. Ball 9 |
Report | Pts: Jogėla 24 Rebs: Benjamin 14 Asts: Paliukėnas 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 500 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Šarūnas Gabrilavičius (LTU) |
27 February 2018 3 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
87–96 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 26–22, 23–23, 17–28 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 30 Rebs: Bristol 14 Asts: Maceina 10 |
Pts: Oman, Klavžar 22 Rebs: Đumić 8 Asts: Klavžar, Đumić 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena |
- Other friendlies
27 March 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
159–115 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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21:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 32–24, 43–31, 41–25, 43–35 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 72 Rebs: Miniotas 16 Asts: La. Ball 13 |
Report | Pts: Xu M.Z. 29 Rebs: Wang D.R. 7 Asts: Xu J. 11 |
Arena: Prienai Arena |
2 April 2018 | London Lions ![]() |
110–127 | ![]() |
London |
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16:00 (GMT) | Scoring by quarter: 30–28, 34–37, 25–33, 21–29 | |||
Pts: Spencer 32 Rebs: Dixon 20 Asts: Spencer 8 |
Report | Pts: Li. Ball 44 Rebs: Bristol 23 Asts: La. Ball 16 |
Arena: Copper Box Arena |
Competitions
Overall
Competition | Started round | Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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Lithuanian Basketball League | Matchday 1 | In progress | September 24, 2017 | May 2, 2018 |
Baltic Basketball League | Matchday 1 | Withdrew | October 25, 2017 | December 23, 2017 |
Basketball Champions League | Qualifying round 1 | Failed to qualify | September 19, 2017 | September 21, 2017 |
Source: Competitions
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % | |
Lithuanian Basketball League | 27 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2,138 | 2,371 | −233 | 18.52 |
Baltic Basketball League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 400 | 363 | +37 | 50.00 |
Basketball Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 159 | −21 | 50.00 |
Total | 35 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 2,676 | 2,893 | −217 | 25.71 |
Last updated: March 28, 2018
Lithuanian Basketball League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
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6 | Pieno žvaigždės | 36 | 14 | 22 | 2894 | 3140 | −246 | Advance to play-offs |
7 | Juventus | 36 | 13 | 23 | 2918 | 3029 | −111 | |
8 | Nevėžis | 36 | 12 | 24 | 2805 | 2993 | −188 | |
9 | Dzūkija | 36 | 10 | 26 | 2721 | 3030 | −309 | |
10 | Vytautas[lower-alpha 1] | 36 | 8 | 28 | 2805 | 3125 | −320 | Relegation to NKL[Note 1] |
Notes:
- If other 9 LKL teams and Vytis from National Basketball League (NKL) meet the licensing requirements, Vytautas would be relegated. However, Vytis did not meet licensing requirements, meaning Vytautas stayed onto the LKL for at least another season.
Win Loss
Matches
24 September 2017 1 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 59–61 | Šiauliai | Prienai |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 11–15, 17–10, 20–10 | |||
Pts: Klimavičius 14 Rebs: E. Dimša 9 Asts: T. Dimša 6 |
Report | Pts: Birutis, Urbutis 16 Rebs: Birutis 11 Asts: Sabeckis 4 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 400 Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Gvidas Gedvilas |
27 September 2017 2 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 80–84 | Dzūkija Alytus | Prienai |
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19:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–17, 21–19, 20–29 | |||
Pts: Sinica 16 Rebs: E. Dimša 9 Asts: T. Dimša 7 |
Report | Pts: Reinhardt 24 Rebs: Reinhardt 7 Asts: Hernández 4 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 315 Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gintaras Mačiulis, Žydrūnas Paliušis |
1 October 2017 3 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 78–94 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | Prienai |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–22, 18–28, 22–25 | |||
Pts: T. Dimša 15 Rebs: Linkevičius 6 Asts: Žukauskas 5 |
Report | Pts: Seibutis 19 Rebs: Butkevičius, Seibutis 6 Asts: Butkevičius, Palacios 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 400 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gvidas Gedvilas, Ignas Davainis |
5 October 2017 4 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 69–75 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | Prienai |
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18:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 19–16, 24–25, 9–14 | |||
Pts: Klimavičius 20 Rebs: Klimavičius 6 Asts: Maceina 5 |
Report | Pts: Madgen 21 Rebs: Echodas 6 Asts: Carter, Kramer 4 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 800 Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Mindaugas Večerskis, Aurimas Borusas |
8 October 2017 5 |
Lietkabelis Panevėžys | 87–69 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Panevėžys |
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16:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 21–12, 19–19, 28–21 | |||
Pts: Juškevičius 14 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 6 Asts: Talton 6 |
Report | Pts: Sinica 19 Rebs: Linkevičius 11 Asts: T. Dimša 8 |
Arena: Cido Arena Attendance: 2,488 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Martynas Gudas, Šarūnas Gabrilavičius |
14 October 2017 6 |
Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | 80–74 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Pasvalys |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 14–19, 18–15, 29–18 | |||
Pts: Ausējs 17 Rebs: Ausējs, Balašov 5 Asts: Lekūnas 4 |
Report | Pts: Šeškus, Žukauskas 18 Rebs: Klimavičius, Žukauskas 7 Asts: Žukauskas 5 |
Arena: Pieno žvaigždės Arena Attendance: 250 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andrius Maleckas, Andžej Urbanovič |
22 October 2017 7 |
Žalgiris Kaunas | 97–54 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Kaunas |
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17:20 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 25–17, 22–9, 25–11 | |||
Pts: Kavaliauskas 16 Rebs: Jankūnas, Masiulis 7 Asts: Davies, Pangos 5 |
Report | Pts: Lukashov 12 Rebs: Klimavičius 3 Asts: Žukauskas 4 |
Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 2,578 Referees: Artūras Šukys, Mindaugas Večerskis, Oleg Barkovskij |
28 October 2017 8 |
Juventus Utena | 77–68 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Utena |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 18–14, 16–15, 23–30 | |||
Pts: Bičkauskis, Ireland 15 Rebs: Korniyenko 11 Asts: Bičkauskis, Korniyenko 5 |
Report | Pts: Sinica 17 Rebs: Žukauskas 6 Asts: Lukashov 8 |
Arena: Utena Arena Attendance: 1,243 Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Gvidas Gedvilas, Gintaras Mačiulis |
4 November 2017 9 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 85–98 | Juventus Utena | Prienai |
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17:20 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 18–14, 16–15, 23–30 | |||
Pts: T. Dimša 17 Rebs: Žukauskas 6 Asts: Žukauskas 6 |
Report | Pts: Ireland 24 Rebs: Kupšas 7 Asts: Šikšnius 4 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 350 Referees: Artūras Šukys, Mindaugas Večerskis, Martynas Gudas |
11 November 2017 10 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 101–80 | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | Prienai |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 30–23, 25–25, 23–20 | |||
Pts: Linkevičius 22 Rebs: Žukauskas 12 Asts: Sinica 6 |
Report | Pts: Bobrov 22 Rebs: Balashov 10 Asts: Bobrov 4 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 320 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Andžej Urbanovič, Ignas Davainis |
18 November 2017 11 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 92–78 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Prienai |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 31–20, 17–24, 22–18, 22–16 | |||
Pts: Žukauskas 20 Rebs: Žukauskas 8 Asts: E. Dimša 7 |
Report | Pts: Kuksiks 17 Rebs: Maldūnas 7 Asts: Grant 5 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 300 Referees: Artūras Šukys, Mindaugas Večerskis, Rytis Sabas |
4 December 2017 12 |
Dzūkija Alytus | 60–90 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Alytus |
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19:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 16–20, 6–21, 21–24 | |||
Pts: Sušinskas 11 Rebs: Samac, Žalalis 5 Asts: Hernández 5 |
Report | Pts: Sinica 17 Rebs: Skučas 11 Asts: Williams 8 |
Arena: Alytus Arena Attendance: 1,742 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Ignas Davainis, Mantas Butvilas |
9 December 2017 13 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 88–74 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | Prienai |
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17:20 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 18–19, 21–19, 27–14 | |||
Pts: Žukauskas 18 Rebs: Žukauskas 8 Asts: T. Dimša 5 |
Report | Pts: Skučas 15 Rebs: Skučas 11 Asts: Williams 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 500 Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Juozas Barkauskas, Andžej Urbanovič |
16 December 2017 15 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 70–89 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Prienai |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 12–12, 16–23, 22–27 | |||
Pts: Šeškus 19 Rebs: Miniotas 8 Asts: Maceina 5 |
Report | Pts: Kavaliauskas 14 Rebs: Masiulis 8 Asts: Micić 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Andrius Maleckas, Martynas Gudas |
27 December 2017 16 |
Neptūnas Klaipėda | 104–83 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Klaipėda |
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18:50 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 27–21, 26–21, 25–18 | |||
Pts: Galdikas 18 Rebs: Galdikas 8 Asts: Kisielius, Seibutis, Želionis 5 |
Report | Pts: Linkevičius, Šeškus 18 Rebs: Linkevičius, Miniotas 8 Asts: Sinica 4 |
Arena: Švyturys Arena Attendance: 2,550 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Žydrūnas Paliušis |
2 January 2018 17 |
Šiauliai | 79–73 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Šiauliai |
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18:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 22–10, 21–19, 20–31 | |||
Pts: Birutis 20 Rebs: Sabeckis 10 Asts: Wright 5 |
Report | Pts: Miniotas 16 Rebs: Miniotas 9 Asts: Šeškus, Sinica 3 |
Arena: Šiauliai Arena Attendance: 2,550 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Juozas Barkauskas, Ignas Davainis |
6 January 2018 18 |
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | 113–56 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Vilnius |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 31–11, 20–22, 36–15, 26–7 | |||
Pts: Girdžiūnas 21 Rebs: Echodas 13 Asts: Giedraitis 5 |
Report | Pts: T. Dimša 17 Rebs: Miniotas 9 Asts: T. Dimša 3 |
Arena: Lietuvos rytas Arena Attendance: 2,550 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Mindaugas Večerskis, Mantas Butvilas |
13 January 2018 19 |
Lietkabelis Panevėžys | 95–86 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Panevėžys |
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17:20 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 36–26, 18–15, 22–20, 19–25 | |||
Pts: Juškevičius 18 Rebs: D. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Peiners 7 |
Report | Pts: T. Dimša 26 Rebs: Miniotas 8 Asts: Miniotas 4 |
Arena: Cido Arena Attendance: 4,819 Referees: Artūras Šukys, Gvidas Gedvilas, Aurimas Borusas |
21 January 2018 20 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 93–116 | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | Prienai |
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19:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 14–19, 18–15, 29–18 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 20 Rebs: Bristol 7 Asts: T. Dimša 6 |
Report | Pts: Bobrov, Olisevičius 17 Rebs: Bobrov 9 Asts: Hughes 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Andrius Maleckas, Gintaras Mačiulis |
27 January 2018 21 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 78–86 | Juventus Utena | Prienai |
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19:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 17–20, 16–19, 19–26 | |||
Pts: Miniotas 14 Rebs: Miniotas 9 Asts: T. Dimša 5 |
Report | Pts: Gaines 23 Rebs: Flowers 7 Asts: Gaines 4 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Šarūnas Gabrilavičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Mindaugas Večerskis |
4 February 2018 22 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 96–118 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Prienai |
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17:20 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 26–36, 17–26, 29–22, 24–34 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 25 Rebs: Bristol 7 Asts: La. Ball 6 |
Report | Pts: Masiulis 17 Rebs: Jankūnas 8 Asts: Udrih 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Martynas Gudas, Rytis Sabas |
11 February 2018 23 |
Šiauliai | 95–97 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Šiauliai |
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15:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 32–24, 19–23, 18–26, 26–24 | |||
Pts: Šarakauskas 23 Rebs: Šarakauskas 12 Asts: Sabeckis, Žemaitis 5 |
Report | Pts: Lukashov 21 Rebs: Miniotas 7 Asts: Žukauskas 7 |
Arena: Šiauliai Arena Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Juozas Barkauskas, Oleg Barkovskij |
3 March 2018 24 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 76–83 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | Prienai |
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17:20 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 20–30, 18–15, 15–21 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 18 Rebs: Žukauskas 9 Asts: T. Dimša 5 |
Report | Pts: Baron 20 Rebs: Echodas 6 Asts: Kramer 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Martynas Gudas, Oleg Barkovskij |
10 March 2018 25 |
Neptūnas Klaipėda | 73–65 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Klaipėda |
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17:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 16–15, 15–21, 18–22 | |||
Pts: Šulskis 16 Rebs: Galdikas 9 Asts: Delininkaitis 4 |
Report | Pts: Sinica 16 Rebs: Linkevičius 7 Asts: T. Dimša 4 |
Arena: Švyturys Arena Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Gvidas Gedvilas, Mantas Butvilas |
19 March 2018 26 |
Dzūkija Alytus | 82–79 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Alytus |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 23–11, 24–21, 16–29 | |||
Pts: Žalalis 16 Rebs: Petrilevičius, Petty 8 Asts: Callison 5 |
Report | Pts: Žukauskas 21 Rebs: Žukauskas 11 Asts: Linkevičius 4 |
Arena: Alytus Arena Attendance: 2,896 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Andrius Maleckas, Andžej Urbanovič |
25 March 2018 27 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 77–90 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
15:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 23–22, 13–20, 16–26 | |||
Pts: Li. Ball 28 Rebs: Bristol, Žukauskas 9 Asts: Broadus 6 |
Report | Pts: Tamulis 17 Rebs: Maldūnas 13 Asts: Normantas, Tamulis 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 800 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gvidas Gedvilas, Juozas Barkauskas |
31 March 2018 28 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 76–91 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
16:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 23–22, 13–20, 16–26 | |||
Pts: Žukauskas 14 Rebs: T. Dimša 5 Asts: Broadus, T. Dimša, Žukauskas 3 |
Report | Pts: Čepukaitis 16 Rebs: D. Lavrinovič 9 Asts: Mavra 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Mindaugas Večerskis, Žydrūnas Paliušis |
7 April 2018 29 |
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | 104–71 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Vilnius |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:20 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 34–22, 28–17, 19–11 | |||
Pts: Peterson 19 Rebs: Mockevičius 9 Asts: Kramer 8 |
Report | Pts: Li. Ball 16 Rebs: Li. Ball 6 Asts: Žukauskas 6 |
Arena: Lietuvos rytas Arena Attendance: 1,950 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Martynas Gudas, Ignas Davainis |
12 April 2018 30 |
Nevėžis Kėdainiai | vs. | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Kėdainiai |
---|---|---|---|---|
18:50 (EET) | ||||
Arena: Kėdainiai Arena |
15 April 2018 31 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | vs. | Dzūkija Alytus | Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:15 (EET) | ||||
Arena: Prienai Arena |
19 April 2018 31 |
Juventus Utena | vs. | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Utena |
---|---|---|---|---|
18:45 (EET) | ||||
Arena: Utena Arena |
25 April 2018 32 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | vs. | Šiauliai | Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
18:50 (EET) | ||||
Arena: Prienai Arena |
28 April 2018 33 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | vs. | Neptūnas Klaipėda | Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:20 (EET) | ||||
Arena: Prienai Arena |
2 May 2018 34 |
Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | vs. | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Pasvalys |
---|---|---|---|---|
18:00 (EET) | ||||
Arena: Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena |
9 May 2018 35 |
Žalgiris Kaunas | vs. | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Kaunas |
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18:50 (EET) | ||||
Arena: Kaunas Sports Hall |
Baltic Basketball League
Vytautas forfeited a game on October 31, 2017 against Rapla after head coach Virginijus Šeškus received a second technical foul with three minutes left in regulation and refused to let his team continue playing.[43] The Baltic Basketball League assessed Vytautas with a technical loss of 20–0 and fined the team €3,000.[44] On January 6, 2018, after playing six games in the BBL, Vytautas withdrew from the 2017–18 season.[11] In its place, the team set up the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a series of five friendly games that were designed to feature LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball in their professional debuts.[11] However, Vytautas were assessed a €5,000 fine for forfeiting a non-televised game against Tsmoki-Minsk and were disqualified from the BBL, with the results of previous games being nullified, for their second forfeit of the season.[45]
Matches
25 October 2017 1 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
91–56 | ![]() |
Prienai |
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Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 21–9, 23–14, 21–18 | ||||
Pts: Linkevičius 19 Rebs: Linkevičius 10 Asts: Žukauskas 5 |
Report | Pts: Beliankou 15 Rebs: Rubinshteyn 4 Asts: Beliankou, Rubinshteyn 2 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Referees: Ignas Davainis, Rytis Sabas, Andzej Urbanovic |
31 October 2017 2 |
Rapla ![]() |
20–0 (forfeit) | ![]() |
Rapla |
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Report | Arena: Sadolin Sports Hall |
8 November 2017 3 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
87–60 | ![]() |
Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 15–14, 26–11, 21–17 | ||||
Pts: Sinica 22 Rebs: E. Dimša, Linkevičius 8 Asts: E. Šeškus 6 |
Report | Pts: Apsitis 13 Rebs: Benjamin 9 Asts: Leimanis 5 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 100 Referees: Sarunas Gabrilavicius, Juozas Barkauskas, Mantas Butvilas |
15 November 2017 4 |
Šiauliai ![]() |
79–82 | ![]() |
Šiauliai |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 24–24, 22–20, 15–18 | ||||
Pts: Urbutis 26 Rebs: Urbutis 11 Asts: Prewitt, Sabeckis, Wright 4 |
Report | Pts: T. Dimša 20 Rebs: E. Dimša 9 Asts: T. Dimša 4 |
Arena: Šiauliai Arena Referees: Andrius Maleckas, Zydrunas Paliusis, Oleg Barkovskij |
20 December 2017 5 |
Jūrmala ![]() |
80–58 | ![]() |
Jelgava |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 25–16, 17–12, 27–20 | ||||
Pts: Žvīgurs 16 Rebs: Krestinin, Strēlnieks 7 Asts: Jeromanovs, Krestinin 6 |
Report | Pts: Šeškus 18 Rebs: Miniotas 8 Asts: Ivanauskas 5 |
Arena: Zemgale Olympic Center Attendance: 200 Referees: Gatis Salins, Andris Petrovs, Andris Vaskāns |
23 December 2017 6 |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
82–88 | ![]() |
Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 18–25, 22–27, 16–15 | ||||
Pts: Šeškus 24 Rebs: Linkevičius 6 Asts: Lukashov, Maceina 5 |
Report | Pts: Birutis 21 Rebs: Wright 10 Asts: Sabeckis 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 200 Referees: Arturas Sukys, Sarunas Gabrilavicius, Juozas Barkauskas |
Basketball Champions League
Qualification
19 September 2017 1st leg |
Donar Groningen ![]() |
75–77 | ![]() |
Groningen |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 13–25, 22–21, 17–17 | ||||
Pts: Bruinsma 14 Rebs: Koenis 6 Asts: Dourisseau 5 |
Report | Pts: E. Dimša 24 Rebs: E. Dimša 6 Asts: Ivanauskas 6 |
Arena: MartiniPlaza |
21 September 2017 2nd leg |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas ![]() |
61–84 | ![]() |
Prienai |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 10–25, 22–18, 15–15 | ||||
Pts: Tinsley 14 Rebs: Žukauskas 6 Asts: Ivanauskas 3 |
Report | Pts: Curry 20 Rebs: Koenis 9 Asts: Curry 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena |
Individual awards
Lithuanian Basketball League
- Player of the Week
Date | Player | Efficiency | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
13 November 2017 | ![]() | 27 | [46] |
15 January 2018 | ![]() | 30 | [47] |
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