LKL All-Star Game

The LKL All-Star Game is the All-Star Game of the professional Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). The game is held once every year. The participants of the game are chosen in two ways: the first is via fan ballot, with the leading vote recipients at each position starting the game; secondly the reserves are chosen by a vote among the head coaches of each squad. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. If a player is injured, and cannot participate, the league's commissioner will select a replacement.

Features

The All-Star Game is played under normal FIBA rules, but there are notable differences from an average game.

The player introductions are usually accompanied by a significant amount of fanfare, including lighting effects, dance music, and pyrotechnics. Special uniforms are designed for the game each year, usually green for the Lithuanians, and white for the Time Team (non Lithuanians). A major recording artist typically sings the national anthem, prior to tip-off.

Game play usually involves players attempting spectacular slam dunks and alley oops. Defensive effort is limited, and the final score of the game is generally much higher than an average LKL game. The coaches also try to give most of the reserve players some playing time on the court, instead of using a limited rotation, as they would in a normal game. The fourth quarter of the game is often played in a more competitive fashion, if the game is close.

Halftime is also longer than a typical LKL game, due to musical performances, by various artists.

Every few years, LKL alternates matches from Lietuviai and Time Team (Lietuviai being the All-Star Lithuanian team, and Time Team being the All-Star foreigner team) to Vilkai and Ereliai (two teams of mixed foreign and Lithuanian players).

Results
Summaries
Year (Arena), city Result MVP
Champion Score Runner-up
1994 Panevėžys Rytai 99–88 Vakarai
1995 Šiauliai Lietuviai 100–91 Time Team Saulius Štombergas (LSU-Atletas), Patrick Jones (BC Olimpas)
1996 Vilnius Lietuviai 83–81 Time Team Rimas Kurtinaitis (BC Žalgiris)
1997 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vakarai 108–107 Rytai
1998 Vilnius Rytai 100–85 Vakarai
1999 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas LKL Rinktinė 106-101 Žalgiris Valdemaras Chomičius (Kraitenė Marijampolė)
2000 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Lietuviai 137–97 Time Team Mindaugas Timinskas (BC Žalgiris)
2001 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vilkai 124–120 Ereliai Grigorij Khizhnyak (BC Žalgiris)
2002 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Ereliai 125–117 Vilkai Robertas Javtokas (Lietuvos Rytas)
2003 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vilkai 105–97 Ereliai Arvydas Macijauskas (Lietuvos Rytas)
2004 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Lietuviai 131–113 Time Team Tanoka Beard (BC Žalgiris)
2005 (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Time Team 86–74 Lietuviai Tanoka Beard (BC Žalgiris)
2006 (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Lietuviai 107–88 Time Team Simas Jasaitis (Lietuvos Rytas)
2007 (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Lietuviai 108–108 Time Team Jonas Mačiulis (BC Žalgiris), Kareem Rush (Lietuvos Rytas)
2008 (Šiauliai Arena), Šiauliai Lietuviai 110–109 Time Team Hollis Price (Lietuvos Rytas)
2009 (Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas Vilkai 130–122 Ereliai Chuck Eidson (Lietuvos Rytas)
2010 (Cido Arena), Panevėžys Vilkai 109–104 Ereliai Mindaugas Kuzminskas (BC Šiauliai)
2011 (Šiauliai Arena), Šiauliai Lietuviai 122–114 Time Team Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)
2012 (Švyturys Arena), Klaipėda Lietuviai 115–100 Time Team Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)
2013 (Šiauliai Arena), Šiauliai Lietuviai 140–113 Time Team Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Darjuš Lavrinovič (Žalgiris)
2014 (Švyturys Arena), Klaipėda Vakarai 113–108 Rytai Justin Dentmon (Žalgiris)
2015 (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Amžini Priešininkai 105–95 LKL Žvaigždės Travis Leslie (Lietuvos rytas)
2016 (Siemens Arena), Vilnius Replaced by Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

Other events
Main article: LKL All-Star Day

The All-Star Game is the featured event of the All-Star Day, which also includes a number of popular exhibition games, and competitions featuring LKL players. Such as the LKL Three-point Shootout and the LKL Slam Dunk Contest.

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