LKL Three-point Shootout

The LKL Three-point Shootout, currently known as CBet.lt Three-point Shootout for sponsorship purposes,[1] is a Lithuanian professional King Mindaugas Cup final day contest, that is held between the cup's final and third-place matches.[2] Formerly, it was a part of the LKL's All-Star Day, and took place before the All-Star Game.

History

The very first slam dunk contest was won by Richard Thomas, of Šilutė, at the 1994 LKL All-Star Day, in Panevėžys.[3] The current champion of the LKL Dunk Contest is Mindaugas Lukauskis, who won representing Lietuvos rytas.[1]

Rules

Each Lithuanian Basketball League team has a chance to delegate one player for the contest, while the player with the league's best three-point field goal shooting percentage enters automatically.[4]

Competitors try to score as many points as possible, in one minute. There are five ball racks, laid out over the three-point arc: one on each baseline, one halfway between the baseline, and the top of the arc on each side, and one at the top of the arc. Each rack has five balls, four of which are worth one point (the standard orange balls), and the fifth one (a red, white, and blue ball; nicknamed the "money ball"), is worth two points. Thus, a perfect score is 30 points.

In case of an equal result, each player gets 25 seconds to shoot from two racks of their choosing. The contestant(s) with the best results progress further.

In the first round, each contestant has one chance to score as many points as possible. The four best performers advance to the semi-final, where two more are eliminated, while the remaining contenders compete for the title of LKL Sniper.

Shootout champions
YearPlayerNationalityTeam
1994 (Panevėžys) Richard Thomas  United States Šilutė
1995 (Alytus) Joey Vickery  Canada Olimpas
1997 (Kaunas) Svajūnas Airošius  Lithuania Neptūnas
1998 (Vilnius) Arūnas Grigas  Lithuania Alita
1999 (Kaunas) Svajūnas Airošius (2×)  Lithuania Neptūnas
2000 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas  Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
2001 (Kaunas) Donatas Slanina  Lithuania Žalgiris
2002 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas (2×)  Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
2003 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas (3×)  Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
2004 (Kaunas) Ainars Bagatskis  Latvia Žalgiris
2005 (Vilnius) Petras Šalvis  Lithuania Neptūnas
2006 (Vilnius) Marius Kasiulevičius  Lithuania Neptūnas
2007 (Vilnius) Gytis Sirutavičius  Lithuania Nevėžis
2008 (Šiauliai) Marius Runkauskas  Lithuania Neptūnas
2009 (Šiauliai) Marius Kasiulevičius (2×)  Lithuania Neptūnas
2010 (Panevėžys) Derrick Low  United States Šiauliai
2011 (Šiauliai) Edvinas Ruzgas  Lithuania Šiauliai
2012 (Klaipėda) Žygimantas Šeštokas  Lithuania Juventus
2013 (Šiauliai) Marius Runkauskas (2×)  Lithuania Neptūnas
2014 (Klaipėda) Marius Runkauskas (3×)  Lithuania Neptūnas
2015 (Vilnius) Ela Briedytė  Lithuania Sudūva–Mantinga, LMKL
2016 (Vilnius) Derrick Low (2×)  United States Pieno Žvaigždės
2017 (Kaunas) Arvydas Čepulis  Lithuania Šiauliai
2018 (Klaipėda) Mindaugas Lukauskis  Lithuania Lietuvos rytas
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See also

References
  1. Kirvelaitis, Erikas (19 February 2017). ""CBet.lt" snaiperio konkurso titulą iškovojo 37-erių Čepulis" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Basketball League. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. "Aštuonios priežastys, kodėl privalai būti Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės renginyje" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Basketball League. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. Ramoška, Saulius (18 February 2017). "Rankas smailina tritaškininkai ir dėjikai". Lietuvos žinios (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. "Snaiperių konkurso karalienė Ela Briedytė meta iššūkį "Tete-a-Tete Casino-LKL" vyrams" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Basketball League. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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