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LKL Three-point Shootout
The LKL Three-point Shootout, currently known as CBet.lt Three-point Shootout for sponsorship purposes, is a Lithuanian professional King Mindaugas Cup final day contest, that is held between the cup's final and third-place matches. 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. The current champion of the LKL Dunk Contest is Mindaugas Lukauskis, who won representing Lietuvos rytas. 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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaliaus Mindaugo Taurė
Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė (English: King Mindaugas Cup) is an annual national domestic basketball cup competition between Lithuanian professional teams. It is organised by the Lithuanian Basketball League (Lietuvos krepšinio lyga – LKL). The tournament is named in honor of Mindaugas, the first and only King of Lithuania. The Final four event includes an annual LKL Three-point Shootout contest, LKL Future Cup was introduced in 2018 with Žalgiris and Rytas youth teams competing for the cup. LKL Slam Dunk Contest was part of the Final four program until the event was removed in 2019. History and format The new tournament was presented to public on 1 December 2015, to replace the LKF Cup and the LKL All-Star Day. In 2016 the official name was Kidy Tour King Mindaugas Cup for sponsorship purposes, where Top 8 teams after 2 rounds in the Lithuanian basketball league competed in a 3-day tournament, in Vilnius, Siemens Arena. The format was where top team after 2 LKL rounds faced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Slanina
Donatas Slanina (born 23 April 1977) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays as a shooting guard in his professional career. He also shortly worked as an assistant coach. After starting his professional career in Šiauliai, he was best known for playing in Lithuanian champion Žalgiris and Pallacanestro Reggiana. He is one of the best three point shooter in Europe. Slanina also was member of Lithuania national team, winning gold medal in Eurobasket 2003. Coaching career In July 2015, Slanina was named the assistant to head coach Massimiliano Menetti, at Pallacanestro Reggiana, the club where he finished his playing career. After the 2016-17 season, Slanina contract was not renewed by Pallacanestro Reggiana, but the Lithuanian and his family continue to live in Reggio Emilia. Career statistics EuroLeague , - , style="text-align:left;", 2000–01 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 12 , , 9 , , 28.2 , , .580 , , .552 , , .870 , , 3.3 , , 1.0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ela Briedytė
Ela or ELA may refer to: Companies and organizations * Basque Workers' Solidarity (Basque: '), a trade union * Earth Liberation Army * ELA Aviación, a Spanish aircraft manufacturer * English Lacrosse Association * Equatorial Launch Australia, owner-operator of Arnhem Space Centre in northern Australia * European Lift Association, a trade association * European Laser Association, see ''Lasers in Medical Science'' * European Labour Authority Music * ''E.L.A.'' (album), by Elastinen * "Ela" (Barrice song), by Barrice * ''Ela'' (Peggy Zina album), by Peggy Zina * "Ela" (Andromache song), by Andromache; Cyprus' song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 People * Ela (name), given name * Ela (surname) Places * East Los Angeles, California, United States * Eastside Los Angeles , United States * Ela (woreda), now Konta, Ethiopia * Ela, North Carolina, United States * Ela Beach, in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea * Ela River, in New Hampshire, United States * Ela Township, Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Juventus
BC Juventus ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Juventus), also known as Uniclub Casino Juventus for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Utena, Lithuania. Founded in 1999, the club currently plays in the Lithuanian Basketball League. History 2000–2007: foundation and participation in RKL Juventus basketball club was founded in 1999 and debuted in Naujametinis Utenos rajono Mero taurės turnyras (Utena's new year's mayor's cup tournament) and took third place. First team roster consisted of other sports players: football players and one handball player. First team captain, which also founded Juventus basketball team was football player Nerijus Kuzmickas (played in Kauno Inkaras team), now Šiauliai football academy, child and teenage coach. In the debut Juventus season also played: Egidijus Varnas (FK Ekranas), Tomas Keraitis, Tomas Karvelis and others. In 2003–2004 season, Juventus basketball team was coached by Rimvydas Vaitkus. Juventus de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žygimantas Šeštokas
Žygimantas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, which is a variant of Sigismund, a German name meaning "protection through victory." Notable people with the name include: * Žygimantas II of Lithuania (1467–1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania *Žygimantas Augustas (1520–1572), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania *Žygimantas Janavičius (born 1989), Lithuanian basketball player * Žygimantas Jonušas (born 1982), Lithuanian basketball player * Žygimantas Kęstutaitis (1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania *Žygimantas Skučas (born 1992), Lithuanian basketball player *Žygimantas Stanulis (born 1993), Lithuanian weightlifter See also *Sigismund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it ''Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Zygimantas Lithuanian masculine given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvinas Ruzgas
Edvinas, a cognate of the English language name Edwin, may refer to: * Edvinas Dautartas (born 1987), swimmer * Edvinas Gertmonas (born 1996), football player * Edvinas Krungolcas (born 1973), modern pentathlete * Edvinas Ramanauskas (born 1985), sprint canoer * Edvinas Šeškus Edvinas Šeškus (born 10 March 1995) is a Lithuanian basketball player for CBet Jonava of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He mainly plays the shooting guard position. He is 196 cm (6' 5") tall and weighs 100 kg (220 lbs). C ... (born 1995), basketball player * Edvinas Vaškelis (born 1996), volleyball player {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Šiauliai
BC Šiauliai ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Šiauliai) is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League. It has won the 3rd place award (behind Lithuanian basketball giants Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris) in the LKL a record 9 times. History BC Kelininkas (1982–1994) The team was formed in 1984 and participated in the second-tier Lithuanian league. Following Tauras Šiauliai club bankrupt, BC Kelininkas became city's primary basketball club. During the 1994–95 season in LKAL, BC Kelininkas played his last season under this name. BC Kelininkas, led by Antanas Sireika, Robertas Giedraitis, Donatas Slanina and Mindaugas Žukauskas, finished with the 18–2 regular season record and advanced into the playoffs. There they successfully completed two stages by overcoming Banga Kaunas and SAVY Vilnius. Though, later they were defeated by Vilnius LPA twice. Then BC Kelininkas, due to the sponsorship reasons, was renamed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Low
Derrick Low (born March 21, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Pieno žvaigždės of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga. Professional career After college, Low was not selected at the 2008 NBA draft. In July 2008, he signed with the Sydney Spirit of Australia's National Basketball League. On January 5, 2009, he left Sydney and signed with the French club SPO Rouen Basket for the rest of the season. On September 4, 2009, he signed a one-year contract with the Lithuanian club Šiauliai. On July 20, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Maccabi Haifa. On September 24, 2011, he signed a one-year contract with the Ukrainian club BC Dnipro. On May 16, 2015, he re-signed with Dnipro for one more season. On June 16, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Ukrainian club Azovmash. On December 26, 2013, he parted ways with Azovmash. On January 3, 2014, he signed with Selçuk Üniversitesi BK of Turkey for the rest of the season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Runkauskas
Marius Runkauskas (born May 20, 1986) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Gargždai-SC of the National Basketball League (NKL). He plays primarily at the shooting guard position, but he can also play point guard, if needed. Early years Runkauskas played in the Lithuanian Pupils Basketball League (MKL), for the V. Chomičius basketball school. Professional career Runkauskas started his professional basketball career in the Klaipėda, NKL (Lithuanian 2nd Division) team, Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, in 2003. After he became a champion of the NKL, in 2007, with Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, Klaipėda's strongest basketball club invited him to join their team. He averaged 8.8 points, 1.0 assists, and 1.5 rebounds per game. The next year, he joined BC Sūduva, and in January 2009, he left the club, and joined the Latvian basketball team ASK Riga. In the following season, he averaged 16.9 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game. After the season, he joined UJAP Quimper, pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Nevėžis
BC Nevėžis ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League. History BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city. Nevėžis first played in the second division LKAL (now - National Basketball League (Lithuania)), winning the title in 2002 and qualifying to the Lithuanian Basketball League. Nevėžis became a constant playoff contender, with the highest achievements being reaching the semifinals of the LKL in 2006, even taking future champion BC Lietuvos rytas to the limit, losing the series 1:2. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gytis Sirutavičius
Gytis Sirutavičius (born 12 January 1983) is a Lithuanian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ... player. External links Eurobasket.com ProfileGytis Sirutavičius LKL.lt profile''(English and Lithuanian)'' Gytis Sirutavičius BBL.net profile''(English)'' References 1983 births Living people ALM Évreux Basket players BC Dnipro players BC Juventus players BC Lietkabelis players BC Nevėžis players BC Pieno žvaigždės players BC Prienai players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in France Lithuanian men's basketball players Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from Panevėžys {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Kasiulevičius
Marius may refer to: People *Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. Arts and entertainment * ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson * ''Marius'' (1931 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Alexander Korda * ''Marius'' (2013 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Daniel Auteuil Places * Marius (Laconia), a town of ancient Laconia, Greece * Măriuș, a village in Valea Vinului, Satu Mare County, Romania * Marius (crater), on the Moon * Marius Hills, on the Moon Other uses * Marius (name), a male given name, a Roman clan name and family name, and a modern name or surname * Marius (commando), Alain Alivon (born 1965), French Navy officer * Marius (giraffe), a giraffe euthanized at the Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 See also * * * Mario (other) * Maria (other) * Mary (other) Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
