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| Date | March 20, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | ||||||||||||||||||
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March 20 7:30 p.m. |
| Ereliai 104, Vilkai109 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:34-23, 26-31, 27-33, 17-22 | ||
| Pts: Mindaugas Kuzminskas 26 Rebs: Jonas Valančiūnas 7 Asts: Mindaugas Kuzminskas 8 | Pts: Egidijus Dimša 21 Rebs: Travis Watson, Mirza Begić 5 Asts: Marcus Brown 7 | |
The coach of Team Vilkai was Rimas Kurtinaitis, of Lietuvos Rytas, who received 5,490 votes. The coach of Team Ereliai was Antanas Sireika, of Šiauliai, with 3,005 votes.
The leading scorer in 3-point percentage of the LKL was Donatas Zavackas. Besides him, one player, usually with a good 3-point percentage, was chosen from every team in the league. Below is the list of participating players. The winner received the trophy, a prize and a 4,000 Litas check.
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