LKL All-Star Game

LKL All-Star Game
Status	Inactive
Inaugurated	1994
Most recent	2015
Organized by	Lithuanian Basketball League

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	Gintaras Bačianskas (Lietkabelis)
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	Tomas Pačėsas (Alytus Alita-Savy)
1998	Vilnius	Rytai	100–85	Vakarai	Dion Cross (Šilutė "Šilutė")
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 [1]	(Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas	Vilkai	124–120	Ereliai	Grigorij Khizhnyak (BC Žalgiris)
2002 [2]	(Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas	Ereliai	125–117	Vilkai	Robertas Javtokas (Lietuvos Rytas)
2003 [3]	(Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas	Vilkai	105–97	Ereliai	Arvydas Macijauskas (Lietuvos Rytas)
2004 [4]	(Kaunas Sports Hall), Kaunas	Lietuviai	131–113	Time Team	Tanoka Beard (BC Žalgiris)
2005 [5]	(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 [6]	(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. It includes the:

• LKL Three-point Shootout
• LKL Slam Dunk Contest

Players with most appearances

Robertas Javtokas was selected 6 times.

Player	All-Star	Editions	Notes
Paulius Jankūnas	6	2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012
Robertas Javtokas	6	2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2012	1x MVP
Tanoka Beard	5	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007	2x MVP
Saulius Stombergas	5	1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003	1x MVP
Eurelijus Žukauskas	5	1996,1999, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Dainius Šalenga	4	2002, 2004, 2005 and 2010
Ramūnas Šiškauskas	4	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Mindaugas Kuzminskas	4	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013	1x MVP
Jonas Valančiūnas	3	2010, 2011 and 2012	2x MVP
Vidas Ginevičius	3	2002, 2005, 2006
Arvydas Macijauskas	3	2001, 2002 and 2003	1x MVP
Jonas Mačiulis	3	2007, 2008, 2009	1x MVP
Donatas Slanina	3	1999, 2001 and 2002
Rolandas Matulis	2	2001, 2011
Mindaugas Timinskas	2	2003, 2004
Kšyštof Lavrinovič	2	2013, 2015	1x MVP
Saulius Kuzminskas	2	2002, 2003
Simonas Serapinas	2	2003, 2005
Artūras Jomantas	2	2005, 2014
Martynas Pocius	2	2010, 2011
Mario Delaš	2	2012 and 2013
Gintaras Kadžiulis	2	2002 and 2012
Simas Jasaitis	2	2006 and 2011	1x MVP
Grigorij Khizhnyak	2	2001 and 2002	1x MVP
Chuck Eidson	2	2008 and 2009	1x MVP
Travis Leslie	2	2014 and 2015	1x MVP

Distinctions

FIBA Hall of Fame

• Arvydas Sabonis

Basketball Hall of Fame

• Arvydas Sabonis

FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)

• Arvydas Sabonis

ULEB Euroleague Hall of Fame

• Ramūnas Šiškauskas
• Sarunas Jasikevicius

See also

• LKL All-Star Day
• LKL All-Star Game MVP

References

1. Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2000-2001) All Star - eurobasket.com
2. Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2001-2002) All Star - eurobasket.com
3. Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2002-2003) All Star - eurobasket.com
4. Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2003-2004) All Star - eurobasket.com
5. Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2004-2005) All Star - eurobasket.com
6. Lietuvos krepsinio lyga (2006-2007) All Star - eurobasket.com

Sources

• History
• MVPs on Eurobasket