LKL Three-point Shootout

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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.

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The current champion is Laurynas Beliauskas representing Uniclub Bet – Juventus.

History

The very first three-point shootout contest was won by Richard Thomas, of Šilutė, at the 1994 LKL All-Star Day, in Panevėžys. [3]

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 Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Šilutė
1995 (Alytus) Joey Vickery Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Olimpas
1997 (Kaunas) Svajūnas Airošius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
1998 (Vilnius) Arūnas Grigas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Alita
1999 (Kaunas) Svajūnas Airošius (2×)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2000 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
2001 (Kaunas) Donatas Slanina Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Žalgiris
2002 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas (2×)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
2003 (Kaunas) Arvydas Macijauskas (3×)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
2004 (Kaunas) Ainars Bagatskis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Žalgiris
2005 (Vilnius) Petras Šalvis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2006 (Vilnius) Marius Kasiulevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2007 (Vilnius) Gytis Sirutavičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Nevėžis
2008 (Šiauliai) Marius Runkauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2009 (Šiauliai) Marius Kasiulevičius (2×)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2010 (Panevėžys) Derrick Low Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Šiauliai
2011 (Šiauliai) Edvinas Ruzgas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Šiauliai
2012 (Klaipėda) Žygimantas Šeštokas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Juventus
2013 (Šiauliai) Marius Runkauskas (2×)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2014 (Klaipėda) Marius Runkauskas (3×)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2015 (Vilnius) Ela Briedytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Sudūva–Mantinga, LMKL
2016 (Vilnius) Derrick Low (2×)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pieno Žvaigždės
2017 (Kaunas) Arvydas Čepulis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Šiauliai
2018 (Klaipėda) Mindaugas Lukauskis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Lietuvos rytas
2019 (Vilnius) Martynas Gecevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania BC Prienai
2020 (Klaipėda) Osvaldas Olisevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Neptūnas
2021 (Panevėžys) Andrew Goudelock Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rytas
2022 (Vilnius) Rihards Kuksiks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Nevėžis–OPTIBET
2023 (Šiauliai) Rihards Kuksiks (2×)Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Pieno Žvaigždės
2024 (Kaunas) Rasheed Sulaimon [a] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wolves
Sean McNeil Nevėžis–OPTIBET
2025 (Vilnius) Laurynas Beliauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Uniclub Bet – Juventus

Champions by club

No.ClubLast win
9Neptūnas2020
5Rytas2021
3Nevėžis2024
Šiauliai2017
2Juventus2025
Pieno Žvaigždės2023
Žalgiris2004
1Wolves2024
Prienai2019
Alita1998
Olimpas Plungė1995
Šilutė1994
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See also

Notes

  1. After the contest, it was noted that Rasheed Sulaimon scored only 16 points instead of 18 points and the series should have been tied. The LKL presented a prize of the same value to Sean McNeil and the contest title is shared between these two players. [5]

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.
  5. ""Betsafe Casino" snaiperio konkurse – dviejų žaidėjų triumfas". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.