2008 LKL Finals
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| Dates | May 5- May 17 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Marcus Brown | |||||||||
The 2008 LKL Finals was the championship series of the Lithuanian Basketball League's 2007–08 LKL season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. Žalgiris defeated Lietuvos Rytas in a five games, series 4–1. It was the club's 12th Lithuanian League title. Žalgiris had won the most Lithuanian championships of all-time at that point. Lietuvos Rytas had three Lithuanian championships at that time. The games were broadcast on LTV with Linas Kunigėlis as the announcer.
Way to Finals
On the way to the finals, Žalgiris won against Sakalai (110–73, 90–80), in the quarterfinals, and Šiauliai (100–76, 94–83), in the semifinals. Šiauliai later won third place.
Lietuvos Rytas defeated Aisčiai-Atletas (126–59, 87–67), in the first round of the playoffs, and later Alytus (116–62, 115–85).
Game summaries
Game 1
May 5 |
| BC Lietuvos Rytas 76, Žalgiris 73 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 14–16, 19–15, 20–25 | ||
| Pts: Lukauskis 22 Rebs: Petravičius 12 Asts: Price 1, Petravičius 1, Jomantas 1 |
Pts: Jankūnas 17 Rebs: Jankūnas 9 Asts: Collins 5 | |
Game 2
May 8 |
| Žalgiris 87, BC Lietuvos Rytas 80 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 21–24, 27–22, 12–16 | ||
| Pts: Collins 18 Rebs: Markota 7 Asts: Collins 7 |
Pts: Bajramović 18 Rebs: Nielsen 8 Asts: Price 2, Eidson 2, Petravičius 2 | |
Game 3
May 12 |
| BC Lietuvos Rytas 90, Žalgiris 91 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 21–24, 14–16, 24–18 | ||
| Pts: Bajramović 24 Rebs: Eidson 7 Asts: Price 3, Eidson 3, Jordan 3 |
Pts: Brown 27 Rebs: Markota 10 Asts: Brown 7 | |
Game 4
May 14 |
| Žalgiris 92, BC Lietuvos Rytas 79 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 29–23, 16–15, 20–18 | ||
| Pts: Markota 20 Rebs: Žukauskas 7 Asts: Collins 7 |
Pts: Bajramović 19 Rebs: Price 8 Asts: Eidson 3 | |
Game 5
May 17 |
| BC Lietuvos Rytas 75, Žalgiris 81 (OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 17–14, 9–14, 18–21, Overtime: 6-12 | ||
| Pts: Lukauskis 19 Rebs: Jomantas 8 Asts: Eidson 3 |
Pts: Collins 15 Rebs: Markota 12 Asts: Collins 5 | |