| LKL finals 2001 |
| Finals (best of five) LIETUVOS RYTAS Vilnius - ŽALGIRIS Kaunas 2-3 The best game: third. Excellent Žalgiris offence (especially Marčiulionis and Slanina) smashed opponents in first quarter. Lietuvos rytas tried to comeback in third quarter, but Chižniak shot some important points. The best: Woodberry. The worst: Kazlauskas. The best moment: Šiškauskas drive and dunk over T.Masiulis in third quarter of first game. The worst moment: Dovidavičius call travelling for Macijauskas in last minute of second game. Fifth game LIETUVOS RYTAS - ŽALGIRIS 66-74 (18-15, 36-33, 52-51). May 26th, 2001. Att.: 3100. Referees: Pilipauskas, Dovidavičius. Lietuvos rytas: Elliott* 5 (4 as), Macijauskas* 19, Šiškauskas** 23, A.Javtokas 0 (7 rb), R.Javtokas* 5; Šležas 0, Šeštokas* 11, Jarutis 0, Kazlauskas 3, Kadžiulis; coach Vainauskas. Žalgiris: Marčiulionis* 11, Slanina* 12, Šalenga* 2 (3 st), T.Masiulis* 13, Chižniak* 8; Woodberry* 7 (9 rb), Jurkūnas** 21, Gustas 0, A.Masiulis, Andriukaitis; coach Brazys. The best: Jurkūnas. The worst: Kazlauskas. Fourth game ŽALGIRIS - LIETUVOS RYTAS 59-69 (13-23, 30-41, 41-54). May 24th, 2001. Referees: Pilipauskas, Jasevičius. Žalgiris: Marčiulionis 3, Slanina 5, Woodberry 8, T.Masiulis* 11, Chižniak** 25; Šalenga* 5, Jurkūnas 2, Gustas 0, A.Masiulis, Andriukaitis; coach Brazys. Lietuvos rytas: Elliott* 9, Macijauskas 3, Šiškauskas** 21, A.Javtokas* 7, R.Javtokas* 12; Šeštokas* 11, Šležas 6, Jarutis 0, Kazlauskas 0, Kadžiulis; coach Vainauskas. The best: Šiškauskas. Proved that he can be a real leader. The worst: Slanina. Disappeared again after some good minutes in the end of second game and the beginning of third game. Third game LIETUVOS RYTAS - ŽALGIRIS 73-87 (22-31, 42-49, 54-71). May 22th, 2001. Referees: Pilipauskas, Dovidavičius. Lietuvos rytas: Elliott* 9, Macijauskas 11, Šležas 4, Šiškauskas** 20, R.Javtokas* 21; Šeštokas 6, Kadžiulis 2, A.Javtokas 0, Kazlauskas 0, Jarutis; coach Vainauskas. Žalgiris: Marčiulionis** 15, Slanina** 27, Woodberry** 15, Jurkūnas 3, Chižniak** 13; Šalenga* 9, T.Masiulis 5, Gustas 0, A.Masiulis, Andriukaitis; coach Brazys. The best: Marčiulionis. He and Slanina organized decisive run in first quarter. The worst: Macijauskas. Second game ŽALGIRIS - LIETUVOS RYTAS 84-80 (27-23, 45-43, 59-62). May 19th, 2001. Att.: 3650. Referees: Dovidavičius, Jasevičius. Žalgiris: Marčiulionis* 1, Slanina* 15, Woodberry** 17 (6 rb, 3 as, 3 st), Jurkūnas* 11 (5 rb), Chižniak** 24 (3 rb); T.Masiulis* 7 (4 rb, 3 st), Šalenga 2, Gustas* 7, A.Masiulis, Andriukaitis; coach Brazys. Lietuvos rytas: Elliott** 23, Macijauskas* 11, Šiškauskas* 24, Kazlauskas 2, R.Javtokas 5; Šležas 0, Šeštokas* 13, Kadžiulis 0, A.Javtokas 2, Jarutis; coach Vainauskas. The best: Woodberry (17 points, 2-5/12, 3-2/3, 1-1/1, 35 min.). The worst: Kazlauskas (2 points, 2-1/1, 3-0/3, 9 min.). First game LIETUVOS RYTAS - ŽALGIRIS 86-73 (18-16, 40-37, 58-62). May 17th, 2001. Att.: 3000. Referees: Pilipauskas, Dovidavičius. Lietuvos rytas: Elliott** 19 (5 rb, 4 to), Macijauskas** 24 (5 rb), Šiškauskas** 16 (8 rb), Šeštokas 4, A.Javtokas 2; R.Javtokas** 10 (8 rb, 3 to), Kazlauskas 2, Kadžiulis* 2 (3 rb, 3 st), Šležas 7 (4 rb), Jarutis; coach Vainauskas. Žalgiris: Gustas* 1, Slanina 11, Woodberry** 20, Jurkūnas 5 (3 rb), Chižniak* 17 (6 rb); T.Masiulis* 6 (6 rb), Marčiulionis** 13 (4 st, 3 to), Šalenga 0, A.Masiulis, Andriukaitis; coach Brazys. The best: Macijauskas (24 points, 2-2/5, 3-6/8, 1-2/4, 33 min.). The best scorer of the game shot some important threepointers in second and fourth quarter. The worst: Jurkūnas (5 points, 2-1/2, 3-1/3, 31 min.). Did he play? Yes and no. He was on the court, but was absolutely useless. All games of the season: Lietuvos rytas vs Žalgiris November 18, 2000 LKL regular season 92-76 in Vilnius December 23, 2000 LKL regular season 93-89 in Kaunas January 14, 2001 NEBL regular season 75-70 in Kaunas March 10, 2001 LKL regular season 87-85 in Vilnius April 21, 2001 NEBL semifinal 79-107 in Perm, Russia April 27, 2001 LKL regular season 88-95 in Kaunas |