At the closing ceremony, gold medals were awarded to the league’s debut team “Jurbarko-Kario”, basketball players from “Kretinga” won silver, and “Olimpas” from Palanga received bronze medals.
“Jurbarko-Kario” veteran Tomas Delininkaitis was chosen MVP of the final series. The 41-year-old basketball player averaged 21.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 22.7 utility points in the Grand Final series against the Kretinga team. Šarūnas Kliokys, president of “7bet-NKL”, presented the award and cash prize to the Klaipėda native.
The symbolic five players of the regular season, the best defender, the best young player, the most improved player and the best referee were chosen by the strategists of the teams of the entire league, taking into account the statistical indicators of the basketball players.
The award for the most useful basketball player of the regular season went to Kazakauskas, who won the bronze medal with the seaside team. 33-year-old forward in 2023-2024. averaged 12.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 22.8 efficiency in the season.
Guščikas, another representative of Olimpo who entered the symbolic five, was chosen as the best defensive basketball player in the league. The midfielder who posted the most blocks for opponents this season blew 1.8 shots per match.
Vilnius “Ryto-2” basketball player Gediminas Alisas, who made his debut in the Lithuanian Basketball League after the “7bet-NKL” playoffs ended, was chosen as the best young player of the league (born in 2002 and later) and the most improved basketball player of the league.
The 20-year-old, who almost doubled his statistics in the “7bet-NKL” championships, recorded 15.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 21.1 utility points this season.
The best referee of the season for the second year in a row was Šarūnas Gabrilavičius, who was also awarded the league’s symbolic cash prize.
The first initiative of the year award in the history of “7bet-NKL” was won by “Kretinga” club, which was awarded for its contribution to the nurturing and development of the city’s basketball community.
Žemaičiai also recorded the highest attendance at home matches since 2012-2013. of the season (average 750 spectators), and the statuette was received from the executive director of “7bet-NKL” Justas Kalinauskas by the strategist and manager of Kretinga team Arimantas Mikaločius.
