T. Delininkaitis became the MVP of the NKL final, the attendance record of the decade was recorded

As the curtain fell on the National Basketball League (7bet-NKL) season, the 2023-2024 season was handed out on Wednesday at “Basketball House”. season awards.

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 elected MVP of the final series Tomas Delininkaitis. 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 top five players of the regular season were defensemen Mindaugas Stašys (“Kretinga”) and Dominic Domarkas (“Sūduva-Mantinga” from Marijampole) and strikers Mantas Ruikis (“Cretinga”), Julius Kazakauskas (Olympus of Palanga) and Karolis Guščikas (“Olympus”).

The award for the most useful basketball player of the regular season went to J. 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.

Another representative of “Olimpo”, K. Guščikas, who entered the symbolic five, was chosen as the best defensive basketball player of the league. The midfielder who posted the most blocks for opponents this season blew 1.8 shots per match.

Vilnius “Ryto-2” basketball player was chosen both as the league’s best young player (born in 2002 and later) and as the league’s most improved basketball player Gediminas Aliswho made his debut in the Lithuanian Basketball League after the “7bet-NKL” playoffs with the Kėdainiai team shirt.

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.

He became the best judge of the season for the second year in a row Šarūnas Gabrilavičiuswho was also presented with the league’s symbolic prize money.

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 home attendance since 2012-2013. of the season (average 750 spectators), and the statuette was collected from the executive director of “7bet-NKL” Justas Kalinauskas, the strategist and manager of the Kretinga team Arimantas Mikaločius.

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