2015 LKL All-Star Game

2015 LKL All-Star Game

LKL Žvaigždės Amžini Priešininkai 95 105
1 2 3 4 Total LKL Žvaigždės 30 32 22 11 95 Amžini Priešininkai 35 34 21 15 105
Date	March 29, 2015
Venue	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
MVP	Travis Leslie
Attendance	9,000

The annual 2015 LKL All-Star Game, was held on March 29, in Vilnius. The format was different from the previous contests: one team – Amžini Priešininkai – consisted of the best players from the two rivaling teams of Žalgiris and Lietuvos rytas, and the other team – LKL Žvaigždės – consisted of the best players from the rest of the LKL teams.

Teams

Amžini Priešininkai

Pos.	Player	Team	Total Votes
Starters
PG	Adas Juškevičius	Lietuvos rytas	9,423
SG	James Anderson	Žalgiris	15,980
SF	Edgaras Ulanovas	Žalgiris	7,855
PF	Paulius Jankūnas	Žalgiris	11,328
C	Antanas Kavaliauskas	Lietuvos rytas	9,862
Reserves
F	Gediminas Orelikas	Lietuvos rytas
G/F	Artūras Milaknis	Žalgiris
F/C	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Lietuvos rytas
PG	Lukas Lekavičius	Žalgiris
SG	Travis Leslie	Lietuvos rytas
C	Grigorij Khizhnyak	Žalgiris**
PF	Andrius Šležas	Lietuvos rytas**

LKL Žvaigždės

Pos.	Player	Team	Total Votes
Starters
PG	Rashaun Broadus	Juventus	5,769
SG	Martynas Mažeika	Neptūnas	7,952
SF	Deividas Gailius	Neptūnas	8,074
PF	Julius Jucikas	Šiauliai	5,009
C	Alex Oriakhi	Pieno žvaigždės	6,457
Reserves
SF	Arvydas Šikšnius	Juventus
F/C	Fedor Dmitriev	Dzūkija
SG	Rokas Giedraitis	Šiauliai
PG	Michael Dixon	Pieno žvaigždės
PG	Evaldas Žabas	Lietkabelis
F	Mindaugas Žukauskas	Šiauliai**
SG	Martynas Paliukėnas	Dzūkija**

** Former Žalgiris and Lietuvos rytas members, Grigorij Khizhnyak and Andrius Šležas, respectively, appeared in the game, as a surprise to the spectators. While a member of Žalgiris, Khizhnyak led the EuroLeague in blocks per game, and otherwise led the team in points and rebounds. Šležas represented Lietuvos rytas for 9 seasons, and was known for his three point shooting abilities. For the "LKL Žvaigždės" team, the two late additions were Mindaugas Žukauskas and Martynas Paliukėnas. Žukauskas, who was a longtime Šiauliai player, established himself as an excellent defender, and a regular Lithuanian national team member. Paliukėnas, is a current member of Dzūkija.

Coaches

Gintaras Krapikas, of Žalgiris, was chosen as the head coach of Amžini Priešininkai, after collecting 13,152 votes, and ousting his opponent, Marcelo Nicola of Lietuvos rytas, who gathered 6,609 votes. Kazys Maksvytis, of Neptūnas, was chosen as the head coach of LKL Žvaigždės, defeating Dainius Adomaitis, of Juventus, by 7,945 votes to 6,513 votes.

Game

March 29 16:15 (CET)

Report

Amžini Priešininkai 105, LKL Žvaigždės 95
Scoring by quarter: 35–30, 34–32, 21–22, 15–11
Pts: Travis Leslie 28 Rebs: Adas Juškevičius 5 Asts: James Anderson 7		Pts: Deividas Gailius 17 Rebs: Alex Oriakhi 7 Asts: Deividas Gailius 5

Siemens Arena (Vilnius) Attendance: 9,000

External links

• All–Star Day website