The Citadele King Mindaugas Cup (Citadele KMT) hosted the "Betsafe Casino" 3-point contest, where Arnoldas Kulboka of Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius made it to the final and finished second to Laurynas Beliauskas of Uniclub Bet-Juventus Utena.

In the final, Kulboka put on a solid performance, scoring 22 points, but his competitor demonstrated exceptional accuracy with 26 points.

After the first round, the standout performer was veteran contestant Eimantas Stankevičius. The representative from Šiauliai scored 23 points and advanced to the next stage.

Both Kulboka, who had just played in the semifinal, and Beliauskas from Utena scored 17 points. The nerves held strong for young Šarūnas Knyšius as well. The winner of the Betsafe One Shot ‘25 contest also scored 17 points.

However, things didn’t go as well in the semifinal. His score of 11 points was the lowest. Stankevičius’s accuracy also dropped sharply (15 points), so the final spots went to Beliauskas and Kulboka. Beliauskas had 19 points, while Kulboka scored 18.

First-round results:

Nojus Mineikis (M Basket-Delamode Mažeikiai) – 15
Nedas Montvila (Nevėžis-Optibet Kėdainiai) – 9
Desure Buie (Neptūnas Klaipėda) – 16
Eimantas Stankevičius (Šiauliai-Casino Admiral) – 23
Erikas Venskus (CBet Jonava) – 14
Laurynas Beliauskas (Uniclub Bet-Juventus) – 17
Dominykas Stenionis (7bet-Lietkabelis Panevėžys) – 7
Arnoldas Kulboka (Wolves Twinsbet) – 17
Ignas Sargiūnas (Rytas Vilnius) – 15
Mantas Juzėnas (Žalgiris Kaunas) – 10
Šarūnas Knyšius (Betsafe One Shot ‘25) – 17
Chauncey Collins (League’s top three-point shooter) – 13

(Photo: Roko Lukoševičius / LKL)