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The team also debuted in the ULEB Cup, getting to the quarterfinals but losing to Hapoel Jerusalem. They had more success in Europe, though, finishing in second place in the FIBA Champions Cup regional stage (though losing to Hemofarm Vršac in the final stage). Over the next two seasons, Lietuvos rytas lost in the LKL finals to Žalgiris Kaunas. The team held first place in the group stage of the Saporta Cup but lost in the quarterfinals to Hapoel Jerusalem. Lietuvos rytas also won the NEBL title in 2002, becoming the last team to win the tournament. The team played without center Robertas Javtokas, who was seriously injured in a motorbike crash. In 2002, Lietuvos rytas won the LKL again, this time in a seven-game final series with the last game decided in overtime. In the LKL finals, Žalgiris Kaunas defeated Lietuvos rytas in a tough five-game series 3–2. The next season, due to the split between the FIBA and ULEB, Rytas played in the FIBA SuproLeague, making it to the quarterfinals, but losing to Anadolu Efes S.K. After a home win of 70–60, Lietuvos rytas lost in Italy 83–71, with Šiškauskas missing a three-pointer which would have won the two-game series for his team. Also, Rytas reached the Saporta Cup semifinal, where they met last season's EuroLeague runner-up Kinder. It was the first time in the history of the Lithuanian Basketball League that Žalgiris Kaunas did not win the LKL title. The team was coached by Šarūnas Sakalauskas. In 2000, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Andrius Giedraitis and Eric Elliott, combined with Arvydas Macijauskas and Robertas Javtokas, managed to win LKL. The team also took second place in 1997 William Jones Cup. In the following season, Rytas won LKL silver, losing to reigning EuroLeague champions Žalgiris Kaunas. Lithuanian star Šarūnas Jasikevičius started his career in Lietuvos rytas.ĭuring its first season, BC Rytas won a bronze medal in the LKL. The newspaper's investment helped the club to establish itself as one of the two best in Lithuania, the other being Žalgiris from the country's second-largest city Kaunas.įirst successes (1997–2004) Alfredas Vainauskas, coach of the team 1997–2001. However, the new owners did not want to continue the team's history and renamed it Statyba-Lietuvos rytas, then just Lietuvos rytas. The team needed new investors and in 1997 Lietuvos rytas bought the club. Īt the same time, Statyba was faced with financial difficulties and was on the verge of bankruptcy. However, after the 1996–97 season the partnership ended. A notable player for the team was teenager Darius Songaila. The partnership lasted for two seasons, during which the team was known as Lietuvos rytas Marijampolė and played in the second-tier Lithuanian league, the LKAL. In 1995, Lietuvos rytas began sponsoring Sūduva Marijampolė, a basketball club from Marijampolė, Lithuania.
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In 1994, Statyba won bronze medals in their first LKL season. In 1987, Artūras Karnišovas joined the team at the age of 16. Three years later, Šarūnas Marčiulionis joined the team and became its leader. Jonas Kazlauskas, Rimas Girskis, and then-head coach Rimantas Endrijaitis led Statyba to third place in the 1979 Soviet Union Championship. In that same year, 1964, Plastikas players joined a new team, called Statyba. The following year it changed its name to Plastikas. In 1963, the first basketball team from Vilnius, called Žalgiris, was formed. Main article: BC Statyba Hall of fame Šarūnas Marčiulionis led BC Statyba from 1981 to 1989 The team's farm club Rytas-2 is used for the development of young players and plays in the second-tier NKL. Notable members of the club include Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Arvydas Macijauskas, Jonas Valančiūnas, Martynas Gecevičius, Renaldas Seibutis, Simas Jasaitis, Robertas Javtokas, Darius Songaila, Marijonas Petravičius, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Gintaras Einikis, Deividas Sirvydis, Rokas Giedraitis, Artūras Gudaitis, Ąžuolas Tubelis. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, BC Statyba. The team plays its domestic home games in the Jeep Arena and they share the ASG Arena with BC Wolves for their European home games. Rytas have won two EuroCup titles, six Lithuanian League titles, five LKF / King Mindaugas Cups and three Baltic championships. They compete domestically in the Lithuanian Basketball League and the King Mindaugas Cup, while internationally in the FIBA Champions League since 2020–21. Rytas Vilnius is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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