2018 King Mindaugas Cup

The 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as SIL – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the third edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. On 7 December 2017 it was announced that Klaipėda would host the tournament.
Žalgiris was the defending champions. Žalgiris successfully defended its title after beating BC Lietuvos rytas in the Final.

Format changes

After a lot of criticism during last year's tournament Lithuanian Basketball League changed distribution of quarterfinals games venues, awarding them directly to seeded teams instead of previously held open draw. LKL Cheerleaders Battles final was added to complement the event alongside traditional Three-point and [LKL LKL Slam Dunk Contest|Slam Dunk Contest|Slam Dunk] contests.

Draw

The draw of the 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė will be held on 16 January 2018.

Qualified teams

Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2017–18 LKL regular season will qualify to the tournament.

Quarter-finals

Neptūnas Klaipėda vs. Dzūkija Alytus

Lietkabelis Panevėžys vs. Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys

Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Šiauliai

Lietuvos rytas Vilnius vs. Juventus Utena

Semi-finals

Dzūkija Alytus vs. Lietuvos rytas Vilnius

Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys

Slam Dunk Contest

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Final round
G	Kenneth Gaines	Juventus	1.91	94	94	144
G	Domantas Vilys	Perlas	1.88	74	89	137
C	Matas Jucikas	Neptūnas	2.05	91	82	—
F	Vyacheslav Bobrov	Pieno žvaigždės	2.01	102	81	—
F/C	LaRon Dendy	Juventus	2.06	104	80	—
C	Šarūnas Beniušis	Šiauliai	2.06	98	–	—

Selected as wild card participant.
Šarūnas Beniušis was unable to participate due to an illness

Three-Point Contest

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Second round	Final round
G/F	Mindaugas Lukauskis	Lietuvos rytas	1.98	90	17	22	22
G	Nick Zeisloft	Šiauliai	1.93	94	21	23	19
G	Lukas Aukštikalnis	Lietkabelis	1.96	80	17	20	—
F	Valery Likhodey	Nevėžis	2.04	100	17	16	—
G	Laurynas Beliauskas	Neptūnas	1.92	78	16	–	—
G	Anthony Ireland	Juventus	1.76	79	16	–	—
G	Paulius Valinskas	Žalgiris	1.91	83	14	–	—
F	Dovis Bičkauskis	Juventus	1.91	88	13	–	—
G	Gediminas Navickas	Dzūkija	1.80	71	12	–	—
G/F	Steponas Babrauskas	Pieno žvaigždės	1.97	88	11	—	—
G	Edvinas Šeškus	Vytautas	1.96	80	8	–	—
G	LaMelo Ball	Vytautas	1.91	75	–	–	—

Selected as wild card participants.
Lukas Aukštikalnis was selected as Adas Juškevičius replacement.
Dovis Bičkauskis was selected as Simas Buterlevičius replacement
Anthony Ireland was selected as Jerry Johnson replacement.