LKL Three-point Shootout

The LKL Three-point Shootout, currently known as CBet.lt Three-point Shootout for sponsorship purposes, is a King Mindaugas Cup final day contest held between the final and third-place matches. Formerly it was part of the Lithuanian Basketball League All-Star Day and took place before the All-Star Game.

The very first slam dunk contest was won by Richard Thomas of the Šilutė at the 1994 LKL All-Star Day in Panevėžys. The current champion of the LKL Dunk Contest is Arvydas Čepulis who won representing Šiauliai.

Each Lithuanian Basketball League team has a chance to delegate one player for the contest, while player with the best three-points percentage enters automatically.

Competitors try to score as many points as possible in one minute. There are five ball racks laid out over the three point arc: one on each baseline, one halfway between the baseline and the top of the arc on each side, and one at the top of the arc. Each rack has five balls, four of which are worth one point (the standard orange balls) and the fifth one (a red, white, and blue ball; nicknamed the "money ball") is worth two points. Thus a perfect score is 30 points.

In case of equal result each player gets 25 seconds to shoot from two racks of their choice. The contestant(s) with the best result progress further.

In the first round each contestant has one chance to score as many points as possible. The four best performers advance to the semi-final where two more are eliminated and remaining contenders compete for the title of LKL Sniper.

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