{"id":9202,"date":"2026-05-13T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?p=9202"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:55:24","slug":"rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI&#8217;S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Vilnius Rytas (20-11), returning to the court for the first time since their triumphant FIBA Champions League campaign, demonstrated unwavering focus in their LKL fixture, sponsored by Betsson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Head coach Giedrius \u017dib\u0117nas&#8217; squad secured a dominant 117:88 (32:22, 27:13, 28:33, 30:20) road victory over K\u0117dainiai Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas (8-23). This outcome, marking Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas&#8217; seventh consecutive loss, definitively extinguished their aspirations for a playoff berth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The K\u0117dainiai team ultimately forfeited their opportunity to surpass Jonava Hipocredit (9-22), as Jonava holds the decisive head-to-head advantage. Consequently, Steponas Babrauskas&#8217; surprising playoff qualifiers will now face Kauno \u017dalgiris in their quarterfinal series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The Vilnius side had already secured the second seed in the regular season prior to this encounter. Yesterday, it was confirmed that Rytas&#8217; quarterfinal opponents will be Utena Juventus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Martynas Echodas delivered arguably his finest performance of the season, contributing 20 points, 7 rebounds, and an efficiency rating of 25. Close behind in impact were Gytis Masiulis (18 pts, 6 rebs, 22 eff.), Augustas Mar\u010diulionis (17 pts, 4 asts, 4 rebs, 22 eff.), and Simonas Luko\u0161ius (16 pts, 4 asts, 19 eff.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Among the home team, Selton Miguel was the top scorer with 24 points, 5 rebounds, and an efficiency rating of 21. However, Nedas Montvila registered a higher efficiency with 15 points, 6 rebounds, and an efficiency rating of 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The capital&#8217;s team traveled to K\u0117dainiai without four key players: Art\u016bras Gudaitis, Speedy Smith, Jerrick Harding, and Jordan Caroline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Conversely, J.D. Muila, Ignas Vaitkus, Trent McLaughlin, and Joshua Jefferson were unavailable for the K\u0117dainiai club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The game commenced with both teams exhibiting high-scoring offensive play, but Rytas swiftly seized control. Following the initial ten minutes, concluded by accurate free throws from Gytis Masiulis, the visitors from Vilnius established a 10-point lead \u2013 22:32. In the second quarter, Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas struggled significantly to score, while Rytas, spearheaded by G. Masiulis and the continued hot hand of Simonas Luko\u0161ius, relentlessly expanded their advantage. By halftime, the Vilnius team&#8217;s lead had ballooned to a commanding 59:35.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">After the intermission, the K\u0117dainiai squad attempted to stabilize the situation through an improved offensive display, but Vilnius&#8217; attack remained equally potent. Prior to the final quarter, the hosts&#8217; position had marginally improved but offered little genuine hope \u2013 68:87. During the last ten minutes, K\u0117dainiai proved unable to replicate Rytas&#8217; historic performance in the FIBA Champions League final. The final buzzer thus confirmed the capital club&#8217;s victory, which unequivocally eliminated the K\u0117dainiai side from playoff contention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas scorers: Selton Miguel 24, Kenny Pohto 16, Nedas Montvila 15, Lukas Valantinas 13, Justinas Ramanauskas 10, Jarred Godfrey 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Rytas scorers: Martynas Echodas 20, Gytis Masiulis 18, Augustas Mar\u010diulionis 17, Simonas Luko\u0161ius 16, Gantas Kri\u017eanauskas 14, Ignas Sargi\u016bnas 10, Kay\u2019us Bruhnke and Ignas Urbonas 9 each.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vilnius Rytas (20-11), returning to the court for the first time since their triumphant FIBA Champions League campaign, demonstrated unwavering focus in their LKL fixture, sponsored by Betsson. Head coach Giedrius \u017dib\u0117nas&#8217; squad secured a dominant 117:88 (32:22, 27:13, 28:33, 30:20) road victory over K\u0117dainiai Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas (8-23). This outcome, marking Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas&#8217; seventh consecutive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rytas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI&#039;S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI&#039;S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vilnius Rytas (20-11), returning to the court for the first time since their triumphant FIBA Champions League campaign, demonstrated unwavering focus in their LKL fixture, sponsored by Betsson. Head coach Giedrius \u017dib\u0117nas&#8217; squad secured a dominant 117:88 (32:22, 27:13, 28:33, 30:20) road victory over K\u0117dainiai Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas (8-23). This outcome, marking Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas&#8217; seventh consecutive [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-13T17:40:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-20T13:55:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"974\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/\",\"name\":\"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI'S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T17:40:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-20T13:55:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg\",\"width\":974,\"height\":779,\"caption\":\"Photo by Rokas Luko\u0161evi\u010dius\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"bcvilnius.lt\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rytas\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/category\/rytas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI&#8217;S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/\",\"name\":\"BC \u201eRytas\u201c\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI'S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI'S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","og_description":"Vilnius Rytas (20-11), returning to the court for the first time since their triumphant FIBA Champions League campaign, demonstrated unwavering focus in their LKL fixture, sponsored by Betsson. Head coach Giedrius \u017dib\u0117nas&#8217; squad secured a dominant 117:88 (32:22, 27:13, 28:33, 30:20) road victory over K\u0117dainiai Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas (8-23). This outcome, marking Nev\u0117\u017eis-Paskol\u0173 klubas&#8217; seventh consecutive [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/","og_site_name":"Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","article_published_time":"2026-05-13T17:40:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-20T13:55:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":974,"height":779,"url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/","name":"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI'S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-13T17:40:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-20T13:55:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/siMAS.jpg","width":974,"height":779,"caption":"Photo by Rokas Luko\u0161evi\u010dius"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-ends-kedainiais-playoff-dreams-and-confirms-another-quarterfinal-matchup\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"bcvilnius.lt","item":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rytas","item":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/category\/rytas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"RYTAS ENDS K\u0116DAINIAI&#8217;S PLAYOFF DREAMS AND CONFIRMS ANOTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/","name":"BC \u201eRytas\u201c","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt"],"url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9204,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9202\/revisions\/9204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}