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Lithuanian League finals, Game 1: May 6, 2009

Eurocup and Baltic League champion Lietuvos Rytas took a big step towards adding the Lithuanian League crown to its collection by downing rival Zalgiris Kaunas in Game 1 of the Lithuanian playoff finals. L. Rytas won 84-94 in Kaunas to steal away home-court advantage in the best-of-seven series. A pair of Paulius Jankunas free throws gave Zalgiris a 45-43 lead late in the second quarter, but L. Rytas finished the half with 6 straight points and used a Chuck Eidson-led 2-15 surge early in the third quarter to pulla way for good en route to the win. Eidson scored 8 during that run and finished the game with 30 points and 6 assists for the winners. Marijonas Petravicius added 15 points, Arturas Jomantas had 14 and Mindaugas Lukauskis 10 for L. Rytas. Jankunas paced Zalgiris with 20 points, Dainius Salenga scored 19, Jonas Maciulis 14 and Mantas Kalnietis 12. Meanwhile Siaulai needed overtime to beat Neptunas 101-93 in Game 1 of the third-place series. Andrius Slezas led Siaulai with 23 points.

Final Playoffs, best of 7 games

Record	Team	Game 1	G. 2	G. 3	G. 4	G. 5	G. 6	G. 7
0	Zalgiris (1)	84	May 9	May11	May14	*May18	*May20	*May23
1	Lietuvos Rytas (2)	94	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	3rd place Siauliai	101	May 7	May10	*May13	*May15
0	3rd place Neptunas	93	-	-	-	-

Final and 3rd place, Playoffs round games
Game 1	Zalgiris vs. Lietuvos Rytas	84-94	May 6
Game 1	Siauliai vs. Neptunas	101-93	May 4
Game 2	Lietuvos Rytas vs. Zalgiris	-	May 9
Game 2	Neptunas vs. Siauliai	-	May 7
Game 3	Zalgiris vs. Lietuvos Rytas	-	May 11
Game 3	Siauliai vs. Neptunas	-	May 10
Game 4	Lietuvos Rytas vs. Zalgiris	-	May 14
Game 4	Neptunas vs. Siauliai	-	*May 13
Game 5	Zalgiris vs. Lietuvos Rytas	-	*May 18
Game 5	Siauliai vs. Neptunas	-	*May 15
Game 6	Lietuvos Rytas vs. Zalgiris	-	*May 20
Game 7	Zalgiris vs. Lietuvos Rytas	-	*May 23