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The weekend in Panevėžys was the biggest Lithuanian basketball festival of the year: the final quartet competition of the Citadele King Mindaugas Cup (Citadele KMT). The annual basketball party this time also received a lot of attention from viewers.
Due to the threats posed by the coronavirus, the Citadele KMT final four was held without spectators for the first time in history, so the entire event was specifically aimed at viewers and netizens.
Throughout the weekend, basketball games and various stories and performances were screened on LRT television, as well as on the LRT.lt and DELFI portals.
According to Ramūnas Grumbinas, the producer of the LRT sports department, although for understandable reasons (pandemic – aut. Past) the four finalists came out differently than usual this year, their quality did not suffer at all, which was felt by the public – Almost one in five basketball games was televised at that time.
“One in five people who watched television this weekend chose basketball. The numbers are not surprising because we know that it will always be a good product. The rankings for this tournament are constant every year and are high every year,” said Grumbin .
At the time basketball was broadcast on LRT television, it was obviously the most popular program on all Lithuanian televisions: 200 thousand people watched the game at the same time. people.
“We are satisfied with how Lithuanians become basketball fans in this event, organized by the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) without any reproach. This year the event was different, but its quality did not really suffer ”, summed up the LRT producer.
We remind you that Kaunas Žalgiris basketball players became Citadele KMT champions, Panevėžys Lietkabelis took second place in the tournament, Utena Juventus won bronze and Klaipėda Neptūnas took fourth place.
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