| Tourney Name: | Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Size: | 250px |
| City: | Klaipėda |
| Country: | Lithuania |
| Arena: | Švyturys Arena |
| Dates: | 13–18 February 2018 |
| Champion: | Žalgiris (2nd title) |
| Second: | Lietuvos rytas |
| Third: | Lietkabelis |
| Mvp: | Edgaras Ulanovas |
| Mvp Link: | Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė MVP |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as SIL – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes,[1] was the third edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. On 7 December 2017 it was announced that Klaipėda would host the tournament.[2]
Žalgiris was the defending champions. Žalgiris successfully defended its title after beating BC Lietuvos rytas in the Final.
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.[2] LKL Cheerleaders Battles final was added to complement the event alongside traditional Three-point and Slam Dunk contests.[1]
The draw of the 2018 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė will be held on 16 January 2018.[1]
Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2017–18 LKL regular season will qualify to the tournament.[2]
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| Team ! | Height | Weight | First round | Final round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Kenneth Gaines | Juventus | 1.91 | 94 | 144(48+47+49) | ||
| G | Perlas (NKL) | 1.88 | 74 | 137(48+43+46) | |||
| C | 2.05 | 91 | — | ||||
| F | 2.01 | 102 | — | ||||
| F/C | 2.06 | 104 | — | ||||
| C | 2.06 | 98 | – | — |
Selected as wild card participant.
Šarūnas Beniušis was unable to participate due to an illness[3]
| Team ! | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | First round | Second round | Final round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G/F | Mindaugas Lukauskis | Lietuvos rytas | 1.98 | 90 | 17 | 22 | 22 | |
| G | 1.93 | 94 | 21 | 23 | 19 | |||
| G | 1.96 | 80 | 17 | 20 | — | |||
| F | 2.04 | 100 | 17 | 16 | — | |||
| G | 1.92 | 78 | 16 | – | — | |||
| G | 1.76 | 79 | 16 | – | — | |||
| G | 1.91 | 83 | 14 | – | — | |||
| F | 1.91 | 88 | 13 | – | — | |||
| G | 1.80 | 71 | 12 | – | — | |||
| G/F | 1.97 | 88 | 11 | — | — | |||
| G | 1.96 | 80 | 8 | – | — | |||
| G | 1.91 | 75 | – | – | — |
Selected as wild card participants.
Lukas Aukštikalnis was selected as Adas Juškevičius replacement.[4]
Dovis Bičkauskis was selected as Simas Buterlevičius replacement[5]
Anthony Ireland was selected as Jerry Johnson replacement.[6]
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Dominik Mavra SG – 
Ben Madgen
Edgaras Ulanovas (MVP)
Aaron White Martynas Echodas