Guards Wade Baldwin of Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul will lock horns in a major matchup on Tuesday.
Major matchup: Baldwin, Baskonia vs. Larkin, Efes
Baldwin is Baskonia’s leading scorer with 13.7 points per game and is tied for the team lead in assists (4.0 apg.). Moreover, Baldwin is playing some of his best basketball; he has averaged 20.3 points on 8-of-12 three-point shooting and 6.3 assists for a PIR of 26.3 over his last three games. A dominant Baldwin makes things easier for the rest of the Baskonia scorers and the team will surely look to its point guard to lead the way against Efes.
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Larkin is seventh in the league in scoring (14.6 ppg.) and third in assists (5.4 apg.) as one of the leaders of Efes’s lethal attack. He scored 16 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished 4 assists in an 87-72 victory over Efes earlier this season. Larkin, who made his EuroLeague debut with Baskonia during the 2016-17 season, scored 24 and 30 in his last two visits to Vitoria-Gasteiz and will look to hang another big number against his former team on Tuesday.