Wade Baldwin of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv earned the honor of MVP for Round 20 MVP, marking the fifth time in his career he has achieved this distinction.
Round 20 MVP: Wade Baldwin, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
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Wade Baldwin led Maccabi to a 95-78 home victory over Virtus Segafredo Bologna with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. He made 6 of 12 two-pointers, 2 of 3 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, while drawing 4 fouls for a PIR of 29, which was the highest of all players in this round. Baldwin became the third Maccabi player to claim MVP of the Round honors this season, following Josh Nebo and Bonzie Colson.
The next highest PIRs in Round 20 came from Mike James of AS Monaco and Marius Grigonis of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, who each amassed PIRs of 28. James led Monaco to a 93-83 home victory over Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz with 26 points on 4 of 7 three-point shooting, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 fouls drawn. Grigonis had 24 points after making 7 of 9 three-pointers along with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and 3 fouls drawn to lead Panathinaikos to an 83-76 home victory over Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
Markus Howard of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, with a PIR of 25, and Brandon Davies of Valencia Basket, who had a PIR of 24, completed the top individual performances in Round 20.