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Round 20 of 34
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Maccabi Playtika Tel AvivMTA
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Wade Baldwin delivered big for shorthanded Maccabi
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Wade Baldwin appeared to lose his momentum when he was sidelined with a hamstring injury for several weeks earlier this campaign, but the Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv guard bounced back from adversity in spectacular fashion to enjoy a memorable night in his team’s 87-74 home win over ALBA Berlin in Round 20.
Having racked up a career-high of 33 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds, coupled with a block and a steal, the 26-year-old became the first EuroLeague player to match at least that tally since star center Nikola Vujcic accomplished the figures in the 2006-07 season with Maccabi.
Baldwin’s feat is all the more impressive given that Jalen Adams was sidelined for the game through illness while starting point guard Lorenzo Brown limped off midway through the first quarter with what looked like an ankle injury and sat out the rest of the contest.
That threw Iftah Ziv into the fray with playmaking duties and catapulted Baldwin into the spotlight, as he produced a stellar performance after another big personal night in Round 19, when he posted 21 points in the 88-86 road loss at Panathinaikos Athens.
Baldwin went from strength to strength against ALBA. With Brown out for the count, he scored 12 points in a rugged first half that Maccabi won 38-28. Then, he exploded in the third quarter, netting 13 points to keep his team in the driver's seat.
Baldwin scored the opening 5 points of the quarter for the hosts and then drained another three-pointer to fend off the visitors, who kept coming at Maccabi and reduced an early 28-10 deficit to single digits several times, most notably midway in the fourth quarter (67-60), with Baldwin taking a brief respite earlier in the period as he was on 3 personal fouls.
ALBA threatened to turn the match on its head and Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash sent Baldwin right back into the heat of battle.
The man of the match responded with a bang, sinking a pair of clutch mid-range jumpers and then burying 4 free throws down the stretch, propelling Maccabi to a win that kept it firmly in the playoffs picture.
Baldwin earned heaps of praise from all around, none more so than from his teammate Darrun Hilliard.
"You can tell by the system we run and the type of player that Wade is, he’s had some big nights for us and we count on him for that,” Hilliard said after the game. "He is more [than] capable of doing that so I am not surprised. He could have gone for 40 [points] if he didn't take so many threes. No one on that court could guard him. Wade is the type of player who will do whatever he sets his mind to, he is that good."
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Maccabi’s head coach Oded Kattash also highlighted Baldwin’s immense contribution with Brown out injured. "For a time, we were without Wade and Lorenzo took more on himself, a lot more. And today we saw when we lost Lorenzo that Wade did more and Wade had a great game," Kattash said.
Baldwin himself stayed humble and credited his teammates, who went the extra mile to make sure Maccabi made the home-court advantage count.
“I felt good, especially seeing my first three go in. 0 for 13 in my last attempts, so it was good to get a couple today," said Baldwin, who shot 4-for-8 from three-point range against ALBA.
"Everybody stayed together, we made shots, we had guys contribute all over the bench. You’ve got to give a lot of credit to Rafi [Menco], he hit a couple of big threes and a left-handed floater. We’ve had guys come in and impact the game in various ways. Lorenzo went down and other guys stepped up."