Turkish Airlines EuroLegue Regular Season – Round 20 MVP: Wade Baldwin IV, Maccabi Tel Aviv

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.

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.

Individual highs: Markus Howard of Baskonia, 33 points

Round 20 saw many Turkish Airlines EuroLeague stars deliver great individual performances. These are the players who led all the main statistical categories.

Markus Howard of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz had 33 points in this team’s 93-83 road loss against AS Monaco. Mike James of Monaco remained the competition’s top scorer with an average of 20.0 points per game.

The most rebounds in the round were the 13 collected by Howard’s Baskonia teammate Chima Moneke. He pulled down 13 boards against his former team and now ranks second on the season (7.2 rpg.) only behind his teammate Tadas Sedekerskis (7.7 rpg.).

Another Baskonia player, Codi Miller-McIntyre, was the only player to reach double digits in assists, dishing 11 against Monaco. Facu Campazzo of Real Madrid leads the 2023-24 EuroLeague in assists with 7.0 per night. Miller-McIntyre’s 6.2 per game places him third for the season.

Rokas Giedraitis of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade collected 4 steals in his team’s 100-91 road loss at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. Paris Lee of ASVEL continues to lead the league with 1.9 swipes per game.

Eight players blocked 2 shots in Round 20. Walter Tavares of Real was one of them and he is also the overall leader with 1.6 per night.

Tibor Pleiss of Anadolu Efes Istanbul was the only player to register a double-double in Round 20. He tallied 13 points and 11 rebounds in a losing effort against Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens.