After having a career-best performance in a winning effort during Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv’s 87-74 victory against ALBA Berlin, Wade Baldwin has earned MVP of the Round honors for the fourth time in his 108-game Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. Baldwin finished with a career-high PIR of 35 after scoring a personal-best 33 points, while he also grabbed 3 rebounds, dished 6 assists, recorded 1 steal, blocked 1 shot and drew 6 fouls. On his way to 33 points, he went 8-of-13 from two-point range, 4-of-8 from behind the arc and 5-of-6 on free throws. This is Baldwin’s first MVP accolade of the season.<\/p>\n
The second-best performance in Round 20 came from EA7 Emporio Armani center Brandon Davies, who had a 31 PIR in his team’s 73-79 loss at home to LCLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. He recorded 26 points, going 9-of-15 on two-pointers and 8-of-11 from the free-throw line, in addition to 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 11 drawn fouls. Alpha Diallo of AS Monaco finished with the third-highest PIR in this round with 26, following a display against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul that saw him collect 13 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Two players in Round 20 had a PIR of 25: Valencia Basket center Bojan Dubljevic and Fenerbahce big man Johnathan Motley. Dubljevic had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals in Valencia’s 89-81 victory over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, while Motley finished with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists as Fenerbahce lost in overtime to Monaco<\/p>\n
\n.@The_Fourth_Wade<\/a> claimed the 'MVP of the Round' award with his dominant performance against ALBA Berlin\ud83c\udfc5<\/p>\n
A career-high 35 PIR for him as well\ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n
'MVP of the Round' I #EveryGameMatters<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XvfhkkXg43<\/a><\/p>\n
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