Baldwin: "Security is in heaven, me and Lorenzo are the best playmakers in Europe" - voila! sport

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Maccabi Tel Aviv's six-game winning streak in the Euroleague in March has one main responsibility: it is Wade Baldwin, who this week was officially recognized for it when he was chosen as the factory player of the month, the first in the yellow club to receive the honor since Alex Tyus in January 2019. Maccabi did start March with a loss to Monaco that placed

them In ninth place in the table in a tie with two other teams, but since then it has become the hottest team in the factory and climbed up to fifth place, where it is one step away from qualifying for the playoffs for the second season in a row.

Baldwin contributed to this run with averages of 18.7 points and 5 assists per game, in addition to an efficiency index of 20.3.

Another sign of the tremendous momentum of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Wade Baldwin (Photo: Danny Maron)

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"I was very happy," said Baldwin about the award in an interview with him on the Euroleague website, "I said to myself, finally! I've been in the Euroleague for four years, and I was very excited to win this award. And of course it's a team success, I feel that the team is starting to have fun and enjoy themselves, we have a month Great that puts us in a good position for the playoffs. It's a fun time.

"The last month was great and gave us confidence.

We were tied 13:13, the loss in Monaco shook us, but then we beat Anadolu by 20 points, and since then our confidence skyrocketed and no one could stop us.

"The whole season we were around the 7th, 8th, 9th places, and many teams had good streaks, and I'm happy that we kept our streak for the month of March, it's a very important month that can be decisive. We connect as a team, and I'm excited for the end of the season. "You want to play

the Your best basketball between April and June is the deciding kind, in the league and Euroleague, the most important stage of the season."

On his collaboration with Lorenzo Braun: "A lot of people asked, 'Can we play together?', 'We have exactly the same style of play,' 'My approach,' 'His approach.' But we just want to win. We motivate the ball well, we find free players, we are the best playmakers in Europe. And together we are one team, all of us. It's fun, and we'll see where the season goes."

On his teammates: "Bonzi (Coulson) played great all season, and this is his first year in the EuroLeague. He is one of the three best players in his position in the EuroLeague, that doesn't happen often for a player coming from the Champions League. You have to give credit to Jondi (DiBartholomew), the captain The stable making big moves, and Josh Nieveau making a big effort, Roman Sorkin, Jarrel Martin doing a great job in his first year, it's a team thing."

Baldwin, who was chosen this month's EuroLeague MVP for the first time in his career, after 120 appearances in the continent's best league, ranks second in the factory scoring chart with 17.1 points and ninth in the assists chart with an average of 4.7.

The yellow guard will receive the award before Maccabi Tel Aviv's last home game of the regular season, against Real Madrid next Thursday.

As published in Walla!

Sport last Thursday, Baldwin agreed to extend his contract at Maccabi Tel Aviv and the official announcement on behalf of the club is expected to come out soon.

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