"Baldwin is back to looking like the harmful actor he was in previous years" - voila! sport

Monaco players celebrate the victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Game 3 (from Monaco's official website)

Wade Baldwin and Lorenzo Brown struggled a lot in Game 3 yesterday (Tuesday) against Monaco, and in Europe they are also trying to analyze why.

In the Euroleague podcast "Back Door" a large part was devoted to the analysis of the lukewarm performance of the pair of guards of Maccabi Tel Aviv, who led it throughout the season with great displays but have difficulty doing so against the physicality and athleticism of the Monaco players.

"Monaco's defense of Baldwin and Brown was the key to victory," they analyzed.

"Baldwin was guarded by Mike James or Alfa Diallo, who tried to prevent him from half-distance shots and pick-and-roll moves as much as possible. But Baldwin didn't take advantage of the spaces that allowed him to penetrate, and looked pretty bad. In this game, he looked like the damaging version of himself that we saw Too many times in previous years, and less this season.

"In front of Brown, three guards were changed - Jaron Blosomgeim, Jacoba Avatre and Alfa Diallo - and they also made it very difficult for him. Their physicality took Brown out of the game, and he was only effective in a few possessions. Monaco pressed Brown and Baldwin high, and that didn't just tire them out Rather, it led to several turnovers at important moments. Bottom line, Monaco managed to neutralize Maccabi Tel Aviv's biggest and double threat for most of the minutes. "

Another key was controlling the pace," they added. "Monaco played at a very slow pace, and did not fall into the trap of playing at a fast pace that Maccabi Tel Aviv was flying.

You can count on one hand the bursting attacks that Maccabi had, which tried to pick up the pace without success."

Back to bad habits.

Baldwin (Photo: Danny Maron)

On the official website of Monaco they were proud of the victory, and especially of the character that the players presented in front of the enthusiastic fans in the hall.

"Nothing scares the team of Sasha Oberdovic, not even a bus that is stuck and surrounded by hundreds of fans on the way to the opponent's hall. The Maccabi crowd prepared everything more than two hours before the game. The ultras waited for the players, threw smoke grenades, whistled boos, and did everything to try to scare Our players. Unfortunately, our players feed off such an atmosphere," they wrote.

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