Fighting off a spirited visitor wasn't easy for a Trento team whose coach said the team was tired, but one player had all the energy he needed.
Baldwin's double-double helped tired Trento get monkey off its back
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Dolomiti Energia Trento got just the performance it needed from Kamar Baldwin, who came up with a double-double to help the tired Italian club get a monkey off its back.
Baldwin capitalized on his great energy to carry Trento with 26 points and 11 assists in an 85-79 victory over Slask Wroclaw. It was basically a must-win game over the last-place team in Group B considering that Trento is fighting to stay in the race for the post-season.
"It was very important. We've been struggling the last couple of games. It felt good to get out there and just play Trento basketball," Baldwin said after. "We just played together. It wasn't pretty but we stuck together and played as a team, and were able to finish it out with a win."
The EuroCup rookie neared his career high in points – just 2 points off his previous best mark of 28 – but he surpassed his previous assists mark by 3 and his index rating of 34 blew away the 21 PIR he registered in Round 10 against ratiopharm Ulm in early December.
"As long as we win, I'm feeling good. That's all that matters," Baldwin said about first BKT EuroCup big double-double.
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Slask had knocked off fourth-place Ulm last week while Trento lost in Round 14, so the Italian team entered this game in a three-way tie with Buducnost VOLI Podgorica and Aris Midea Thessaloniki, who play each other on Wednesday, for final two playoff spots from Group B.
Trento head coach Paolo Galbiati said his team is dragging at the moment, more than 30 games into the season. And the key to the game against Slask was relaxing a bit.
"I joked with my players to take the monkey we had on our backs, throw it away," he said. "We had a great third quarter. We won the third quarter by 11 points and we were up by 13 (in the fourth quarter). We relaxed too much. We are not in a great moment. It's a tough moment for us. We are pretty tired. We overused some players but we had some great moments and I am happy for them. I hope the monkey stays far away from us now."
If Baldwin can continue to play like he did against Slask, Trento should avoid having a monkey on its back.
