Wade Baldwin IV scored a career-high 30 points in leading Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz to a 76-81 victory over his former team, FC Bayern Munich, in his first game at Audi Dome since switching teams over the summer. Baldwin set the tone for short-handed Baskonia with 16 first-quarter points as Baskonia finished the opening period on a 0-13 run and never trailed again. The result snapped a six-game losing streak on the road for Baskonia, which improved to 6-11. Bayern lost its third straight game to fall to 7-10.
Baldwin lifts Baskonia to victory in his return to Munich, 76-81
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Matt Costello played all 40 minutes and posted 23 points and 9 boards for Baskonia, which was without starters Simone Fontecchio, Rokas Giedraitis and Tadas Sedekerskis. K.C. Rivers paced Bayer with 16 points, DeShaun Thomas and Vladimir Lucic added 12 points apiece and Ognjen Jaramaz and Othello Hunter scored 10 each. Lucic also collected a career-high and club-record 14 rebounds in the loss.
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After Costello missed a pair of free throws for Baskonia, Corey Walden opened the scoring for the hosts with a three-pointer. Thomas added a jump hook only to see Baskonia quickly tie it through Baldwin and Steven Enoch. The teams traded shots with Baldwin’s three-point play giving Baskonia its first lead, 11-12, midway through the opening quarter. Baldwin reached 14 points in the first 7 minutes with a pair of triples for a 13-20 cushion. A Bayern timeout only succeeded in cooling off both teams. Landry Nnoko scored on consecutive possessions and Baldwin added a jumper to extend a 0-13 Baskonia run for a 13-25 lead after 10 minutes.
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Costello drove the baseline for a slam-and-one and Vanja Marinkovic added a triple to match the game’s biggest lead, 56-73. Lucic and Hunter chipped away for Bayern, but the visitors maintained control. Free throws by Lucic and a three by Jaramaz made it 65-75 with less than 3 minutes remaining. After both Nnoko and Enoch fouled out and Hunter made a tip-in, Bayern had hope at 69-77. Free throws by Jayson Granger with 1 minute to go put the game on ice.
