KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sometimes, you turn over the basketball game to your best player and hope for the best.
Kamar Baldwin was at his best.
Baldwin scored 17 of his 22 points over the closing 9 minutes, including the winning jumper with 8 seconds left, and Butler came from behind to beat Stanford 68-67 Tuesday night for the championship of the Hall of Fame Classic.
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Butler led by eight points in the first half, fell behind by seven in the second, then went ahead by eight late.