Aleksa Avramovic expected to miss time with leg injury

Coach Zeljko Obradovic called it a broken leg after Thursday's game.

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade guard Aleksa Avramovic limped off the floor midway through the first quarter with a leg injury and after the game his coach called it "a serious injury".

"He has a broken leg. I have no idea how long it is going to be, we have to see about that," Coach Zeljko Obradovic said in the post-game press conference. "It is unbelievable how many unlucky things have happened to him in the past two years."

The 29-year-old guard missed the first 14 games last season with a hand injury and then broke his hand again in Game 3 of the playoffs. He then suffered a broken nose in domestic competition in November and has been playing with a mask.

When healthy, Avramovic has been a difference maker for club and country. He entered Thursday's game against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan averaging 8.6 points per game alongside tenacious defense. Over the summer he had a key role on the Serbian national team and won the silver medal at the 2023 Basketball World Cup.