Partizan led from start to finish in a dominating 71-93 road win over Slask Wroclaw on Tuesday.
Partizan ends road skid, downs Slask 71-93



This was Partizan's first win away from home after four consecutive road losses as it improved to 11-4 in Group B. On the other hand, despite a loss and dropping to 3-11, Slask booked its playoff ticket thanks to a loss by Dolomiti Energia Trento. Partizan opened the game with a 4-21 lead and the hosts never got within single digits the rest of the way. Kevin Punter scored all of his 15 points in the first half and Yam Madar also had 15. Zach LeDay added 14, Aleksa Avramovic scored 11 and had 5 steals and Balsa Koprivica posted 10 points plus 8 rebounds. Jakub Karolak paced Slask with 14 points, Travis Trice paired 13 points with 8 assists and Kerem Kanter collected 12 points and 7 rebounds.
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Koprivica had a tip-in and a block in the early going, with Punter and Avramovic scoring in transition for a 2-10 lead. A jumper from Travis Trice was the only field goal the hosts made on the first 10 tries in the opening 6 minutes. Meanwhile, Rade Zagorac was setting up his Partizan teammates: Avramovic had a floater and a corner triple and Koprivica a pair of dunks to open a 4-21 margin. Aleksander Dziewa snapped a 0-11 run with a three-pointer and Lukasz Kolenda added a driving layup, but Mathias Lessort inside and LeDay from the outside helped the visitors to a 14-29 margin after 10 minutes.
Tristan Vukcevic opened the second quarter with a three-pointer and Lessort added a dunk before Szymon Tomczak and D'Mitrik Trice gave Slask some life, cutting it to 22-36. But LeDay drove for a layup and Vukcevic for a dunk. A second-chance triple from Punter made it 22-43. Before the end of the half, Punter nailed three more mid-range jumpers, but layups from Kanter and a triple from Kodi Justice helped make it 31-50 at the break.
Kanter scored twice inside to open the third quarter, but Koprivica and Zagorac answered with put-backs on the other end. A fastbreak layup from Avramovic helped open a 37-58 lead. Kanter and Karolak put together a 7-0 run to cut into the deficit. After Alen Smailagic and Travis Trice traded three-point plays, Trice strung together 6 more points, including a three-pointer that made it 53-64 after 30 minutes.
But hope was short-lived for Slask because Partizan held the hosts without a basket for more than 3 minutes to open the fourth. Madar and LeDay combined to score 5 points before a three-pointer from Dallas Moore made it 53-72. Karolak nailed a three for Slask, but LeDay inside and Madar with a long banked three-pointer made it 56-77. Partizan increased the margin to 22 points before Karolak and Kolenda knocked down triples for the hosts. But the game was long out of hand for Slask, as Partizan did not allow the hosts to get closer than 17 the rest of the way.









































































































