Partizan NIS Belgrade does not lack talent, but one area the team has struggled this season is from deep. The Serbian side woke up from a bad start shooting three-pointers and bombed its way to a 95-70 victory over MoraBanc Andorra and a spot in the playoffs.
Telling numbers: Partizan puts Andorra to bed with threes



Coach Zeljko Obradovic watched his team miss its first 8 three-point attempts before Aleksa Avramovic connected with 3 minutes left in the first half. Take away the dismal first 17 minutes from the outside, Partizan ended up shooting 9 of 16 on three-pointers (56.3%). The team’s full-game three-point percentage was 37.5%, which in its own right was a good bit better than the 33.0% Partizan had averaged coming into the game. That left Partizan ranked 16th in the EuroCup from long range before taking on Andorra.
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The biggest point about Partizan’s attack from deep is that it wasn't exactly needed. Avramovic’s second quarter three-pointer made it 39-27 as Partizan had already been using the amazing crowd energy and strong defense to take a good-sized lead.
Instead, Partizan’s three-pointers served as backbreakers any time Andorra tried to come back.
Andorra was within 6 points in the third quarter and then Uros Trifunovic hit a three-pointer and was followed by a pair of Zach LeDay triples and Yam Madar’s three-pointer just before the end of the third quarter to lead by 15 points - 69-54. Madar opened the fourth quarter with a triple and then when Andorra trimmed the deficit to 10 points, Partizan got a three-pointer from Kevin Punter in the decisive 12-0 run to put the game away for good.






































































































