The German champs excelled in the fourth quarter to delight their home fans
Bayern beats Partizan, 89-74, books postseason berth

FC Bayern Munich punched its postseason ticket in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with two games to spare after improving to 19-13 with an impressive 89-74 home win over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade on the back of a game-high 25 points from guard Carsen Edwards.
Captain Vladimir Lucic and Andy Obst added 11 points apiece while big man Danko Brankovic chipped in with 10 points for Bayern, which rallied from a 42-44 halftime deficit to prevail thanks to an effervescent fourth quarter which the home team won 24-11.
Carlik Jones paced Partizan with 19 points and 10 assists while Sterling Brown scored 13 points, but the duo received preciously little support from their teammates as the Serbian side dropped to 16-16 and now faces an uphill battle to reach the business end of Europe’s premier club competition.
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Partizan had the upper hand for the best part of a dynamic first quarter as Jones pulled all the strings on offense, pouring 9 points to give Partizan a 15-19 advantage before a pair of threes allowed Bayern to slash the deficit to 21-23 ahead of the second period.
Bayern was able to stay in touch thanks to sound shooting from downtown, 4 of 8, while Partizan was lethal from mid-range as the visiting team sank 10 of 13 from inside in the opening 10 minutes.
It was pretty much the same pattern in the second quarter as Partizan kept chipping away and carved out a 30-37 lead but the stubborn hosts closed in to 42-44 at halftime, nailing 7 of 13 from downtown in the first half to compensate for 9 offensive boards and 19 in total racked up by the visitors.
The battle got rugged and physical in the third quarter and Partizan pulled away to 54-61 before Edwards caught fire to instigate an 11-2 Bayern run, capping the period with a corner three on the buzzer to propel the hosts into a 65-63 lead ahead of the decisive 10 minutes.
The game was delicately balanced early in the fourth with Partizan closing to 69-68 on a Sterling Brown three, but Obst then returned the favor at the other end, allowing Bayern to pull away to 79-70 soon afterwards.
Partizan’s offense was ground to a screeching halt when the chips were down while the home players rained down their long-range shots from all over, silencing a fervent band of several thousand away fans in the Sap Garden.
Nick Weiler-Babb put the icing on the cake for Bayern with a pair of late threes to give the hosts an ultimately emphatic win as Partizan descended into a meltdown, shooting 3 of 17 from deep in the second half in the wake of ironclad defense from the home team.