Players from Olympiacos, Milan and Partizan lead the way when it comes to three-point shooting, not only in recent weeks but also for the entire season
Who’s hot: Sterling Brown's accuracy from three-point land
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As the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season heads towards the home straight, making shots from long range could be key for teams as they make their final postseason push. And if we look over the last five rounds, players from teams that combined for 12 wins and three losses are among the league leaders in three-point accuracy.
The best in that category since Round 22 has been Olympiacos Piraeus guard Nigel Williams-Goss, who has made 63.6% three-point shots (7 for 11), with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul’s Marko Guduric right behind, having made 11 of 18 for 61.1%.
He might not be the most accurate, but one player who has been particularly impressive is Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade's Sterling Brown, who has netted 60.0% of his three-point shots over the last five games while knocking down 15 triples, tied for the second most since Round 22.
Only looking at the last five rounds has actually done a disservice to Brown as he made 4-of-4 triples in Round 21, which gives him a stunning 65.5% over the last six games, the best of all players under the EuroLeague standard criteria of playing in more than 50% games played and an average of 0.75 three-pointers made in those games.
Williams-Goss, Guduric and Brown are the only three players who have, over the last five rounds, knocked down 60.0% of their three-point shots or better. Just behind them is another Partizan player, forward Isaac Bonga, who has knocked down 7 of his 12 three-point attempts, as well as the EuroLeague’s scoring leader, Olympiacos's Sasha Vezenkov, who has hit 11 of 19 shots over the last five games.
Brown’s shooting in recent weeks has lifted him into fifth place in three-point shooting this season, improving his rate to 48.3%. Brown, who is making 2.2 threes per game, is also the only player in the Top 10 in these rankings, averaging better than 1.7 triples per contest.
Leading the three-point shooting rankings this season is FC Bayern Munich’s Niels Giffey at 60.7%, ahead of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan veteran guard Fabien Causeur (57.9%). However, both players have missed time with injury. Giffey missed 11 games from Round 2 to Round 13, while Causeur has been sidelined since Round 18 but was shooting the lights before that.
Partizan center Brandon Davies is certainly an unexpected name on this list as he is shooting 21 for 40 this season. Just for comparison, Davies has never made more than 15 three-pointers in a single season and had 39 total three-pointers made before this campaign. In fourth place is Milan power forward Zach LeDay, who is in the midst of his career-best season having made 43 three-pointers on 50.6% shooting in 26 appearances.