Radmanovic has a hot hand again

Nestled in between the blocked shots supplied by Andrew Bynum and the flawless passes crafted by Jordan Farmar was another sight welcomed by the Lakers.

Their main free-agent acquisition during the off-season, Vladimir Radmanovic, was drilling three-pointers in a fourth quarter that carried them to victory Wednesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Radmanovic had been bothered by a sprained ligament in his right hand, an injury that will require postseason surgery, but he was a difference-maker for the second time in three games, scoring 11 points and making three of four three-point attempts in the fourth quarter.

He finished with 17 points, making three of five from behind the arc. He also picked up an important admirer.

“When that thing goes down, it falls out of the sky,” Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. “What he is doing better is he’s recognizing where his shots are coming from and how to move in the offense.”

Well ... maybe.

“Honestly, I just stopped thinking about the triangle offense,” Radmanovic said. “I was thinking too much about it. I was coming into the game trying to find the spot where I was supposed to be and thinking about it. I wasn’t focusing on my game at all. I was struggling, obviously. I’m just coming in, trying to be loose, trying to have fun.”

His hand is still an annoyance, but he pushes past it.

“It’s all right,” Radmanovic said. “The hand feels normal. It’s not really the hand I had before, but it’s not going to be like that. I’m just trying to maintain it and keep it the same as it is right now.”

Radmanovic, who signed a five-year, $30.2-million contract, scored 27 points Sunday against Washington, making five of nine from three-point range.

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Another lesson of NBA life, learned by Farmar.

He was scoreless in 16 minutes in Tuesday’s loss to Chicago and, of greater interest to his professional education, was hit with a technical foul.

“He got on the wrong side of a referee,” Jackson said. “We were unhappy with that. Then he called him for a travel later on in a situation he did not travel.

“We talked a little bit about how to engender good feelings from referees. Sometimes they just get out there and pick on a rookie. That happened and it took him out of the game.”

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Jackson typically hands out a book of individual significance to each player during a December trip, but he said he would not do so until next month’s lengthy eight-game trip.... Nine Lakers players are taking part in a “Miracle on W. 138th Street” food give-away today in Harlem, N.Y. Boxes of food items and household goods will be distributed to 10,000 families.

mike.bresnahan@latimes.com