Darussafaka Dogus defeat Crvena Zvezda with a great second half of the game
73-70 the final score
Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul rallied from a 16-point second half deficit on the road to edge Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 70-73 on Thursday night. In the EuroLeague opener for both teams, Darussafaka trailed for 38 minutes, and found itself facing a 46-30 deficit early in the third quarter. Darussafaka came back behind Will Clyburn, who made a stellar debut in the competition by scoring 13 of his game-high 19 points in the second half. Dairis Bertans also had a big second half, scoring 11 of 13 points after the break. Brad Wanamaker added 11 points, and Adrien Moerman had a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds to help the cause. Ognjen Kuzmic paced Zvezda with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks. Marko Guduric scored 13 points, and Luka Mitrovic scored 12 in defeat.