Brown, Honeycutt lead Efes past Maccabi in Tel Aviv

Anadolu Efes Istanbul relied on stellar offensive rebounding and strong defense to ambush Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv with a 77-86 road win on Thursday. Efes improved to 5-5 after having started the season with three defeats. Maccabi dropped to the same record, ending its three-game winning streak. Derrick Brown dominated the first half and finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds for the winners. Tyler Honeycutt was everywhere in the second half to total 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. They each had 4 offensive rebounds of their team's 13-5 edge in that category. Meanwhile, Efes had 9 steals and forced Maccabi into 21 turnovers, its highest total at home in the EuroLeague this century. Thomas Heurtel and Cedi Osman added 11 points each for Efes. Heurtel, Honeycutt and Jayson Granger combined for 18 of Efes's 26 assists. Maccabi got 13 points each from Maik Zirbes and Devin Smith, 12 from D.J. Seeley, 11 from Victor Rudd and 10 from Andrew Goudelock.