Yago dos Santos played another excellent game and led Crvena Zvezda to a 97:87 win against FMP.
Crvena Zvezda began their defense of the Serbian championship title with a convincing win over FMP. The decisive moment came with a series by the red-and-whites at the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth quarter, initiated by Yago dos Santos after FMP took a 57:55 lead.
Yago dos Santos led the winners with 25 points (5/6 from three-point range), Luka Mitrovic contributed 15 points and 10 rebounds, Nemanja Nedovic added 13 points, Stefan Lazarevic scored 11, and Milos Teodosic had 10 points. On the other side, Matic Rebec scored 16 points, Aleksa Stepanovic had 15, and Jovan Novak added 12 points.
The semifinal series is played to two wins, with Game 2 scheduled for Monday at 18:00.