EL SEGUNDO- The Los Angeles D-Fenders beat the Salt Lake City Stars in a come from behind 118-110 victory on Thursday night. More promising for Los Angeles Lakers fans, not only was rookie center Ivica Zubac playing down the stretch, he was leading the team to victory.
"Zu was pretty impressive in the fourth," said D-Fenders head coach Coby Karl. "He really anchored our defense and stepped up."
Zubac had a slow start to the game, but dropped a quick six points coming out of the halftime break, and took his production to the next level when returning to the game with 10:51 left and the D-Fenders trailing by 6.