In the first round of the Yugoslav Championship, Cibona defeated SMELT Olimpija Ljubljana 158 : 77. Dražen finished that game with 112 points, thus breaking the twenty-three-year-old record of Radivoje Korać, who in 1962, as a player of OKK Belgrade, scored 74 points in the game against Mladost Zagreb.
Olimpija arrived at the game without senior players, because they were late with their registration due to an administrative error. Until half time Dražen had already scored 67 points. At the end of the game he had 10 out of 20 three-point shoots made, 30/39 for two points and ideal 22/22 from free trow line.
After the match, Dražen said:
I succeeded, I’m happy about it, but I’m very tired! I was constantly running in the counterattack because that was the only way to fight the seconds. Fatigue will pass but 112 points will remain. I have reached the record and now everyone is asking me if I can do even more. I don't know the answer to that question. All I know is that as a kid I dreamed of overtaking our legendary "Žućko".