For Gran Canaria, its run of four straight wins has been aided by a few key contributors. Young center Khalifa Diop is the only player to have scored 10 points or more in that four-game streak, increasing his scoring tally with each passing game and averaging 13.5 points. Fellow big man Aleksander Balcerowski has averaged 10.0 points per night in that period, while Vitor Benite is posting averages of 11.5 points per contest and Nicolas Brussino is contributing 10.8 points per game.
Last time out, in a 79-91 win on the road at Slask Wroclaw, one player came to the fore in particular: David Mutaf. The 20-year-old is in his second season with Gran Canaria's first team, and he enjoyed his best performance to date in Round 10. Mutaf made 4 appearances in 2021-22, all from the bench, and scored a total of 11 points. This season, he had a career-best 13-point night against the London Lions in Round 3 but followed that up with scoreless performances in limited minutes in Rounds 5 and 7.
On his first-ever start in the EuroCup against Slask, however, Mutaf repaid the faith that Gran Canaria head coach Jaka Lakovic had shown him. In a career-high 24:27 minutes on the floor, Mutaf finished with a personal-best 19 points after going 2-of-4 on two-pointers and 5-of-8 from beyond the arc. He grabbed 2 rebounds, dished 3 assists and recorded 2 steals, too. Mutaf will be hoping to build on that when Promitheas comes to town on Wednesday night.
