The EuroCup holders prevailed despite a slow start and finish, taking their foot off the gas in the fourth quarter.
Gran Canaria strolls to 84-76 home win over Bourg

Reigning BKT EuroCup champion Dreamland Gran Canaria breezed to an 84-76 home win over Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse in a Group B clash, which occasionally lived up to expectations but served up preciously little fireworks in the second half.
Ben Lammers paced Gran Canaria with 17 points and 7 rebounds. Pierre Pelos added 12 points and 6 rebounds against his former club, while Miquel Salvo and Andrew Albicy chipped in with 11 each. At the other end, Jeremy Morgan led Bourg with 13 points. Earl Rowland netted 12, while Zaccharie Risacher and Isiah Mike scored 11 apiece.


"We played well for 30 minutes, the fourth quarter was a bit more difficult and we need to be consistent for the full 40 minutes," Pelosi, who joined Gran Canaria from Bourg during the close season, said after the game. "I am proud of my teammates as I really wanted to win this game."
The home team’s head coach Jaka Lakovic added: "We played solid for less than three quarters and then we made the game interesting because we started committing turnovers. We'll take the win, but we can't be happy with our second-half performance."
Bourg took an early 8-13 lead but that was as good as it got for the French side, as Gran Canaria moved two gears up and led 56-41 at halftime on the back of its trademark fast-flowing offense.
The unstoppable Lammers scored 13 first-half points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field, with the hosts netting 17 of 23 shots from two-point territory.
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A rout was on the cards when Granca raced away into a 69-46 lead late in the third quarter but the home team then took its foot off the gas and Bourg duly took advantage, slashing the deficit to 13 points with a 10-0 run ahead of the final 10 minutes.
Gran Canaria again found some momentum early in the fourth and pulled away to 75-58 and then went through the motions for the remainder of the contest. The visitors slashed the deficit to 82-76 in the final minute before Andrew Albicy sealed Granca's win with a pair of free throws 38 seconds before the final buzzer.