Dylan Ennis and AJ Slaughter were the key contributors as Gran Canaria nipped host ratiopharm Ulm 93-94 on Tuesday, combining for 23 second-half points, including the latter’s game-winning shot with 19 second left.
Slaughter, Ennis boosted Gran Canaria in Ulm
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Ulm seemed to be in a very good position to win its Round 15 home game in the 7 DAYS EuroCup against Gran Canaria. The German hosts were ahead 88-83 with less than 4 minutes to play and 93-90 entering the final minute. But Gran Canaria reacted in style both times thanks to the backcourt duo of Ennis and Slaughter, who first combined for 7 points in a row that brought their team back in charge, 89-90. Later, right before Artem Pustovyi made it a one-point game, 93-92, within the last minute, Slaughter hit a big basket coming off the dribble with 19 seconds remaining that proved decisive once Semaj Christon of Ulm missed the last shot on the following possession.
In the end, Slaughter and Ennis finished as Gran Canaria’s top scorers with 15 and 18 points, respectively, but 23 of them came in the second half. Ennis scored 11 in the last 12 minutes of the game, while Slaughter had 12 in the second half. Both proved too much to handle for Ulm and, as its head coach Jaka Lakovic acknowledged: “The game in the end was decided by the offensive talent of their two guards.”