Dreamland Gran Canaria claimed its third win in as many games in Group B by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento 73-87 at Il T Quotidiano Arena on Wednesday.
Gran Canaria rallies past Trento, 73-87, to remain unbeaten



Visiting Gran Canaria led 20-31 lead after 10 minutes, but Trento turned things around in the second half to enter the last period ahead, 64-62, but an 0-8 opening run and another 0-10 spark in crunch-time granted the win to the reigning champs.
Nicolas Brussino set the tone for Gran Canaria with 24 points on 6-of-8 shooting from downtown in 23 minutes, while Sylven Landesberg followed with 21 points in as many minutes. Andrejs Grazulis led Trento scorers with 13 points, Toto Forray provided 11 and Quinn Ellis and Davide Alviti netted 10 apiece. Gran Canaria improved to 3-0 on the season and Trento remained winless.
Brussino got the visitors going with 4 three-pointers in the first 5 minutes of the game which sent Gran Canaria to a 7-16 lead. Despite that shooting display, Trento didn’t give up and counterattacked from the inside, with Paul Biligha and Grazulius scoring all of Trento's first 12 points to reduce the gap to 12-16. Landesberg took over for the visitors and provided 13 of Gran Canaria’s next 15 points for a 20-31 cushion after 10 minutes.
It was not a breaking g point, though, as the hosts locked in on defense and Alviti and Luca Conti stepped up on offense to combine for 9 points that brought Trento within 32-36 midway through the second quarter. A free throw by Mattia Udom and a fastbreak bucket by Biligha made it even closer, 35-36, prompting a Gran Canaria timeout. Brussino’s fifth triple calmed it down for the visitors and another by John Shurna soon after suffocated Trento’s reaction and set a 38-44 advantage. A triple by Forray after 3 consecutive offensive rebounds brought Trento within 41-44 at halftime.
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Brussino remained hot after the break, going for a layup and a triple that extended the difference to 41-49. Ellis took the reins for Trento, connecting once from downtown and feeding Grazulis to make it 48-49. It didn’t go further, though, as Gran Canaria found Ben Lammers inside, who scored 5 points in a row and drew an unsportsmanlike foul from Alviti that restored a double-digit lead, 48-58. The home team had not waived the white flag yet, as Ellis showed up again to start a 16-4 run capped by a buzzer-beating triple by Mattia Udom that turned the tables, 64-62, entering the last period.
The joy didn’t last long for the home crowd, though, as Gran Canaria went on a 0-8 run behind a three by Salvo and a three-point play by Landesberg that put the visitors back in front, 64-70. The hosts kept pushing, preventing Gran Canaria from escaping. Forray provided an impossible layup against Lammers that reduced the gap to 73-77, but that was the last attempt Gran Canaria would allow. Lammers came up big on both ends, closing the boards and contributing a three-point play that Shurna followed with a corner three that set a 73-85 advantage and put the game to bed.