SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA (Basketball Champions League) - Mamadou Niang doesn't start for Iberostar Tenerife and his numbers in the boxscore never suggest he's been the most important player on any given night.

But make no mistake, on Tuesday night the 23-year-old was a difference maker for the defending champions as they broke open a close game against Neptunas Klaipeda midway through the second quarter and rolled to a 90-67 victory.