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Betis disappoined their coach Tabak so far, and firstly due to their defense. It's known that Tabak prefers a strong defense and the least amount of points allowed, and his team have so far in five matches allowed 80 or more points. That's the reason why Tabak spoke so much about defense before this match, and they surely worked on that. Today their defense could be especially important because both plays Radicevic and Cherry are questionable today, so they could have problems in the offense. They even had problems with them in the last round when Barca allowed them only 58 points. Obradorio aren't as strong as Barca, but they're equally defensively oriented and are very disciplined. Fernandez doesn't allow hasty offenses, and that's why Obradorio play on a low number of points. This season they went over 160 twice, but those were defeats by the objectivelly a lot stronger Valencia and Baskonia. Against team of their rank they imposed their tempo (Manresa 138 points, Estudiantes 137, Canarias 125). Since they're still missing the injured Corbacho and Urtasun, their offense is still in trouble, so I believe they will use the same recipe against Betis: try to slow down the match, and that's going to be even easier if the hosts don't have their playmakers available. Last season these teams were at 135 and 141 points, and Betis were a faster team at the time then they are today, and I simply don't see this match over 150 points.