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With Zoric's leave and Cherry's injury, Betis lost two players who, by the words of their coach Tabak, could have recorded 20 points in each match. Before that they also lost shooter Lorbek. What remained of the offense is extremely thin, and it's based on Nachbar's playmaking, while the others are offensively very limited. It's no wonder then that in the last three matches Betis's players were pulverized by a double-digit point difference, and at the time they recorded 62 points against Gran Canaria, 77 in a heavy defeat against the run-and-gun Murcia, and 56 in the last match against Valencia. If we extend that to this margin, Betis was in an over only three times this season, in the first match against Estudiantes where they shot well over 50%, and they had Cherry, Lorbek and Zoric; then against Zaragoza when they had an excellent shooting night and the three aforementioned players, and the last time where they barely came over (79 points) against Obradorio with 52 points in the second half (Cherry and Zoric). Today the line-up is limited, and they're hosting opponents who are far stronger than the three aforementioned teams. The margin was set like this due to run-and-gun basketball Baskonia are used to, but also Sevilla at the start of the season. But, Tabak then realized that with such a roster he has nothing to look for in such a fast game, so he turned to defense who he keeps pointing out. Baskonia are fast, but they have very good defense. which we can see by their latest matches in which they limited Galata to 62 points and Canarias to 73. Before that we have a series of Euroleague matches in which they allowed over 80 points, but that has nothing to do with today's match because we can't compare this Sevilla to Real or CSKA. Against Valencia Tabak has shown that they can stand their ground with slow basketball, and I'm sure they will slow Baskonia down, but they can't stop them, and that's why in a slow match like this I can't see his team record over 70 points against Baskonia.