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In ideal conditions this handicap would be realistic. But today we're far from that. Betis got beaten up really bad in away games, with all players available (Canarias -22, Barcelona -22, Gran Canaria -20). Their shape is such that they were defeated at home by Murcia with -26 in the last round. Last week they lost two players because Zoric left the club, and Cherry go injured. Without their first play and first center a lot better clubs would be in trouble, and Betis played with seven players in the rotation, and that will be felt. Valencia doesn't even feel the injury of their center Dubljevic because Kravtsov is fantastic, and Thomas and Sikma guarantee rebound domination. At home Valencia lost to Real and Hapoel which is unimportant for this story since they're top teams, and the same goes for Baskonia whom they've beaten with eight points of difference. A lot more important are matches against Ulm (+37), Andorra (+26) and Olimpia (+13) because those are teams closer to today's Betis, even though they're still a lot better than them. Valencia have 12 players and they can keep the same intensity throughout the 40 minutes at home, and they're tight in the defense from where they pull the transition and "build up" the difference. Betis wouldn't do well here even if they were complete, and they can only come here today to lose once more with +20 points of difference.