Chus Mateo vs Roger Grimau: two beatings, two debuts in the final and already many pending accounts. The trend towards the 'no surprises' tournament returns, which Unicaja rescued from routine a year ago in Badalona.
Of the last 10 finals, 15 were classics and the last four fell on the culé side. A final in which the Blaugrana will seek to equal the whites in the historical record, 27 cups for one, 28 for the other.