"The more important a player is for Barça, the more often he gets injured." Sergio Scariolo summed up Barça's latest setback better than anyone else, when they lost Kevin Punter. The Blaugrana team was unable to overcome the emotional blow of the devastating news and was eliminated from the Copa del Rey in Las Palmas (91-86). The Catalan team squandered a 12-point lead against a La Laguna Tenerife that went from strength to strength in the quarter-final tie. "We have stopped attacking well and creating plays, we have stopped," said Joan Peñarroya.

Txus Vidorreta has been on the other side of the microphone. The La Laguna Tenerife coach was a journalist, which gives him great control of communication. Nothing he does on the court or in the press room is improvised. The Basque often overacts, but he never deviates from a script that usually drives his opponent crazy as one of his priorities. A few days ago he imitated Stephen Curry to send Gerard Encuentra to sleep and accused the Hiopos Lleida coach of spying on his instructions. A little later he celebrated a victory against Pinar Karsiyaka whose gesture ended up unintentionally sending a camera operator to the ground. Six years ago he got down on his knees to criticise the refereeing during a Copa del Rey tie against Barça, his rival this Thursday (9.30pm, Movistar Plus+).