The Brisbane Lions were beaten by the Adelaide Crows by 138 points at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.

Rhys Mathieson was the Lions' only multiple goalkicker with two, while Ryan Bastinac and Dayne Zorko’s tackling pressure was admirable (12 tackles).

The Lions were simply never in the contest.

Adelaide’s start couldn’t have been more emphatic; Cameron’s 12-second opener won't get him a place in the 100m final in Rio, but by AFL standards the game’s first goal was lightning fast.

Adelaide's ball movement was slick, allowing Sloane and the Crouch brothers plenty of space on the outside and Lynch’s quarter-time siren goal gave Adelaide a 28-point lead.

The Lions started the second term with more aggression and with their midfielders (Rockliff, Bastinac and Zorko), pegged one goal back before Adelaide flicked the switch.

Brad Crouch was on fire in close, Cameron’s speed and agility was electric and Walker was in one of those moods up forward with four first-half goals.

In the third term, Josh Jenkins kung-fu kicked his way onto the scoresheet, Eddie Betts snapped his third goal and despite Lewis Taylor’s shot edging through for the Lions the crowd’s focus switched to whether the Crows would crack 200 points.

Second-game ruckman Archie Smith took a spectacular hanger but the goals kept piling on for the Crows, their own debutant ruckman Reilly O’Brien cashed in late in the third quarter - taking a brilliant one-handed mark and converting to be swamped by his teammates in the process.

The Crows fell just short of their record biggest score (188 against Essendon in round 10, 2006) and finished just one point behind its largest win, a 139-point annihilation of Richmond in 1993.

ADELAIDE               7.4  14.10 22.13 27.15  (177)
BRISBANE LIONS   3.0    5.0    6.1     6.3    (39)

GOALS

Adelaide: Walker, Lynch, Betts 4, Jenkins 3, Ellis-Yolmen, Sloane 2, Smith, Seedsman, O’Brien, Lyons, B.Crouch, M.Crouch, Brown, Cameron.
Brisbane Lions: Mathieson 2, Taylor, Rockliff, Robinson, Rich

BEST

Adelaide: Laird, Sloane, Walker, Lynch, Talia, Jenkins, Betts, B.Crouch
Brisbane Lions: Rockliff, Mathieson, Bastinac, Zorko

INJURIES

Adelaide: Seedsman (hamstring)
Brisbane Lions: Nil

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Schmitt, Hay, Mitchell

Official crowd: 43,549 at Adelaide Oval

Watch: Leppitsch post-match