ADELAIDE Â 7.4 Â Â Â Â 14.10 Â Â Â 22.13 Â Â Â 27.15Â Â Â (177)
BRISBANE LIONSÂ 3.0 Â Â Â Â 5.0 Â Â Â 6.1 Â Â Â 6.3 Â Â Â (39)
GOALS - Adelaide:  Betts 4,  Lynch 4, Walker 4,  Jenkins 3, Ellis-Yolmen 2,  Sloane 2, B Crouch,  Smith,  Cameron, Lyons, Brown, M Crouch,  Seedsman, O'Brien. Brisbane:  Mathieson 2,  Rich,  Taylor,  Robinson, Rockliff.
BEST - Adelaide: B Crouch, Sloane, Laird, Lynch, Walker, Jenkins. Brisbane: Bastinac, Rockliff, Smith, Mathieson, Rich, Zorko.
UMPIRESÂ Â Schmitt, Hay, Mitchell.
CROWDÂ 43,549 at Adelaide Oval.
Justin Leppitsch will probably sleep on the 1620-kilometre  flight home to Brisbane  hoping to wake up with the news the obliteration of his football team was just a bad dream starring Tex Walker and the Lynch Man.
Of course, it was real, but hardly surprising. The meeting with Adelaide in their hostile domain was always going to be about them squeezing the last few goals with their sling-shot football to build up their all-important percentage in the race to the finals, and the Crows didn't disappoint, picking up almost 8 per cent.
It was a flogging – the Crows kicked their biggest score in their biggest win of the season, but fell short by a goal of their highest-ever score of 30.8 against Essendon in 2006.
To the Lions' credit, they frustrated Adelaide early with their swarming of the ball and crunching someone with every opportunity, but ultimately they were always going to wear out and fall by the wayside once Adelaide cracked thegame open.
The key was how the Crows could temper the Lions' intensity. While Adelaide had control from 12seconds into the game when Eddie Betts goaled, they didn't always have it easy. Everything changed early in the second term when Darcy Gardiner roughed him up too much, Walker flexed his muscles and kicked three goals with Tom Lynch snaring two, and suddenly the Crows were on track for scoring records with a 64-point half-time lead.
Ultimately, the Lions should usethe flight time to assess the importance of discipline and focusing purely on reducing their skill errors.
The win came at a price for Adelaide as wingman Paul Seedsman suffered a corked buttock before quarter-time and is doubtful for next Sunday's game against Fremantle at Domain Stadium.
Amidst this dreadfully one-sided affair was an almost unique contest in ruck between newly-promoted rookies – both 201cm with Brisbane's Archie Smith, who turned 21 a few weeks ago and weighing in at 102kg in his second AFL game, against Adelaide's Reilly O'Brien, 21 in a few weeks making his debut and coming in 4kg lighter. They both impressed, and are destined to have a lot more even battles over long careers. For Brisbane, this was one of their few highlights.
Adelaide also brought in midfielder Cam Ellis-Yolmen for the first time this season after one game in 2014 and 11 last year, and his competitiveness and goal sense was valuable and represents a terrific cover if required.
It was a night of goalkickers, but perhaps even more important in the percentage  was restricting Brisbane. The Lions recorded good conversion rate, but Adelaide's defence made the task tough, especially with Rory Laird, Daniel Talia and Brodie Smith in top form.
Brad Crouch was outstanding. His impact at the stoppages and the quest for centre clearances was huge, and he has developed into one of the Crows' top-eight current players after so much frustration with injuries.