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The team I'm playing the first week in the playoffs uses 'Base Offenese' every game, and his best player is his center. Should I stick with the man-to-man I've been playing all season (and seems to work fine for me, I just haven't tried anything else) or is there a better way to defend against him? His team ratings say that his team is better on the outside (inept as opposed to awful) but on the position rating his center usually gets the highest rating by far. Suggestions?

Edited by Foobadoo (1/14/2008 7:19:16 PM CET)

Last edited by Foobadoo at 1/14/2008 7:19:16 PM

One option would be to put your best inside defender at centre to cover him in man-to-man.

Or you could boost your team's inside defence rating as a whole by using a 2-3 zone, with a SF with good inside defence. His centre should get fewer good looks on the whole and it'll boost your rebounding. However, that will make his outside shooting a bit more effective, so it's a mixed blessing.

hi
and what is the best anti-tactics against the 2-3 zone ,look inside and run and gun?

-2-3 zone will increase your opponent's inside defence and rebounding while weakening his perimeter defence. You could use your best outside shooters and an outside focus to your offence to exploit this.

-Look Inside is (obviously) an inside-focus offence and can be counteracted by the 2-3 zone, playing your best inside defenders.

-Run and Gun is a high tempo outside-focus offence. You could choose to use the 3-2 zone or the 1-3-1 zone, both of which boost outside defence at the cost of inside defence and rebounding.
However, some BB managers believe that outside focus offences are not very effective at the moment due to the comparitively low outside shooting skills of players, and so would not recommend using an outside-focused defence because (a) your opponent could miss a lot of his shots in any event and (b) if he misses his shots, by not using an outside-focus defence, you'll prevent him getting additional offensive rebounds because your team rebounding rating would be higher.
For my part, I would look at my opponents recent games and see which of his outside shooters is the most effective, use man-to-man and cover his best outside shooter with my best outside defender. It would also depend on how good his outside shooting was compared to my normal perimeter defence and whether my team's rebounding rating could survive being weakened by an outside-focus defence.

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