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I have a balanced defensive team.

In Man2Man, my ratings are :
Perimiter defense : strong (low)
Inside defense : strong (low)

I will play against an Outside focus team, which plays Motion an has a regular parameters of :
Outside scoring : proficient (medium)
Inside scoring : respectable (medium)

My question is, what type of defense should i play against an opponent like this ?

1) One option would be 3-2 zone, but Coach Parrot sais that i will only get :
Outside def : strong (high)
Inside def : average (high)

2) Playing 1-3-1 zone could be a solutaion, but i am asking you, HOW efficient is a 1-3-1 zone (in general) against an outside-minded opponent ? It has great risks ??

Couch parrot sais that in 1-3-1 zone i will get
Outside defense : proficient (high)
Inside defense : avearge (low)

Is it to risky to play 1-3-1, and is it better to play 3-2 zone ?

Or may be even better to start with Man2Man ?

Thanks in advance very much for who can help me have an answer !

Definitely play a zone.

It depends a little on the quality of your rebounding, but if it's good enough, I'd even go with 1-3-1. Motion means he'll take more outside shots, so dominating on the outside defense is more important than leaking about 10 shots on the inside. On the other hand, he'll get less passes through to his uys inside with 1-3-1.

So there are two requirements for 1-3-1 I don't know about and that will affect your decision.
1) your rebounding vs. his rebounding. You want to be at least even there, particularly with 1-3-1, as the only thing you cannot afford to happen is defending his 3pointers well only to have his Big Men get easy dunks.
2) His Ball Movement vs. your Outside offense. If his ball movement is bad (below respectable), 1-3-1 will close down the passing lanes better, forcing bad shots from the outside. If he can pass or cut through your defense at will, 1-3-1 will be a bad choice however.

So if he's bad at moving the ball around and rebounding, 1-3-1 might be your best choice. If either of these conditions is not fulfilled, though, I'd go with 3-2, which is safer in those regards while still giving some protection against his 3s.

FCP would be too radical, but I still prefer it to zone vs Motion. 1-3-1 is "beat me up" and 3-2 is pretty close to that. I guess I've never had a C with salary 5 times bigger than everyone else's.
M2M would be my choice. But if your stamina allows I would play FCP paired with a fast O. FCP and CT is a good combination, but not FCP and TIE.
FCP has a bad reputation, but it can be effective vs slow teams.

p.s. hey, and he played LI against you, so I really wouldn't risk it with zone. M2M

Last edited by thylacine at 4/4/2011 8:18:44 PM

Thanky all of you very much for your advices.

I played 3-2 zone and won :)

@thylacine : i knew that he will play Motion. He played LI agianst me becouse i play the defense that suits the opponents offense, and i knew in the regular season that he will not play Motion, and then i chose to play then M2M.
But i was pretty sure that he will play motion in PO, which actually happend.

Thanks again and good luck 4 all of you !

i would suggest man2man... ur opponent has a slight advantage outside, its inside is also not that bad.... i say that look your opponent's outside gunners and place your best outside defenders for them... for example, if its pg or sg scorers or shoots that much place your outside defender to him.... so on and so forth..... i hope i help you a little.... good luck