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any thoughts about this match? (35546466)

both teams are strong.

run & gun vs 1-3-1
look inside vs 2-3

my team played R&G 2-3 and won by 20 points.

I didn't say they were equal, I said they were strong (maybe one a little stronger than the other though).

However, Panathinaikos is a world top 1000 and plays in greek first division.

But the point here is that in this thread we have a long discussion about 2-3 being totally useless and this game could be an example that if 2-3 is a weak defense it is not sooo useless as some players have been defending.

In fact I had decided to play 2-3 because of this thread. I couldn't imagine that my opponent would play LI/1-3-1 against my R&G/2-3. And, well, my R&G worked against a fierce 1-3-1, and my 2-3 was efficient against allmighty LI.

Anyway, I thought this game could add something to the discussion.

if you are interested I can send bbmail with the skills...

but in my POV there is nothing supernatural with my players...

absolutely agree

this match is the best example for that we say

You want some more proof of 2/3 working as the snizzle? I have many more games to show, but these are the ones who are more memorable thus easier to find.

Me away,me less or almost the same salary, rebounding the key(29335147)

Neutral ground, against more salary, against outside offense, rebounding the key(32409819)

Even this game, wich i lost, was against a team with my 900K payroll against his 1,4m salary, withhim even better gameshapes and i almost won that game. Why, because of rebounding plain and simpe... (32422582) He was going to shoot anyhow well, because he had outside firepower and inside firepower. a 3-2 would not have worked, because of his good OF. M2M would have killed me, because he would be equal or better inside and outside plus the same amount or rebounds, 2-3 would give him more shot%, but way less possessions.

The why it worked:

- when your opponent has an advantage in offense, lets say he is gonna hit a 40% shot anyway, the best thing you could do is make it a 45/50% shot but (!) give him less shots!... 2-3 is going to do this. You give him better offense by degrading your OD, but you are gonna steal a lot or RB's= extra possesions..Many of you overlook this in this discussion.. The main reason i choose 2-3 when i need the extra possessions to stay at least close or win close. When you can defend your opponent with a M2M inside and outside, a M2M will be the best option..

You cant do it with any team. And you cant do it against any team. One example, it works very good against teams with a outside oriented SF with less rebounding compared to yours... This way your are exploiting his one of his 2 weaknesses bigtime..

You need specific players for it, but saying 2-3 is useless, is imo plain wrong..






Last edited by Maupster at 6/4/2011 5:34:02 PM