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thanks, it's a different story than what I thought, but no less intriguing... :-)

I wish I could tell you there was a master plan with switching positions on offense and defense, but alas, the explanation is much less fun :)

It pops up an old question but looked for different angle: What does the coach know that we don't? Analizing this kind of games might show some light upon it.

I don't think he knows anything. With all due respect to Josef, with any semblance of a normal tactic, Albania might be losing this game in a blowout.

We won the game because we shot a boatload of free throws, and we likely shot a boatload of free throws because there were mismatches all over the place.
This, of course, doesn't change the fact that a smarter AI should have fielded a better lineup, and won more comfortably.

That's ridicoulous,Albanian players should have the benefits from these mismatches,because you haven't put the players on the line-up with specific skills to have an advantage in offensive half,and avoid lacks in the defensive field,you simply don't give the formation"

It's not as ridiculous as it may seem. Both teams played Look Inside, and our lineup often featured 4-5 centers (195 of the 240 available minute went to inside-oriented players). So when both teams are looking to shoot inside, that's more mismatches for us, less for them.

Albania shooted 4-25 from the 3-point line,it's a ridicoulous result with an almost all-centers line-up...

Albania played Look Inside. Look Inside tactics carry penalties to outside shots, and skew shot opportunity distributions towards the inside.