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against a better team i won't play slow offense, because you need to finish strong if you won't get trouble with the clock when you play slow.

but if you play slowly you don't net 5 of 10, you net 3,5 of 10 which makes 21 points against 48 the relativ difference is higher, and thats make the pbobabilit from a bad beat higher.

but if you play slowly you don't net 5 of 10, you net 3,5 of 10 .

Don't think so. If you play slower you'll have less runs and so will your oponent, because he's able to make a run every time you end one. Same for you.

More probably, since you're waiting for a better chance to take shot due to lower pace, your overall shoting quality will be increased making, let's say, a 6 of 10 nets.

that don't fit with my experience, with slower pace i got bad shooting percentage because you normally have trouble with the clock.

Else i would play slow pace more often ;)

It is importante to have a high passing skill in your players (not only PG or SG+SF) in order to take maximun adventage. If that's not your case, it will be better for you to not choose a slow pace ;)

Last edited by Zero, the Magi. at 10/26/2008 12:41:37 AM

high passing and high attack ratings, and iff you have both you aren't an underdog ;) And even with this premises i prefer the faster strategies.

Some times you have the passing but not attacking. Maybe you will prefer shot quality instead of just more missing shoting.

Anyway, having good passing and attacking doesn't mean you have best attack on the court...

but if you have good passing you will get time problems too, especially with slow tactics ... You could see this good in games vs. strong defense teams even with faster strategies.

I think I'll drop in and give my opinion, but be warned it is no truth, just how I as a manager think it works:

when you loose you best man, and you only have 1 best man and the rest is considerably less good, but all about the same in skills, you might want to turn up the speed. Why? when playing slow you take your time to find your best man to score many points, so when that man is lacking, you might as well play faster because you don't need to find any specific player, they are all equally good and can score the same.

Against a better defense: also turn up the pace. If you go slow, and the other's defense is good (too good for you attack), you'll run out the clock many times and this results in bad quality shots. If you go fast you get more attempts, and at the end of the game you will have more points (even if you shoot the same %, but it is likely your % will be higher as well since you're not struggling against that clock). Note: This has nothing to do with inferior or superior attack of your opponent, I'm just talking about his defense!!

Against his defense: well you will just have to try to put the best possible defense to stop as much points from your opponent as possible, and then hope you did the right thing in your offense and scored more points than your opponent.

what about Motion VS Run N GUN? Me and my main opponent used to play motion against one another and i won that but since he switched to running , i am starting to loose badly. any ideas about the matchup between the 2 strategies?