Yep, it seems that the foul discrepancy played a big role in that game too. Speaking of fouls, I would like to know how the fouls break down on home/away games.
The foul discrepancy isn't entirely unexpected because I know Busch is a slappy little sumbitch. Usually and especially against worse players, though, but sometimes against better players as well he's a foul dispenser. But that's the specific reason I went 1-3-1 - I figured he'd burn some fouls up on Mobile, maybe on a couple drives, but it'd keep him away from the basket instead of out on the perimeter. Instead, apparently, he and Klein both decided that their primary position was defending the PG on the perimeter - to the tune of half of the jumpers attempted by the PG (excluding the one completely open one) were contested by my C. I mean, even then I figure 10 OD would be enough to, I dunno, not be an automatic foul/make, but who knows.
I've had a night about this and I don't want this to sound like any disrespect toward DP, because I put a shit-ton of time into this specific alignment and lineup specifically because his team is damn good. I knew with just a C and a little contribution from PF I'd be close to or better than even at rebounding; I knew that I'd have a credible enough inside defense against anything other than an inside offense. I knew I'd be able to have close to the same level of outside attack and I knew I'd have a significantly better OD. The player that was supposed to be the primary defender at OD on Bilbija was supposed to be my best perimeter defender. I look at the tatings, look at the PP100 and know what I know about how I set up the defense and I feel like this should be a win 99 times out of 100. Clearly this was either that one time or Bilbija has a "pick who defends me" card in his back pocket.
I've stolen enough games the other direction that it's not like there's really anything I can do but chalk it up to the other column, congratulate DP on a win that I might feel was undeserved but was only possible because he has a fine team that he aligned properly as well, and just make sure that the rest of you bastardos get to feel the retribution. If my fans haven't bombed the arena before then.