Getting back on defense?

by **Uncle Drew** on Fri Nov 28, 2003 5:01 pm

I play online, and the problem I've found with this version is getting back on defense, to stop the break. I know that taking good shots will help prevent it, but it still happens more often than not. I need suggestions on what type of defense stops, or at least slows down the break. Last man back button doesnt seem to help.

by **LoveItLive2004** on Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:54 am

You can't do anything about it......

by **Uncle Drew** on Sat Nov 29, 2003 4:23 am

LoveItLive2004 wrote:You can't do anything about it......

Whaddya mean u cant do anything about it? Kinda answer is that? Guy's get back on 'D' all the time against me, So I know that u can. Anyone have answer?

by **oboeguy** on Sat Nov 29, 2003 4:16 pm

Ummm, last man back button? (double-tap Directswitch button, I believe).

by **peejay1ph** on Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:30 pm

i usually turn the crash boards off (Y)

by **wisewag** on Thu Dec 04, 2003 6:32 pm

foul the person just to break the momentum. giving up a couple should be normal, but whn it's way too many better foul or dont use your guard too rebound so they could run back on D easily

by **Metsis** on Thu Dec 04, 2003 6:44 pm

Finally got the game yesterday, and the AI does quite a lot of fast breaks, but they come off of realistic plays... Bad passes etc. Rarely they do this after a shot.

One key is turning off the crash boards, cause that atleast leaves some of your men to grab the offensive rebound...

But the only real key is to get back as fast as you can... I've managed to stop quite a few fast breaks already. And I've played only three games of the game.

Just get back on defense and that will do it... They will stop the break, if the defense is there.

by **peejay1ph** on Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:14 am

one thing is pressing the last guy back button which i usually do.........they don't do fastbreaks when you're ahead of them in there basket :lol:

by **oboeguy** on Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:27 am

I should mention that with the last-man-back button there can still be problems. Depending on your camera settings, you may not be able to see what is going on fast enough to adjust to the opposing players.

The camera work in this game is pretty lousy overall, as I've mentioned in other posts.

by **shkoller** on Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:31 pm

oboeguy is right, the camera selection makes a difference in getting back. I play All-Star. I find baseline low and baseline high give me the vision I need to get back on defense. Sideline and courtside give me the most trouble getting back.

(BTW, oboeguy is a great handle. I'm an ex-oboe player myself. Wish I'd thought of it).

Many suggestions that others have made in other postings have worked for me. Turn off crash boards. Change the offensive set from Dynamic to a set play. Adjust the sliders, especially lower the slider for CPU Freestyle Effectiveness. Use the last man back button as often as possible.

A couple of tricks that have worked for me that I haven't seen elsewhere (apologies if they've been posted).

- Use the last man back to get a guy to the other free throw line before the first opposing player. Then switch to the defender closest to the ball. Most of the time you've now got two guys back on defense and one of them is guarding the ball. I've done real well with this one.

- I've had good luck running a 1-3-1 zone. It seems to get back on defense reasonably well. Even better (but off topic), guys have stopped beating me to the basket by driving to the middle of the lane.

- Lower the short range, layup and dunk sliders. It's a bit of a cheat, but then not every layup and dunk in a real game goes in.

- If you get really desperate, change your opponent's offensive set to Utah. Every team I've played so far slows down a lot running Utah.

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