Shot contesting...

[Creach]

If you get a hand up in someone's face, does it actually matter on LIVE, or is it more like...you either get it all and block it, or nothing?

I've noticed that playing against my friend that when he gets on shooting, there is nothing I can do to defend it. He can just knock down threes all day, even with 2 defends in his face, going for the block.

Is it all about the stroke? If you get the shot off just right, perfect release and all...is there no way to defend it? It certainly seems that way. Like you can just shoot over anyone, anytime.

I think that they give the illusion of shot contesting on the tougher skill levels by making the perfect release hard to achieve, especially for the computer. Even on All-Star or whatever, a human can still knock down any shot he wants provided it isn't blocked. That's at least been my experience.

If this is the case, and shot contesting doesn't matter unless you get the block...then there is really no sound defense on the game. No reason to play for the open shot except to avoid the block, but perimeter players don't have to worry about that as much. On D...just play the passing lanes and get the steal, or take a big and get a block, because if a shot is missed, it's purely on the shooter.

Tell me this is not the case. Please!

P.S. No one has come forth and answered my questions about the offensive plays either! I'm assuming that my observations are correct then, and that I'm not just a screw up...meaning the plays are basically just people slowly plodding from one spot to the other, with no off-ball screens or hustle or heart or any of the good stuff from MM '05. Here's hoping LIVE '06 has MM '05's Floor General awesomeness.

[Lessthanjake]

Shot contesting definetly matters. But a great three point shooter like ray allen or peja stojakovic can make the three regardless many times.

And about plays, yeah they are a bit of plodding around. However isolations work well when you have a quick guy off the dribble. Pick and rolls work well for just about anything. Post up works well obviously when you want decent post position. The other plays are bit more ambiguous in their strengths.

However if you want more variety in your plays, try using the off ball thing. You can have different plays using that. For instance while you cant really have real screens, if you take a good shooting guard without the ball and start running everywhere you will be able to lose your defender many times and get a decent shot. Its kinda like a poor mans off ball screen & curl play.

[CaptainSpooge]

Tell me this is not the case. Please!

This is not the case. Happy?