Domination - Roadblocks (Teams to look out for and how to beat them))

[Matt_1979]

FINALLY beat the Nuggets!! Can't believe how much trouble they gave me. I had to check Jokic out as he literally never missed despite being matched up against defensive centres in Gobert and Noel.

Onto the Nets...

[harryl]

It's embarrassing to admit, but I had a hell of a time beating the Trailblazers and beating them with enough MT. Took me 5 or 6 tries. And it wasn't due to quality of lineup as I was using an 80+ OVR team (and also tried with a Silver/Gold team to get back to basics, but also lost with that).

Aside from problems common to any Domination game, I think there are two specific sort of challenges that the Blazers present:

1. Lillard and McCollum Shooting Off Screens: They set picks relentlessly for these two guys and these two guys mercilessly throw up threes if they get just a bit of daylight. You can set P'n'R defense on them to Go Over, and your guy will go over, but even if he's a high-level defender (I was using Klay, Butler, Majerle, Avery, and Iguodala at various times), he won't be able to contest the shot. To contest, you need to hedge with your big. And even if you know it's coming, if your big is slow, you literally may not be able to get up to contest in time.

So my suggestion, when playing the Blazers, is to use more mobile, agile Centers, as well as your best perimeter defenders. Boogie was constantly either not getting up to contest in time and/or giving up the roll to Plumlee or Leonard.

2. Lillard Driving to the Basket: He doesn't put his head down and drive like a Westbrook. He jukes and jives like a D-Rose. And it's really tough to deal with one-on-one, on-ball. I find it impossible to consistently defend him when he ISOs. But if I leave it to the CPU to defend, CPU Lillard will break CPU Defender down more often than not.

So I'll off-ball and get ready to bring help with my Center. But if Lillard pulls you out of position to help on him, he's very good at dishing to his now-open teammate. And Plumlee and Leonard will make their open shots. And if you contest well enough and Lillard misses his shot, then you will probably not be in position to box out Plumlee and Leonard to prevent the offensive board.

I think one still needs to bring a big to help, and you can't really sag off of the Blazers' 3 or 4. So you need to use your Center. But I think the key is probably to not jump to contest/block. Make sure you are able to recover to rebound well.

[P234thetruth]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phoenix87

I'm not there yet, I just played the Knicks (and got 1400+, my personal best). On defense I just try to force them into a quick shot (leaving the ball-handler some space, but getting closer when I see he's about to shoot) or to force a TO with a double-team... or anything else that will give me the ball quickly, if they end up scoring sometimes it's ok. On offense I try to score a lot on fastbreaks, while on standard possessions a classic PnR to start will give me an easy dunk/layup or a kick-out for an open 3. If the defense keeps its position after the Pnr, I usually take a fadeaway from the post with Nowitzki. I usually end the games with at least 70% on FG and 50% on 3s, so by just playing quickly you will get a lot of MT and win the game because there's no way the CPU can keep up with those FG%.

What freelance are you running?

[Ownal0t]

DONT PLAY ZONE vs the pelicans. buddy/Jrue/Tyreke all went off from 3 on me worse than the ALL NBA team did.

it was pretty bad.


the Jazz were another triggering team

[K_Aug]

The rockets gave me some trouble in the 4th quarter. Harden went into God Mode.

Marvin Williams is absolute stud in this mode though. He has one of the easiest jump shots.

[AgentZer0]

I'm so FREAKING pissed right now, played the 89 pistons 3 times already, first time i lost because it was 2K godmode and1s all over the place, ball teleporting into cpu's hands as usual, players morphing through you, but hell if you run into them you'll lose that rock in a heart beat. Second game they fouled me every time and I couldnt get enough points. Then I beat them, score enough points and the game doesnt count it. Every year the same bs, this game isn't a finished product, far from it.

[didak7]

Got blitzed by the Rockets think the margin was 24.. then knocked them off their perch the very next game.

Watch out for Harden guys, when he starts to hit the guy doesn't miss.

Had a quick game last night against the Thunder and lost by 11. Westbrook draining 3's from everywhere and Payne also...

Time to rejig the lineup and get through this Thunder team.

[rambaldi]

I´m almost through historic domination, but the historic NBA all stars are so tough.

They basically hit any shot if they have just a tiny bit of room and even many shots when the defense is directly on them. And they defend well. And my players miss well-timed, open shots.

I just beat them with a 96% free throw bonus and a 50+%-3P-Bonus. Still didn´t have enough MT to gain any stars. (783MT)

Any tips on how to beat them and gaining enough MT? Which defensive settings are most succesful against them? Anything else?