Stopping bigs in the paint?

[rbillan]

Hey guys,

Def enjoying the game, any tips or defensive settings you guys change to stop bigs like Gasol, Duncan, Garnett etc

Seems like they jus get inside position so deep so easily and sometimes feel like Impossible to stop even when you set to double on the catch.

[Gosens6]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

Hey guys,



Def enjoying the game, any tips or defensive settings you guys change to stop bigs like Gasol, Duncan, Garnett etc



Seems like they jus get inside position so deep so easily and sometimes feel like Impossible to stop even when you set to double on the catch.

Yeah the inside game for the AI is very OP to the point of being frustrating. The best thing I’ve found to combat this is to play defense as the C or PF and prevent them from even getting position in the paint .

Stick to them like glue and body them up. It helps stop them from getting position down low. Once they get the ball in the paint it’s almost impossible to stop them from scoring


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[kolanji]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

definitely 2k11 vibes in the paint, and to make matters worse it's not just bigs.

on the PNR the roller can catch hard to intercept passes in the paint and its over by then, you think that the AI is bad, play another user that spams the paint uses bigs it points or fouls all day

[dvir10]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

After 4-5 Years that classic bigs didn’t get any love from the CPU, finally things change.
I’m personally don’t have a problem slowing them down, yeah they maybe scoring 20-25 points on me, but doing so while shooting mediocre percentage.
Just be between them and the basket, don’t let them shake you off, timing your attempt to block, sometimes they will miss, sometimes you will block there shots, and sometimes they will score ( we are still talking about the great Tim Duncan and KG). I’m loving see them work inside (even if they against me)

[de_jesus]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

This is anecdotal at best, but I find I have to lay off intense D to avoid getting backed down. In my experience intense D is really good at cutting off Left-Right moment but when it comes to being pushed backwards you need to let it go, and just body him up. I tend to feather turbo during these moments but not sure if it helps or it's just a mental / placebo thing

It makes sense - a square stance can't handle moving backwards and forwards as well

[The 24th Letter]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

I’m not sure if this is as viable against the computer as it is against a human but you can try the “shrink the floor” defensive strategy and the 3/4 bottom strategy to give yourself some relief


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[tru11]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

Hands up works fine if not undersized.




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[ggsimmonds]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

Hands up works fine if not undersized.




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Hands up is vital imo.
The biggest difficulty in not getting worked inside is biting on pump fakes. I am training myself to not leave my feet as often. I'm good with hands up contest if they make it, they make it.

[iLLWiLL]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

R2 (or RT) for turbo, L2 (or LT) to body-up, then RS to put your hands up to contest the shot. Then...pray.

[rbillan]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

Yeah it's definitely been more of a challange. When you playing a good big and they feeding him heavy shrink the floor does help a bit and if you playing pg sag off a bit so closes even more.

I do use right stick up always to contest. It's more them just getting very deep position so easily and then it's just a lay up off a pick and roll or jus moving around until they right beside the basket. Just have to figure out the best defensive switch ups and settings and hope it goes well

[DarthRambo]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

I'm not very good so on Pro difficulty and I've lowered inside and close shot success to 35 for the cpu and now they shoot a more realistic percentage in the paint. Still guys like McHale and Parish have killed me inside.

Raise driving and inside contact shot frequency to 100 on cpu side to help as well if needed.

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[boatchamp]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

Shaq lit me up last night. Haven’t figured a way to stop these bigs yet but I’ve been able to manage by shutting down the perimeter. Offensively I’ll run pick and fades with my center to draw fouls

[simbayless]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

After 4-5 Years that classic bigs didn’t get any love from the CPU, finally things change.
I’m personally don’t have a problem slowing them down, yeah they maybe scoring 20-25 points on me, but doing so while shooting mediocre percentage.
Just be between them and the basket, don’t let them shake you off, timing your attempt to block, sometimes they will miss, sometimes you will block there shots, and sometimes they will score ( we are still talking about the great Tim Duncan and KG). I’m loving see them work inside (even if they against me)

After years of complaining about bigs like joker brick too many inside shots I rather him be over powered than playing like a average center

Last year the bigs didn't matter at all and it made it to easy to beat the computer because I know the big gonna miss most of the time but this year you really have to double and play chess with match ups

[VDusen04]

Re: Stopping bigs in the paint?

Hands up is vital imo.
The biggest difficulty in not getting worked inside is biting on pump fakes. I am training myself to not leave my feet as often. I'm good with hands up contest if they make it, they make it.

Literally me defending the post...

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[ggsimmonds]

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Literally me defending the post...

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Same man. I'm slowly getting better though. Gradually learning to keep my feet on the ground until other player leaves their feet first. Had to remind myself that most blocks are made by help defenders.

My new problem is after the AI gets an offensive rebound. After that happens I have the horrible tendency to turn my defender into a pogo stick and just blindly jump multiple times.