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de_jesus · 05-11-2017, 05:36 PM

I had this issue initially as well in offline HOF MyLeague.

A few things you need to do:

1. Defend outside of the restricted area. Once an offensive player gets into the restricted area the shot almost ALWAYS goes down. Do your best to keep guys outside of that. What I've started doing is floating my center into an out of the paint.

So I guard the ball-handler as they bring the ball up, and once their offense starts shifting I control my center or power forward, whomever has the weaker assignment, to ensure that no one breaks towards the basket or gets an easy look. I am willing to give up the mid-range or long two with an AI defender. Then if the shot clock gets to around 7 seconds I switch back the on-ball defender.

2. On shots inside, defend with the shot stick. It's SUPREMELY effective, and doesn't take you out of position like going for the block. If someone is posting you up, at any point in the paint, use the shot stick to contest. It even impacts shots in the restricted area pretty well. You should only try to block shots when your assignment is outside of the restricted area or is driving towards the basket and you're out of position.

I put my pro-stick defense on absolute for this very reason. It mentally makes me feel like I'm able to defend better.

3. Focus on boxing out immediately after a shot goes up. You'll start to find that a lot of the your opponent's interior offense comes from putbacks and offensive rebounds leading to 2nd and 3rd chances. Seriously, whether a shot is a miss or a make, box out. Just hold Left Trigger as soon as you see a shot go up. Most time in my experience you can keep even good rebounders from getting to the ball.

Don't immediately jump for any rebound either. Instead, position your players to block the other teams best rebounder with whomever you can, and just box him the hell out. This will sometimes mean your guard will have to hold off a center depends on how your defense broke down, but it should lead to a large number of defensive rebounds.

Suggestions:

1. Shot contest manual - as Automatic and Intense D will often put you in a bad positoin

2. Turn "Who to Guard" off - it creates too much confusion in my opinion.

05-11-2017, 05:36 PM	#4
de_jesus Pro OVR: 0 Join Date: Sep 2015	Re: Too many CPU points in the paint I had this issue initially as well in offline HOF MyLeague. A few things you need to do: 1. Defend outside of the restricted area. Once an offensive player gets into the restricted area the shot almost ALWAYS goes down. Do your best to keep guys outside of that. What I've started doing is floating my center into an out of the paint. So I guard the ball-handler as they bring the ball up, and once their offense starts shifting I control my center or power forward, whomever has the weaker assignment, to ensure that no one breaks towards the basket or gets an easy look. I am willing to give up the mid-range or long two with an AI defender. Then if the shot clock gets to around 7 seconds I switch back the on-ball defender. 2. On shots inside, defend with the shot stick. It's SUPREMELY effective, and doesn't take you out of position like going for the block. If someone is posting you up, at any point in the paint, use the shot stick to contest. It even impacts shots in the restricted area pretty well. You should only try to block shots when your assignment is outside of the restricted area or is driving towards the basket and you're out of position. I put my pro-stick defense on absolute for this very reason. It mentally makes me feel like I'm able to defend better. 3. Focus on boxing out immediately after a shot goes up. You'll start to find that a lot of the your opponent's interior offense comes from putbacks and offensive rebounds leading to 2nd and 3rd chances. Seriously, whether a shot is a miss or a make, box out. Just hold Left Trigger as soon as you see a shot go up. Most time in my experience you can keep even good rebounders from getting to the ball. Don't immediately jump for any rebound either. Instead, position your players to block the other teams best rebounder with whomever you can, and just box him the hell out. This will sometimes mean your guard will have to hold off a center depends on how your defense broke down, but it should lead to a large number of defensive rebounds. Suggestions: 1. Shot contest manual - as Automatic and Intense D will often put you in a bad positoin 2. Turn "Who to Guard" off - it creates too much confusion in my opinion.