by JimRaynor55 on Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:26 pm
Last edited January 26, 2005. Added Spurs and Magic, as well as another play for the Rockets.
This post is intended to consolidate all my findings into a single easy-to-read list. All new findings will be edited into this post, with the date and contents of the latest edit posted at the top. Separate posts might still be made however if I think some plays require in-depth descriptions. Plays will be listed with a real name or brief description. If it is different, then its in-game name (or a description of how to pull it off in the game) will also be listed in parentheses. Uncertainties will be listed with a "?" mark.
JAZZ
Offense:
-UCLA (Utah)
Defense:
-Lots of zone (2-3 or Shifting 2-3)
CAVALIERS
-UCLA (Utah)
LAKERS
-Horns (Double High)
-"Slice" (Not in game)
-Pick and Roll with Kobe and a big man
-Isolation with Kobe on one side
-Isolation with Odom just inside top of the arc
-Sideline Triangle
NETS, KINGS, WIZARDS
-Princeton Offense (Sideline Triangle?)
TIMBERWOLVES
Offense:
-Stagger 1
-Horns (Double High)
-Isolation with Cassell on one side (mid range or post)
-Isolation for KG on one side (mid range or after Post Up)
Defense:
-Matchup Zone (2-3?)
GRIZZLIES
-Horns (Double High)
-Post Up, then Isolation for Gasol
ROCKETS
-Stagger 1 seems to be their primary offensive set, and most of the players seem to be interchangeable in it.
-Horns (Double High)
-Turnout 6
-Isolation for T-Mac at top of the arc as well as to one side or in the post.
PISTONS
- 1-4 High (use plays in which SG and SF are the movers)
SIXERS
- 1-4 High (use plays in which the PG and SG are the movers)
-Isolation for Iverson at the top of the arc
-Isolation for Iverson at the top of the arc, then call Pick and Roll
BULLS
-Power Offense (Motion)
BLAZERS
-Two man game with the PG and Shareef/Randolph (call Post Up with your PG taking the ball up the court on either side, not the middle). Either let the forwards score, or do a Pick and Roll with them and your PG.
NUGGETS
-Flex?
-Lots of free/sloppy play, with simple Pick and Rolls
-Some Power Offense plays (Motion)
-Isolation for Carmelo Anthony on one side at mid range, or in the post.
HEAT
-Power Offense (Motion)
-Turnout 6 and 8
-Isolation for Wade at the top of the arc, then call Pick and Roll
SONICS
-Ridnour has lots of freedom to create. Use freestyle moves to allow him to drive and dish, or call simple Pick and Rolls for him.
-UCLA (Utah 5 and 6)
-Ray Allen off double screens (Double High 8)
-Isolate Rashard Lewis on one side at mid range or post (Turnout 4, then call Isolation)
-Fast break whenever possible.
SUNS
-Almost all fast breaks, few set plays.
-The vast majority of the time in the half court, the Suns stick to a default setup with all five players on the perimeter. I suggest setting the Team Offensive Strategy to "Box 6." That way, the team sets up on the perimeter every time you don't manually call a play. Just don't actually follow Box 6. Allow Nash to drive and dish, or call Pick and Rolls for him.
-Post Up, then Isolation for Amare.
-Utah 5 or 6?
-Horns with SG in the place of one of the big men (not in game)
MAGIC
-This team doesn't settle into half court sets very much. They fast break whenvever they can, and Francis gets to go 1 on 1 a lot.
-Isolation for Francis at the top of the arc, then call Pick and Roll
-Isolation for Grant Hill at the side.
- 1-4 High seems to be their half court set of choice in the few instances when they don't fast break or just give the ball to Francis.
SPURS
-Flex
-Post up, then Isolation for Duncan
-Isolate Parker at the top of the arc, then call a Pick and Roll.
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JimRaynor55 on Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:17 am, edited 3 times in total.