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From: Urudy
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Date: 3/15/2011 10:32:22 PM
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In my last game I was up against a team that was stacked compared to mine. They ran 2-3 zone and I ran look inside and my C and PF completely destroyed them inside on their home court. So is 2-3 zone actually better against outside? Considering my C and PF got tons of alley oops and drop step dunks and my outside players took lots of pressured jumpers does 2-3 zone mainly effect outside players taking the ball in as opposed to inside players?

I am wondering if they chose that strategy to stop my outside players from dominating them because the struggles of my outside players accounted for the loss.

Here is the match http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/29638843/boxscore.aspx

It would also be cool if someone showed me how to link these as I am still new.

Last edited by Urudy at 3/15/2011 10:33:50 PM

From: Monkeybiz

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Date: 3/16/2011 12:16:53 AM
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LI is a inside tactic where your outside players would look to get the ball inside to your C and PF for dunks/layups, etc

2-3 zone is a defensive tactic to increase your inside defense at the cost of outside defense (compared to M2M)

In a LI tactic, you would always look to get the ball inside first. If you fail at doing that, your PG/SG will end up taking a bad/pressured shot from the outside.

So the answer your question, no, 2-3 zone is not better against outside teams.

From: Nick

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Date: 3/16/2011 4:05:15 AM
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Here's a very useful post to help you with your tactics problem.
Maybe it's a good idea to take a look at the whole Guide, it's really useful.

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From: Urudy

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Date: 3/16/2011 11:35:49 AM
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What you just explained implied otherwise. By forcing outisde players to take outside shots if they can't get it inside (which is what the zone is for) that is hurting outside players. My inside players rarely had to create their own shot and simply completed passes from outside players when they got the ball with a 'drop step' or 'alley oop'. I am looking beyond what the general explaination states and picking apart how it works. if he played man to man or 3-2 would my inside players have had an even larger spike in performance? or would the passing lanes be more clogged from outside players with a 3-2 zone thus preventing as many alley oops and easy baskets for the inside players?