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Originally Posted by larrymcg421
Easier said than done. Pierce is a complete player that can hit from anywhere on the court. If you challenge his outside shots, he'll get by you and to the line. If you sit back, he'll pull up and hit a jumper. The defense wasn't so bad on those shots down the stretch. A couple of them were somewhat off balance.
Plus the problem is that the Bulls are a .500 team, and there's probably a reason for it. Think about it in text sim terms. You've got a guy with a 5 rating in defense and put him on their star who has 10's across the board. He might get burned, but you don't take him out and put your guy with a rating of 3 on him.
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Yeah I can understand that for sure. But Salmons is an inch shorter than Pierce and seemed a foot shorter by the time Pierce makes a jab step and Salmons falls over himself to jump back and protect against the drive. I know I'm exaggerating a bit but Garnett is hurt, Allen has fouled out... Pierce is the only one of the big 3 left in the game. Don't you at least try something different after he hits 2 or 3 of those jump shots in a row? Tell Salmons to play tight and set up a switch/rotation behind him if he gets by. Double team him at the top of the key... sure you may still lose anyway, but make him give up the ball to someone else, or work a good bit harder for his shot if he's going to take it.
The Bulls offensive tactics were a much bigger problem to me than the defense, but that still bugged the heck out of me watching it.