Defending the Pick-and-Roll in NBA 2k8

[DC]

Quote: Originally Posted by retrojordanxvii

Either Call out a 2-3zone when you see the picker rolling this clogs up the lane with up to 4ppl in the lane and usaully it will deflect off the pickers hands

LOL @ Switching up your defense mid play. Come on with this foolishness man.

[retrojordanxvii]

^^ seriously it clogs up the lane if your in man then when you see the pick and roll switch to a 2-3zone when you see the guy rolling it will clog up the lane

because of the way the 2-3zone is programmed it did the same thing in 2k7 as in 2k8 where everybody will come into the point then they good to their spots on the 2-3zone so if you get everybody in the paint right when the person is rolling it will clog up the lane giving your cpu a great chance to steal the pass or the pass will deflect off the roller its not silly its clever think outside the box ppl and you will see so many things open up in ur game

[DC]

LOL Thats not my point. I know how a zone offense operates. I am referring to the cheesy nature of switching your offense MID play. Shot clock on 13 secs; and THEN you decide to switch from man to zone?

Who does that? I guess you do.

Let me leave you alone man

[-DaVe-]

Pick and Roll is easy to stop. What I do is when I see the pick coming, I (defender of the ball handler) move away from the picker. Like I go around him . After I do that I call a double team with the PF or C ( who ever is guarding the picker) . The Pick and Roll stops immediately because the player with the ball is being doubled. During that double team animation you switch to a guy to try to pick off the pass..

Tried this on a Suns pick and roll abuser and he executed like maybe 1 pick and roll the whole gm.. lol

DC I've read alot of your posts and I can say you're probably the biggest whiner/ baby on this board....
Everything is cheese to you ...

[ehh]

The CPU cannot defend it, in NBA or CH2k8.

I'm not gonna lie, if I was ever in a dicey spot and needed a bucket I was going right to the pick-n-roll for a damn near guaranteed bucket.

I didn't spend much time playing either game against another human so I can't comment on that.

[DC]

I don't even Pick N Roll for a layup; Dunk. I don't feel right

[timid]

I think its pretty easy to defend also. Just icon switch to somebody else, usually a wing player and stand in front of the roller. You'll block his path and he wont' be able to roll to the basket cause he'll have to 2 guys on him. If he passes it to him anyway, he won't be able to finish because 2 guys will be there. I don't double the guy with the ball, just double the pick setter. If your opponent is smart, he'll pass to the guy you left open when you switched to the wing player but you should be able to get back out to him to challenge the shot. I don't even try to deflect the pass. I just icon select my wing defended, whoever it is, and get in the way.

The main key is just recognizing the play early, the rest is easy. I play all my cheesy friends and I play online a lot also and its very easy for me to stop.

Of course the CPU can't stop it whatsoever. I just let the game call my plays for me. I play Madden the same way.....