I'll bet I just broke the record for greatest disparity of result in a pick-em game.

Both teams played the same FCP. Home team shot 37 FTs; I shot 9 (1st half was 20 to ZERO -- talk about home cooking!).

My A/TO ratio was 9:26; his was 25:12. He shot 55% from the field (64% in 2nd half); I shot 40%. I lost Fast Break Points 26-0.

Total bull **** result. Vent complete.

Yup, my favorite thing about fb/fcp is how effective of a system it is against mo/press flex/press and tri/press teams. Just a slight difference in talent/depth can make you win 80/90% of the time, sometimes in serious blowouts like these.

That FB/P team looks pretty good to me.

If FB/P is effective against the other presses, what’s the counter to FB/P?

Posted by bpielcmc on 7/24/2021 8:07:00 AM (view original):
If FB/P is effective against the other presses, what’s the counter to FB/P?

Everything is potentially effective, if you have the optimal pieces for the sets you’re running. But if the opponent in question is *also* optimal, ie if that FB/P has a balanced, 12 deep roster with high stamina, athleticism, and defense across the board, guards with excellent speed and BH, and bigs with some rebounding, there isn’t much you can do except slowdown, maybe double-team a couple leading scorers if they’re not really well balanced, and cross your fingers.

That said, the slowdown/doubleteam gimmick is ridiculously overpowered, so crossing your fingers definitely works out a more-than-fair amount.