Posted by mullycj on 2/10/2017 11:20:00 AM (view original):
Disagree with Shoe and Trenton. Definitely go uptempo to tire out his players.
Uptempo = more possessions = more possessions between stoppages = fatigue for a short bench
I go uptempo in your situation 75% of the time here and normal 25% based on those rosters.
TOs hurt you more than anything else.
Uptempo tires your offense more than your opponent's defense. Like I said, it can work, if you get him in foul trouble. And that almost did shake out in the game cited here, 2 guys fouled out and another was close. But if you miss, you're just left with the consequences.
As you say, turnovers hurt him, and that's a consequence of playing uptempo, especially against a good press (Arizona isn't a great team, but the ath-spd-def of the top 8 is good enough to be considered a good D1 press, I think). He also shot 44% where his season average was over 50%, yet another (IMO) consequence of playing uptempo. I suspect normal tempo results in a better sim for him in this game most of the time.
With my fastbreak team, I default to uptempo, because my team is built for it (BH+spd+ath), and because my FB team is better than most of its opponents, so more possessions works out in my favor (And of course the fouls). With my other teams, I don't typically play uptempo to go for the fatigue cascade, unless I'm pretty sure I'll hit it.