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From: Nicolas
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Date: 3/22/2016 9:21:21 AM
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Hey guys. I have read several topics here and there about iso tactics but couldn't find common idea about it. So those of you who have used it very often or have more experience in these tactics could you write down some specific aspects of those tactics? My understanding was that your best Inside/outside threat takes most of the shots, but that doesn't seem to be totally true, cause as i've read it means your best inside/outside threat trying to create best possible scoring option unlike patient, where the best player takes most of the shots. Anyways, its kinda confusing stuff. So could you provide some insight about it, how it works and whats the main difference between iso tactics and patient

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278050.2 in reply to 278050.1
Date: 3/22/2016 4:31:01 PM
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Patient tries to run the clock down close to 0 every time(unless you're far behind I think), and if your top guy is far enough ahead of his supporting cast he'll end up with 40+% of the team's shots and a big scoring night alot more. Isos on the other hand aren't trying to run the clock down so if other guys get decent looks early they can take them.

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278050.3 in reply to 278050.2
Date: 3/22/2016 4:53:31 PM
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thanks for the response

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278050.5 in reply to 278050.4
Date: 3/23/2016 4:07:08 AM
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So I have a good center 16-16 is/id with 13PA and if i play inside iso it will either result in him scoring lots of points or making good assists right? (depending on the level of opposing players of course). While playing patient will result in him taking most of the shots? Basically, I'm tryong to figure out which tactic is better - isos or patient? And in case of isos, tactic is based on base offence right?

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278050.7 in reply to 278050.4
Date: 3/23/2016 8:02:13 AM
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Iso will not guarantee that your best inside or outside threat shoots most. But it will make sure that plays go through that player. So good passing is a really good thing to have with iso.


Great Explanation, +1 for you!

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278050.8 in reply to 278050.6
Date: 3/23/2016 8:34:05 AM
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Thanks for an explanation..In general I've got a balanced team, so I've tried almost every tactics more or less..I thought Princeton would have been a good tactic with inside/outside players on roster but it seems a strange tactic..There are periods of time the team goes scoreless for several minutes and considering the rooster and their skills that shouldn't have been the case..so in important games that tactic is just too risky..In general it would have been good if there was more insight and information about all the tactics and correlation of skills in those tactics. The manual is just not comprehensive..Wish they provided more info about tactics and their working schemes

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Date: 3/23/2016 3:55:17 PM
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Thanks for an explanation..In general I've got a balanced team, so I've tried almost every tactics more or less..I thought Princeton would have been a good tactic with inside/outside players on roster but it seems a strange tactic..There are periods of time the team goes scoreless for several minutes and considering the rooster and their skills that shouldn't have been the case..so in important games that tactic is just too risky..In general it would have been good if there was more insight and information about all the tactics and correlation of skills in those tactics. The manual is just not comprehensive..Wish they provided more info about tactics and their working schemes


In Princeton, you're nearly guaranteed a stretch of about six minutes with two or fewer points scored. The funny thing is still that often you can still recover to get near 20 points in that quarter, though, because there are also stretches where you may score more than three points per minute on average. It also sometimes seems that the shooting streaks affect both teams - the droughts may end up only leading to a 8-2 deficit for those six minutes, while a hot stretch may have you leading 19-16 for a different six minute period.

It's a wacky offense. It's fun, but definitely complicated.

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278050.10 in reply to 278050.9
Date: 3/23/2016 7:59:14 PM
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I'm curious, do the isos look for the best inside/outside scorer, or the biggest inside/outside mismatch?

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278050.11 in reply to 278050.10
Date: 3/23/2016 9:15:33 PM
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I'm curious, do the isos look for the best inside/outside scorer, or the biggest inside/outside mismatch?


The way I've read it, it looks to get them the ball, but not in terms of running an offense to find them a good shot, instead just giving them the ball, clearing out and let the isolated player try to generate his own offense or kick it to someone cutting or spotting up. I presume with a high IS, low HA/DR/PA big man as the leading inside guy, for example, an inside ISO would be a horrible tactic - they'd get him the ball, he can't do anything but turn it over or jack up a contested low-percentage jumper.