From the Pause Menu, you can take control of your team. Select
Coach
to set
your defensive pressure, assign your defenders to guard certain people, or call
for the double team. By
selecting
Settings
, you
can decide whether you’d
like to be in complete
control of timeouts and
substitutions, or whether
you’d like the CPU to
remain in control. Also,
you can set at what level
of intensity you’d like your
team to keep the game
tempo, run the fast break,
and crash the boards.
When you sense the momentum begin to shift, or when you notice your play-
ers are becoming fatigued and running with their heads down, call a timeout to
regroup and to regain some energy. Press the START button, then select
Timeout
in the lower right corner.
Remember to use your reserves to help keep your lineup fresh and out of foul
trouble. You can make single player moves, change a couple of players, or sub
out the entire team. Also, when the game situation dictates a specific type of
lineup on the floor (such as a three-point shooting lineup or a group of defen-
sive specialists) you can scroll through and select from predetermined lineups
by pulling and holding the
left trigger
and
right triggers
.
P
AUSE
M
ENU
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AUSE
M
ENU
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Move the
right thumbstick
to bring up the menu and then press the
A, B, X,
or
Y
button to select the corresponding defensive set. The default options are as follows:
Button
Action
A
Man-to-Man – The standard defensive set.
B
Half Court Trap – Defenders try to trap the
ball-handler at the half-court line.
X
Full Court Man-To-Man – Defenders pick up
their man in the backcourt.
Y
2-3 Zone – New to the NBA in 2001-02. Two
men guard the perimeter while three big men
defend the low post.
Note: You can also select from a 3-2 Zone, a 1-3-1 Zone, or a Box-1 Zone in
your defensive playbook.
INTENTIONAL FOUL: Black button
Need to stop the clock at the end of the game? Want to stop an uncontested
basket? Press the
Black button
to have the closest defender shove his arms out
at the ball-handler and commit the intentional foul.
DOUBLE-TEAMING: White button
You can call for a double-team by pressing the
White button
. The nearest team-
mate will switch from his man over to yours and help tighten the defense on
the ball handler.
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In-Game Coaching Moves
Timeouts
Substitutions
Defensive Sets
