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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WARNING: READ BEFORE USING YOUR XBOX™ VIDEO GAME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM. About Photosensitive Seizures A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain Using the Xbox Video Game Street Courts....21 visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games.
  • Page 3 1. Set up your Xbox™ video game system by following the instructions 1. Connect the Xbox Controller to any controller port on the front of the in the Xbox Instruction Manual. Xbox console. For multiple players, connect additional controllers to available controller ports.

  • Page 4: Menu Controls

    Menu Controls Options Menu Button Action Customize the way you play NBA 2K2 prior to the opening tip with this menu. left thumbstick Highlight menu options Press the A button to cycle forward through an option; press the B button to Select/Scroll forward through highlighted sections cycle backward.
  • Page 5 Here’s a look at the basic offensive controls you’ll use during gameplay (we’ll ICON PASSING: Y button discuss them in detail in the pages to come) … Use icon passing to guarantee that your pass goes to the right teammate. While controlling the ball, press the Y button to call up button icons over the heads of Button Action...
  • Page 6 SHOOTING: X button CROSSOVER DRIBBLES: B button To shoot the ball, press and hold the X button. When your player reaches the Players like Tim Hardaway and Stephon Marbury have made a career out of top of his jump, release the X button to release the shot. As in the real NBA, faking one way with the dribble then breaking their defender’s back by crossing timing is crucial.
  • Page 7 Coach’s Corner: Posting Up PASSING TO THE PLAYER CLOSEST TO THE BASKET: Black button When in a post-up battle, both players’ physical size, strength New to this year’s version of the game is the option for one-button passing to get and post-up skill will determine whether you back your man the ball to the open man nearest the basket.

  • Page 8: Free Throw Shooting

    Free Throw Shooting PLAYCALLING: right thumbstick + A, X, B,Y Each team has sixteen plays in its offensive playbook, of which four plays can be used during a game via the in-game playcall menu. If you’d like to customize the Many people can simply pick up a controller and get a good feel for normal four plays currently in use, select Coach from the Pause Menu, and select gameplay, but free throw shooting can be a bit trickier.
  • Page 9 STEALING: B button SWITCH TO THE LAST AVAILABLE DEFENDER: Y button If you catch the ball-handler napping, or if you’ve double-teamed a big man Pressing the Y button will put you in control of the defender closest to the down low, press the B button to attempt a steal. Be careful not to overuse the basket.

  • Page 10: Defensive Sets

    Defensive Sets In-Game Coaching Moves Move the right thumbstick to bring up the menu and then press the A, B, X, or Y From the Pause Menu, you can take control of your team. Select Coach to set button to select the corresponding defensive set. The default options are as follows: your defensive pressure, assign your defenders to guard certain people, or call for the double team.

  • Page 11: Stats

    Choose any two teams in the league and take it out to the court. NBA 2K2 offers five different camera angles to choose from, as well as six different modifications you can make to each. You can preview each of them to make sure you have everything exactly as you want it.
  • Page 12 Select your teams and determine human or CPU control for each of the 4, 8, or 16 teams that are participating in your tournament. In NBA 2K2, not only can you play in all of the 3-D rendered arenas, but you PLAYOFFS can also ball on a number of the most famous street courts in the country.
  • Page 13 Many predicted the Philadelphia 76ers to be a middle-of-the-pack sort of team in 2000-01. Many were wrong. Behind a phenomenal season by Allen Iverson, the Sixers steamrolled their way to a 56-26 regular season record and the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Along the way, Allen paused just long enough to return to his old stomping grounds in Washington, DC, score 25 points and pick up the MVP trophy at the 2001 All-Star Game.

  • Page 14: Offensive Controls

    Offensive Controls Guide your team through season after season in your quest to build an NBA dynasty. Select your team, choose your roster (standard or fantasy draft), and get started. You’ll be in complete control of your roster, so you’ll have to think Button Action like an NBA general manager does.

  • Page 15: Player Create

    Player Create Signings Ah, here’s the fun part. You’ll need to decide in the offseason which free agents to pursue and whether or not to re-sign or extend the deals of the players Whether you want to create a 7-foot, shot-blocking, slam-dunking monster-in- already on your roster.

  • Page 16: Team Create

    Jamal Mashburn can continue to be a big-time scorer, it’s not out of the question to think the Hornets can be serious contenders for the Central Division title. Luckily, NBA 2K2 allows you to answer (or at least try to answer) all those Key Performers: questions with the inclusion of five full legends teams.
  • Page 17 Chicago Bulls Denver Nuggets Head Coach: Bill Cartwright Head Coach: Mike Evans Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/bulls/ Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/nuggets/ 2000-01 Record: 15-67 (8th place, Central Division) 2000-01 Record: 40-42 (6th place, Midwest Division) Team Outlook: With one of the youngest and most inexperienced squads in the NBA, the Bulls will have to Team Outlook: Like the Cavaliers, the Nuggets seem to be a player or two away from really making a differ- rely on youthful enthusiasm to get by this year.
  • Page 18 Houston Rockets Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich Head Coach: Phil Jackson Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/rockets/ Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/lakers/ 2000-01 Record: 45-37 (5th place, Midwest Division) 2000-01 Record: 56-26 (1st place, Pacific Division) Team Outlook: For the first time since 1984, Houston fans will not see a fella named Olajuwon roaming the Team Outlook: For the two-time defending champs, it’s almost a situation of “the rich getting richer”...
  • Page 19 Milwaukee Bucks New York Knicks Head Coach: George Karl Head Coach: Don Chaney Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/bucks/ Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/knicks/ 2000-01 Record: 52-30 (1st place, Central Division) 2000-01 Record: 48-34 (3rd place, Atlantic Division) Team Outlook: Things are definitely looking up in Milwaukee. Finalists for the Eastern Conference crown a Team Outlook: In an Eastern Conference with no clear-cut favorite, the Knicks have to be considered one season ago, the Bucks may in fact be the frontrunners this time around.
  • Page 20 Phoenix Suns San Antonio Spurs Head Coach: Scott Skiles Head Coach: Gregg Popovich Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/suns/ Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/spurs/ 2000-01 Record: 51-31 (3rd place, Pacific Division) 2000-01 Record: 58-24 (1st place, Midwest Division) Team Outlook: Health is really the only obstacle between the Suns being merely a better-than-average club Team Outlook: Many forget the fact that San Antonio had the best regular season in all the NBA last sea- or being a threat to advance deep into the playoffs.
  • Page 21 Utah Jazz Visual Concepts Artist Cont. Head Coach: Jerry Sloan Michael Biancalana Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/jazz/ Lead Engineer Leandro Penaloza 2000-01 Record: 53-29 (T-2nd place, Midwest Division) Andrew Marrinson Collin Fogel Team Outlook: Sure they keep getting older. Sure they’re due for the big crash. Yet somehow, the Jazz qui- Joyce Rietveld etly go about their business, win 50+ games during the regular season, and forge into the playoffs as one Engineers...
  • Page 22 Quality Assurance Cont. Intro Movie SEGA OF AMERICA Joey Edwards Created by DragonLight Senior Product Manager Drew Gall All trademarks are the property of their respective Intro Movie Music Stacey Kerr Albert Huie owners. Performed by R.O.C Robert Nelson Written by Jermaine Dupri and R.O.C Associate Product Manager The names and logos of all stadiums/arenas are Tor Unsworth...
  • Page 24 *THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS VALID FOR SEGA PRODUCTS FOR PLAY ON THE XBOX™ VIDEO GAME SYSTEM MANUFACTURED FOR SALE IN AND PURCHASED AND OPERATED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, ONLY! Limited Warranty Sega of America, Inc. warrants to the original consumer purchaser that the Xbox product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 90-days from the date of purchase.

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