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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Safety Information TABLE OF CONTENTS About Photosensitive Seizures Default Command Summary ....6 A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns Getting Started .
  • Page 3 Connect to Xbox Live Step 2: Go Live You’ll need to set up an Xbox Live account to play games online. Important! Before using this product, read the Xbox Instruction Manual for important safety information and Here’s how: health warnings. 1.
  • Page 4 Using the Xbox Controller Using the Xbox Video Game System 1. Set up your Xbox™ video game system by following 1. Connect the Xbox Controller to any controller port on the the instructions in the Xbox Instruction Manual. front of the Xbox console. For multiple players, connect additional controllers to available controller ports.

  • Page 5: Default Command Summary

    Eject button again. The disc tray slides closed right thumbstick ..Pass in Direction of Stick and the Xbox screen appears followed by the NBA 2K3 title screen. right thumbstick button..Fake Pass DEFENSE •...

  • Page 6: Main Menu

    5. Select YES to load NBA 2K3 in 480p mode or NO to load QUICK GAME on a NTSC TV. Play a quick exhibition game between any two teams. This is the fastest way to suit up and lead your team onto the Warning: Enabling 480p progressive scan mode on a TV court.
  • Page 7 NBA 2K3 teams, they’re here too. To select teams: 1. D-pad to move your icon to the side you wish to control during the game. The Away team is on the left; the Home team is on the right.

  • Page 8: On The Court

    ON THE COURT you get the more likely you’ll have the ball picked by the defense. When both teams are on the court, the arena announcer introduces the starting five for each team. Following player • To call for a pick, press the left thumbstick button. When intros, the teams line up for the opening jump.
  • Page 9 • For a fake pass, press the right thumbstick button. Your the A button. player makes a passing motion but holds on to the ball. • For more accurate control, press the Y button to access Sega Sports Tip: When playing with the Ball Handler Auto teammate icons, then switch to the player you want by Switch option OFF, press the Y button to call for a pass.

  • Page 10: Pause Menu

    • To dive for a loose ball, press the X button. If the ball is going out of bounds, your player will attempt to save the ball and direct it toward a teammate. • To post up, hold the left trigger to enter Post mode, then use the left thumbstick to battle for position in the paint.
  • Page 11 CONTROLLER COACHING Access the Controller Assign screen to switch control from From the Coaching screen, you can make mid-game one team to the other or to allow newcomers to join the strategy adjustments such as defensive assignments, Play game in progress. This screen works similarly to the Team menu selections, double team tactics, and more.
  • Page 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYS as possible. NBA 2K3 features 10 defensive plays, which you can assign Crash Boards: Move the slider to the right to play an to your Defensive Play menu. Set defensive plays the same aggressive rebounding style of play or to the left to focus way you set offensive plays (above).

  • Page 13: Choosing A Game Mode

    CHOOSING A GAME MODE • To sort players by leaders in a particular category, press Use the Game Modes option to choose one of NBA 2K3’s the D-pad to highlight the category, then press the A seven unique, in-depth game modes including Street, button to select.

  • Page 14: Franchise

    Point Limits: Points are what you use to pay players and 2. Press the D-pad to highlight the player you want to add coaches in NBA 2K3, so playing with Point Limits creates a to the roster. virtual salary cap.
  • Page 15 Round Format: Set the duration of each round of 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the league is set the way you postseason action from 1 GAME elimination to a want, then press the START button to advance. The Team BEST OF 7 series.
  • Page 16 Sega Sports Tip: As the draft progresses, press the right TRADE PLAYER thumbstick left to cycle to your roster and keep up on your The players you have on your team today may not be the team’s needs. It’s great to pick the highest rated player group that can bring home the NBA Championship at the each round, but in the long run, it is more valuable to build end of this season.
  • Page 17 To place a player on the trading block: COACHING 1. Highlight one of the three trading block slots, then press COACH CARD the A button to select. Your team roster appears. The Achievements screen posts your franchise performance 2. Highlight a player you would consider trading to another under your tenure as GM.
  • Page 18 DEF. PLAYS be reserves. NBA 2K3 features 10 defensive plays, which you can assign To activate a reserve player: to your Defensive Play menu. Although defensive plays are not animated, you can set them in the same way you set 1.
  • Page 19 LINEUP All-Stars Votes: Payers who receive the most All-Star votes in their positions are invited to play in the All-Star game on Of the 12 active players available for your next game, five Sunday, February 10. Keep up to date on the All-Star voting start the game on the court;...

  • Page 20: Season

    LOTTERY • To begin playing in Season mode, set the Season options, then press the START button. The Team The 13 teams that finished the season with the worst records Select screen appears. are included in a lottery for the top draft choices. The team with the absolute worst record has the best odds of securing •...
  • Page 21 YES. your absence. (See Strategy on p. 30.) • In NBA 2K3, you have the opportunity to play every game OPTIONS of the season. Simply check the box next to any matchup (See Options on p.

  • Page 22: Playoffs

    After confirming your decision, the Main menu appears. PLAYOFFS Begin playing NBA 2K3 at the most exciting point in the season – the Playoffs! The full season is simulated, with complete scores and stats recorded for every team and player, and the 16 best squads emerge for the postseason tournament.

  • Page 23: Tournament

    TEAM SELECT SCREEN ROSTER At the Team Select screen, select a team you think will The roster screen displays every player on your team along make it to the postseason. Remember, the season is with detailed ratings in more than 20 categories. From the simulated, so you won’t have any control over whether or roster screen, you can also view the rosters of any other not your team makes the Playoffs.
  • Page 24 Fantasy Draft Roster: Set ON to build your team roster FANTASY DRAFT SCREEN through a fantasy draft. In the Fantasy Draft, every player is up for grabs in a round- by-round selection process that completely shuffles the Quarter Length: You can play with default 5-minute NBA team rosters.

  • Page 25: Practice

    GAME PLAN You can choose a game plan and stick with it for the duration of the Tournament or reassess your game plan and tailor it for your next opponent. Tournament Game Plan options function exactly as they do in Season mode (p. 34).

  • Page 26: Setting Options

    TEAM SELECT SCREEN Player Energy: When ON, the Speed Burst button also displays a player’s diminishing Energy level. When OFF Select the team you wish to practice with, and if you are this does not appear. practicing in Scrimmage mode, select your opponent as well.

  • Page 27: Loading And Saving

    Using the roster management options, you can release CONTROLLER SETUP players from your roster to the free agent pool, assign In addition to the default controller setup, NBA 2K3 offers players from other teams to your franchise, create new four alternate configurations. Choose the setup that fits players and add them to your team, or create a custom best with your game.
  • Page 28 These fantasy 3. Highlight the team whose roster you wish to assign the players can then be assigned to any NBA 2K3 team. player to, then press the A button. The player moves from your roster to the other team’s roster.
  • Page 29 *THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS VALID FOR SEGA PRODUCTS FOR PLAY ON THE XBOX™ NOTES 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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