You'll start as an undrafted rookie, fight your way onto an NBA team and then do your best to become a starter.
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And after enough frustration to lead me to punch a hole in my wall (seen here), I've found it to be my favorite way to play the game.įor those not familiar, M圜areer gives players the opportunity to create a custom NBA player and then guide that potential superstar through their entire professional career. Having not played a basketball game in several years, I'm not really sure why I thought it best to begin my exploration of NBA 2K15 with the game's M圜areer mode. My neighbors probably thought I'd won the lottery … and it wasn't even a playoff game. An inbound pass and one failed half-court shot later, the Knicks stood triumphant over Kevin Durant and the other losers on the best-rated team in NBA 2K15. In a flash, I'd snagged the ball and lobbed it back down the court to a waiting Carmelo Anthony who took the pass, dribbled a few feet and delivered a monstrous dunk that left every fan at Madison Square Garden screaming in celebration. I scared my dog and my girlfriend once by leaping into the air and loudly taunting the game's digital recreation of Serge Ibaka after I stripped the ball from him with less than five seconds left on the clock in a 102-102 tie with the Oklahoma City Thunder. NBA 2K15 Photo: International Digital Times I'm actually having trouble putting NBA 2K15 down long enough to review the rest of the games coming out this holiday season. The moment you realize you're becoming a master of the virtual court is as rewarding as any I've experienced in any game of any genre. Those with little patience for learning new mechanics are likely to find frustration during their early moments with NBA 2K15, but the payoff is there. No one (and I mean no one) should be forced to get their teeth kicked in by Miami's "Big Three" - the demo game at the beginning of NBA 2K15 is based on Game 7 of last year's NBA Finals - over and over again without any explanation for putting them in such a predicament.Īs someone who doesn't play sports games all that often anymore, I'd forgotten how difficult it can be to jump back into a genre that grows and changes almost as quickly as the professional sport that it's based on. With a steep learning curve, not to mention a complete lack of meaningful tutorial or practice modes, NBA 2K15 isn't the most beginner-friendly entry in 2K Sports' basketball franchise.
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And the dry wall near my television will attest to the incredibly frustrating nature of both the difficult game and the confusing digital download installation process. It’s got a collection of game modes that let you approach the game of basketball in just about any way you could imagine, but the ongoing network issues make NBA 2K15 a must-pass for certain fans. Now if only they had kept Kyle Korver.NBA 2K15 is one of the most-versatile sports simulations to hit the games market in years. Whoever faces them in the first round won’t find them easy to deal with at all. This game just showed how much mental fortitude the Hawks have.
They nearly went to a fifth overtime, but Courtney Lee came up short on a 3-point attempt.
The Hawks and Knicks couldn’t match the Indianapolis Olympians and Rochester Royals’ record of six overtimes played, but after four hours, they were spent. Carmelo Anthony had an outstanding game too, scoring 45 points and extending the game twice in a losing effort. His stat line was epic, as he finished with 37 points and 19 rebounds, falling three assists shy of a triple-double, while also adding a steal and a block.
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Millsap paced everybody in minutes, logging a full hour of playing time. At a time when Millsap was the subject of rampant trade speculation, this might’ve been the game where the Hawks decided to keep him and let other teams try to pry him away from their cold, dead fingers.