User Guide

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Team Stats: Check out how your team’s performance
on the court compares with any other team through
out the season.
Player Stats: View individual player stats for your franchise
or any other team in the league. Stats are compiled after
each game and are broken down into 29 categories.
League Leaders: The League Leaders page ranks the top
players in the league by the compiled season stats in all
the standard categories.
Rookie Watch: Rookie Watch follows the league’s rookies
through their first season and posts their performance on
the hardwood.
Team Standings: The Team Standings screen posts the
season records of every team and displays their current
divisional standings.
All-Stars Votes: Payers who receive the most All-Star votes
in their positions are invited to play in the All-Star game on
Sunday, February 9. Keep up to date on the All-Star voting
results here.
OPTIONS
(See Options on p. 44.)
SAVE
If you have a PlayStation 2 memory card (8 MB) inserted to
your PlayStation 2 game console, you can save your
Franchise progress at any time.
• To save your Franchise, from the Save Game Data screen,
create a new file, then use the keyboard tool to enter a
name. This is the file you will load when you return to
continue playing.
QUIT
Quit playing. If you have not saved your game progress,
you are prompted to do so. After confirming your decision,
the Main menu appears.
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To activate a reserve player:
1. Press the directional button to highlight the reserve
player you want to activate, then press the
✖ button to
select. A check mark appears in the box next to his name.
2. Press the directional button to highlight the active
player you want to swap positions with, then press the
✖ button to select. The players exchange status and
swap positions.
3. Continue until you are satisfied with your lineup of active
players for your next game.
LINEUP
Of the 12 active players available for your next game, five
start the game on the court; the others start on the bench
and are available to substitute in at stoppages in play.
At the Team Lineups, you can select your starters for the
next game.
To set your starting lineup:
1. Press the directional button to highlight the bench
player you want to add to the starting five, then press the
✖ button to select. A check mark appears in the box next
to his name.
2. Press the directional button to highlight the starting
player you want to swap positions with, then press
the
✖ button to select. The players exchange status
and swap positions.
3. Continue until you are satisfied with your starting lineup
for your next game.
STATISTICS
If you like sports, then you love stats, and we’ve provided
enough here to keep you occupied until it is time to begin
preparing for your next game.