Microsoft X08-40995 manual GET SET UP Adjusting Options, GET a Clue Learning the Lingo, Glossary

GET SET UP: Adjusting Options

When you select Options from the Main Menu, you can adjust the following options:

Game Settings: Adjust settings for gameplay, rules, sound, and visuals.

User Profiles: Create, copy, or delete User Profiles.

Roster Editor: Pick exactly who you want on your team without all the hassle of having to negotiate trades.

Codes:Enter a cheat code to play by a different set of rules.

Credits:Check out the names of the real-life playaz who made NBA Inside Drive the slammin’ experience that it is.

Get Your Lean On

Pull and hold the left trigger to back down on your defender. Then, when you’re ready to drive, let go of the trigger and move the left thumbstick left or right to spin past your opponent.

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GET A CLUE: Learning the Lingo

Glossary

3-pointer:A shot made from beyond the 3-point line. It’s worth three points instead of the usual two points.

Alley-oop:A pass that is thrown toward the basket, then caught in midair and put into the basket by a teammate before he touches the ground again.

Arm bar: To place your forearm on the back of an opponent to

prevent him from overpowering you.

Assist: A pass that immediately results in the teammate scoring.

Back down: To position your body against a defender, with your back to the basket, in an effort to get close to the basket before making a shot.

Block: To knock the ball away from the basket, preventing an opponent from scoring.

Box out: To position your body between an opponent and the basket in an effort to get into a better position for a rebound.

Charging: An offensive foul in which the player with the ball runs into a stationary defensive player.

Clutch: An important, high-pressure situation. Some players

perform better in clutch situations.

Crossover: A dribble in which the ball is passed from one hand to the other. Also called “rocking the baby.”

Defense: The team without the ball. They try to prevent the opposing team from scoring.

Deke: A clever dribbling or body-fake move used to get past a defender. Derived from decoy.

Double-team:To have two players guarding a single opponent.

Dunk: To throw the ball directly down through the basket.

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