» Armchair Empire    Reviewed by: Tolkiemingway, score: 5.5/10. "All efforts to remain alive and kicking are found." (Playstation 2)    http://www.armchairempire.com/Reviews/ps2/nba_live_2002.htm

» Game Revolution    Reviewed by: Dr. Moo, score C. "This fadeaway just keeps on fading." (PlayStation 2)    http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/ps2/sports/nba_live_2002.htm

» GamePro    Reviewed by: Dan Elektro, score 4.5/5. "Makes up for last year's missteps and then some." (PlayStation 2)    http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/17760.shtml

» GameSpot    Reviewed by: Shahed Ahmed, score 7.7/10. "The new franchise mode adds quite a bit of replay value." (Xbox)    http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/sports/nbalive2002/

» GameSpy.com    Reviewed by Andrew S. Bub. Includes screen shots. "Sadly, with its major rules problems, only slightly improved animation (from the PS2 version) and host of omissions and gaffes, the lack of expected features, and most importantly, the under-optimize    http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/december01/nbalive2002xbox/

» IGN    Reviewed by: David Zdyrko, score 7.6/10. "It has a few minor upgrades over last year's game, but the Live series still has a long way to go." (PlayStation 2)    http://ps2.ign.com/articles/166/166744p1.html