How the heck do I shoot a hook shot.

[JL2]

Jermaine O'Neal just hooked the hell out of me. You can't stop that stupid shot. I tried doubling with Tim Duncan and Nesterovic. He just laughed in my face.

How do I return the favor? I tried using the same 2-button combo (post-up and shoot) as NBA 2003 but it doesn't work. All I can get is that stupid gimpy "death sequence animation" chuck shot.

[~*-| dZn |-*~ `9]

backdown d opponent at d low post ..... then shoot .....

[Los Angeles]

lol, That's how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became a real basketball player and a legend. I didn't even know that Jermaine O'Neal shot hook shots........ These days, it is not a common sight in the NBA, because Centers like Shaq are big dunkers, and not real big shooters.

[JL2]

The hook shot is so arbitrary though. You have to be in the right position to do it. In 2003, you could do it from anywhere within 10 feet or so.

When I do it in '04, I sometimes get a) pump chuck, b) one-handed fade left/right chuck, or c) straight up turn around jumper. Terrible. The computer does it to me all the time though and at will. I don't want to have to take it like a b*tch.

[Los Angeles]

Have you ever made a hook shot in NBA Live 2004, JL2? Mabye you have to use the dunk button......

[JL2]

Thanks to the info from the other posters.

In 2003, you simply pressed post up and shoot. Here, you press post up and shoot except you have to start pressing the post up button, don't let go, and then press shoot.

2003 is much more user friendly.

[MaD_hAND1e]

hold post up and press shoot isn't it?

[JL2]

Aye. Still an ugly shot, not a full extension sky-hook like Kareem. More like a jumpshot with one hand, from the side.

[MaD_hAND1e]

well... then i'm not sure... i think it looks like a normal hook shot.....
o well.... you can use that shot with michael olowokandi though... he takes shots like those in real games.... one commentator called it the "Kandi cane"