During games the crowd is very enthusiastic. You can hear the players talking to each other, some times yelling at their team mates to pass or double team. During practice mode, the timing of the sound of the ball dribbling is not that great. The sound of the ball hitting the rim or swishing is very realistic and is nicely timed. When a player blocks a ball, it sounds real as well.
Free throws are always either swish or miss for some reason.
The ball never hits the board first or hits the rim first before going in. The best available basketball game for PC, Live offers adequate gameplay, good graphics, and a multitude of options. Gameplay is, as I said, adequate. Even with a gamepad, controls are not as tight as they should be. Gameplay is average fun-wise, but they AI is simply pitiful.