NBA 2K3

NBA 2K3 is a 2002 sports video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
It was the first NBA 2K games to be produced with licensing from NBC Sports. Despite NBC losing the national broadcast TV rights to ESPN, and sister network ABC at the start of the 2002–03 season.
== Reception ==
Reception
Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score 	Score 	Score
Aggregator	GC 	PS2 	Xbox
Metacritic	84/100	89/100	87/100
Review scores
Publication 	Score 	Score 	Score
Publication 	GC 	PS2 	Xbox
EGM 	9/10 	9/10 	9/10
Game Informer 	N/A 	9.25/10	N/A
GamePro 	5 Stars	5 Stars	5 Stars
GameRevolution	N/A 	A− 	A−
GameSpot 	8.1/10 	8.3/10 	8.4/10
GameSpy 	N/A 	N/A 	4 Stars
GameZone 	8.7/10 	8.9/10 	8.9/10
IGN 	8.7/10 	8.7/10 	8.9/10
Nintendo Power	4.2/5 	N/A 	N/A
OPM (US) 	N/A 	5 Stars	N/A
OXM (US) 	N/A 	N/A 	8.7/10
The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. It was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Traditional Sports Game on GameCube" award, but lost to NFL 2K3.