Which is more realistic, NBA Live 2002 or NBA Live 2003?

[champ]

I have only played NBA Live 2002 (playstation 2) but I can't imagine NBA Live 2003 being more realistic. All my games are in the 80-120 range, while i have heard reports that 2003 has scores up to 200. I also hear that the cpu's fast breaks are unstoppable and the 3-pointers are too good. I have played 10 games on NBA Live 2002 (Washington Wizards) and I cannot find a fault with the realism of this game apart from offensive rebounds (which we've come to expect from NBA Live anyway). I personally only care about the simulation of a basketball game (rather than the graphics) so i am 100% happy with NBA Live 2002 and will not be buying NBA Live 2003 despite its greater visual aspects, because it seems to be inferior simulation-wise. I would be interested to hear how others see the realism of these 2 games.

[Andrew]

I would say that NBA Live 2002 is probably the more realistic of the two in terms of scoring, blocks, steals and game speed. However, it's hard to go back to the older Lives after playing Live 2003 (at least for me) due to Freestyle. I had a quick game of NBA Live 2000 and NBA Live 2001 yesterday just to see how much improvement my new card has made, and as expected, kept trying to perform Freestyle moves.