For future reference, there's no need to ask about this in two different threads. It's (mildly) spamming, and just gets confusing for everyone. Any questions about specific releases should be posted in the actual release thread, if it exists. In this case, it certainly does.
More info on installing patches for NBA Live 2003 and NBA Live 2004 (they use the same method) can be found here:
http://www.nba-live.com/nbalivewiki/ind ... _Live_2004)