9 minutes, All-Star, Andrew's 2.0-sliders with these changes:
Game speed 45 not 36, fatigue 55 not 52, injury 70 not 50 (all global), cpu sub. frequency 60.
Substitutions were great. Game was great. So far I dislike that there are no cut scenes.

Here are my game stats of my FIRST game with Live 2005 (I used to play 2003).
Current Game Phoenix Houston
Pts 95 70
Rebs 39 28
Ast 11 14
Stl 5 0
Blk 12 8
Fouls 8 21
TO 5 8
FG/Att 37/77 30/76
FG% .481 .395
3P/Att 6/15 4/14
3P% .400 .286
FT/Att 15/23 6/13
FT% .652 .462
O. Reb 12 8
D. Reb 27 20
This type of T-meter is new so my FT% was horrible.

I still have to figure out how to get open shots - I could only get a few.
Now my questions:
1) Really no cut-scenes?
2) My player Lue got six assists...but Steve Nash got only 1. Marion was Phoenix's leader with 3. Why is that? I used the default rosters. Is there a good roster with tweaked ratings where the computer gets more assists?
3) The small number of assists was due to the cpu's style of play. Although I played D especially Nash drove to the basket very often. The cpu went for layups even with me and another defender. I did NOT leave him unguarded...still the computer did not pass around much but drove to the basket with 1-2 defenders in his face. Sometimes I blocked him, sometimes the cpu was called for an offensive foul or I commited a foul.
Is this also due to the untweaked roster? Which roster with tweaked ratings should I get?
4) I couldn't get a damn steal! Not a single one. I tried both with the right stick and the steal button but no luck. What I got was a high number of fouls with one ejection after 20 minutes of play (5 fouls -> you're out) and another player had 4. 21 fouls in 36 minutes of play is high.
5) Backing down is strange. There is this animation but they don't move. I don't push the opposing player around like in Live 2003. They have this animation but don't move an inch???
6) I want to get higher scores. What should I do? Increase the game speed to...?
What do you think?
It was my first game and I am not good yet but most of these points are cpu-related...concerning assists etc.
PS Voshkul was player of the game with 5 points and 13 rebounds...what the hell?
Nash had 20 points, Johnson and Richardson 14 apiece. Backup Steven Hunter had 8 rebounds in 12 minutes of play.
My team: Juan Howard 16 points, Yao Ming 15 with 8 rebounds and 4 blocks. Their FG% was ok. McGrady had just 9 points with a 2 of 14 shooting. I could play with C and PF well. Hooks, fakes, jumpers, backing down opponents. But I couldn't handle McGrady. He couldn't fake, pass by defenders...no open shots. He got blocked or tried a layup with three defenders in his face.
How do you play with guards in this game? That they get open shots and points?