NBA 2k23 is video game which can simulate the real-life impact of NBA players. As a long-time participant in the game I decided to highlight key defensive features of the game to determine the most effective defensive player among the three contestants.

The traits outlined comprise Perimeter Defense, Interior Defense NBA 2K23 MT, Help Defense IQ, and Defensive Consistency, respectively. The candidate with the highest aggregate score across these categories was judged to be the winner. This is how each candidate performed.

NBA 2k23 Predicts NBA Finals Champions

In the NBA Playoffs currently underway, 2K Games uses NBA 2k23 to model the teams in the Playoffs and predict which two teams will participate in the final. The NBA Playoffs are on the way which will see 16 teams compete in a head-to head, best-of-7 competition to determine who will be the 2022 NBA Champion. In the world of video games, 2K Games attempts to predict the NBA Final, using NBA 2k23 to simulate the entire tournament, much like they did last year with NBA 2K21.

The simulation is produced using an NBA Playoffs mode and entering the teams in the correct position to accurately represent the actual game structure. NBA 2k23 plays games with an automated system that play out each playoff game in order to determine the winner of each one and moving them to the next round.

The first round of the tournament had a few surprises, since most of the elite teams defeated their opponents with ease. Matches that featured teams that were lower to the top of the list were intense, especially those between the Mavericks and Jazz team Buy MT 2K23, who played the full seven games regardless of missing NBA 2k23's cover player Luka Doncic in the first game and two.