

Defenders swim and fight through picks to stay with their man, and post players jostle and fight for position in the low block with a great variety of animations. Players cutting through the lane do so with their hands up in the ready position for a pass. Instead of moving like individuals who have little or no awareness of their positions on the court, the players working without the ball in Live 2004 react appropriately to one another and use basketball-type maneuvers to move around in the half-court. The developers at EA Canada have used 10-man motion capturing to overhaul the appearance of the 10 players working out of the half-court. This is particularly true of the player animations. The first thing veteran Live players may notice is improvement in the game's graphics.
