NBA 2K23 controls: All offensive and defensive keyboard shortcuts
Many players, especially beginners, are looking for a management guide for NBA 2K23. This game is fun to play and the more you know what you’re doing the better. And while there are some controls that are more difficult than others, you can learn them in no time. So in this guide, let’s quickly check out all the offensive, defensive and passing controls in NBA 2K23 for PlayStation and Xbox.
All controls for NBA 2K23 for PlayStation and Xbox
For simplicity, let’s divide these controls into offense, defense, and passing.
All attack controls
These are all offensive controls in ball play:
| Ball attack control | ||
| Control | Xbox | Game console |
| Move player | Left joystick | Left joystick |
| professional stick | right joystick | right joystick |
| pass | A | X |
| refusal pass | B | Circle |
| Fire | X or RS | Square or R3 |
| Lead to the basket / Lob Pass | D | Triangle |
| Publish | LT | L2 |
| Sprint | RT | R2 |
| Call Play | LB | L1 |
| Pass icon | RB | R1 |
| Coaching on the fly | cross | cross |
Here are all the offensive controls without the ball:
| Ball violation control | ||
| Control | Xbox | Game console |
| Move player | Left joystick | Left joystick |
| professional stick | right joystick | right joystick |
| Call for a pass | A | X |
| Quick Screen | B | Circle |
| Force a teammate to shoot | X | Square |
| Alley-oop Call | D | Triangle |
| Publish | LT | L2 |
| Sprint | RT | R2 |
| Screen call | LB | L1 |
| Coaching on the fly | cross | cross |
All means of protection
Here are all the defense controls on the ball:
| Ball game protection | ||
| Control | Xbox | Game console |
| Move player | Left joystick | Left joystick |
| Hands up | right joystick | right joystick |
| Change player | A | X |
| Take charge | B | Circle |
| steal the ball | X | Square |
| rebound/block | D | Triangle |
| Intensive Protection | LT | L2 |
| Sprint | RT | R2 |
| double command | LB | L1 |
| Icon exchange | RB | R1 |
| Coaching on the fly | cross | cross |
| Intentional foul | View button | Touchpad |
These are all non-ball defense controls:
| Defense without the ball | ||
| Control | Xbox | Game console |
| Move player | Left joystick | Left joystick |
| ball theft | right joystick | right joystick |
| Change player | A | X |
| Take charge | B | Circle |
| steal the ball | X | Square |
| rebound/block | D | Triangle |
| Intensive Protection | LT | L2 |
| Sprint | RT | R2 |
| double command | LB | L1 |
| Icon exchange | RB | R1 |
| Coaching on the fly | cross | cross |
| Intentional foul | View button | Touchpad |
Passing control for NBA 2K23
You should learn these controls to get through better:
| Passing control | ||
| Control | Xbox | Game console |
| Ordinary pass | A | X |
| refusal pass | B | Circle |
| Lob Pass | D | Triangle |
| Fake pass | G+B | triangle + circle |
| Jump Pass | X + A | Square + X |
| skip pass | Press and hold A | Press and hold X |
| Alley-up | Y+Y | Triangle + Triangle |
| bright pass | B+B | Circle + Circle |
| Self Alley-oop | Y + Y and go to hoop | Triangle + Triangle and go to hoop |
| Rolling incoming | Y during initial entries | Triangle during initial entries |
| Pass icon | RB Button & Icon Receiver | R1 button and receiver icon |
| Bounce Pass Alley-oop | A + B + go to recipient | X + circle + go to recipient |
| touch pass | A before the first receiver receives the ball | X before the first receiver receives the ball |
| Complete receiver control | Press and hold B while driving as a receiver. Release B to pass the ball | Press and hold the circle while moving as a receiver. Release the circle to pass the ball |
| Basket Pass while dribbled | Press and hold Y as you move as Recipient to the trash. Release Y to pass the ball | Press and hold the triangle as you move as a recipient towards the trash. Release the triangle to pass the ball |
| Professional subscription per stick | While holding RB, move the right stick in the direction of the pass. | Hold R1 and move the right stick in the direction of passing |
| Give and go | Hold A and wait for the recipient to receive the ball. Now hold A again and move towards the original walker. Release button A to bring it back. | Hold X and wait for the receiver to receive the ball. Now hold X again and move towards the original walker. Release the X button to bring it back. |
This guide covers all offensive, defensive and traversal controls in NBA 2K23 for PlayStation and Xbox.
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