ESPN NBA 2K5 is a 2004 basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and co-published by Sega and Global Star Software.

It is the last NBA 2K game to be released by Sega before the company sold Visual Concepts to Take-Two Interactive, forming 2K Sports.

The visuals and gameplay were widely acclaimed, while the 24/7 and Association game modes received a mixed response.

The game features Stuart Scott as a presenter, Bob Fitzgerald and Bill Walton as commentators, and Michele Tafoya as a sideline reporter.

He commended how the developers focus on realism; one detail he cited was the sweat players amass as games progress.

Reiner called the crowd design "amazing", particularly liking how they react to certain situations, and the said that player models were "superb".

Reiner summarized his review by saying, "This is still the best playing, most rewarding, and realistic basketball game that money can buy.

"[7] Game Revolution's review praised the visuals and price, but criticized the 24/7 mode for being "broken".

[9] Bob Colayco of GameSpot also praised the low price of the game, as well as the "extremely well done" gameplay and visuals.

It's too drive-minded and while it tries to create the idea of individuals and personality with the visuals and Association, the gameplay seems to ignore who these players are on the court.

Next Generation ranked it as the 57th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in the United States.