Major additions include Practice Mode and multi-season play, which features player development between seasons.

Prominent bugs led to the NBA Live Series Center fan site submitting a patch petition to EA Sports, resulting in two official patches which included roster updates for the 98–99 season.

[5][4][3] AllGame gave the PC version four stars out of five, saying that the game delivers "a full basketball experience.

Multiple seasons could literally keep a player busy for years which makes one wonder if anyone will really need the next version.

"[33] In Japan, where the PlayStation version was ported for release on April 28, 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40.