play the real game. its WAY better than the demo. another thing you should do is learn the control scheme. Especially if you're used to Live its gonna take an adjustment period, but once you know how to play, its ridiculous the amount of control you have and the level of realism. It also helps to have an understanding of basketball to play it. Run some pick n rolls (call for a pick with circle or whatever the equivalent is on 360). The hardest thing for me to learn was the isomotion ball control, but then I've never used it all that well, but the step back dribble damn near guarantees a made shot if you execute it right. The only thing better about Live is the presentation and commentators, but the actual gameplay is unquestionably the best basketball game out there.