<s>
NBA	B-Application
2K1	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2000	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Visual	O
Concepts	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
NBA	B-Application
2K	I-Application
game	O
to	O
feature	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
and	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
feature	O
street	O
courses	O
instead	O
of	O
playing	O
a	O
game	O
inside	O
the	O
arena	O
in	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
famous	O
street	O
courts	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Cage	O
,	O
Rucker	O
Park	O
,	O
Franklin	O
Park	O
,	O
and	O
Goat	O
Park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
NBA	B-Application
2K1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cover	O
athlete	O
was	O
featured	O
as	O
Allen	O
Iverson	O
of	O
the	O
Philadelphia	O
76ers	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ESPN	B-Application
NBA	I-Application
2K5	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Smolka	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
Highly	O
recommended	O
,	O
but	O
frankly	O
,	O
we	O
were	O
expecting	O
a	O
lot	O
more	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
improvement	O
of	O
NFL	B-Application
2K1	I-Application
over	O
NFL	O
2K.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
GameSpots	O
annual	O
"	O
Best	O
Multiplayer	O
Game	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
Sports	O
Game	O
(	O
Traditional	O
)	O
"	O
awards	O
among	O
console	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
III	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
and	O
NFL	B-Application
2K1	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
