<s>
NBA	B-Application
Live	I-Application
2001	I-Application
is	O
the	O
2001	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
NBA	B-Application
Live	I-Application
video	O
games	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
EA	O
Canada	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
under	O
the	O
EA	O
Sports	O
Label	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
January	O
22	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NBA	B-Application
Live	I-Application
2001	I-Application
is	O
followed	O
by	O
NBA	B-Application
Live	I-Application
2002	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
year	O
included	O
EA	O
's	O
"	O
Face	O
in	O
the	O
Game	O
"	O
feature	O
that	O
debuted	O
in	O
NBA	B-Application
Live	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
use	O
custom	O
facial	O
photographs	O
on	O
created	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
PC	O
versions	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
're	O
not	O
crazy	O
about	O
videogame	O
basketball	B-Application
,	O
this	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
convert	O
you.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Smolka	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
magazine	O
later	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
good	O
looking	O
and	O
plays	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
n't	O
quite	O
the	O
leap	O
it	O
should	O
(	O
and	O
arguably	O
could	O
)	O
have	O
been.	O
"	O
</s>
