How to play NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball on Mac

Game summary

“This is the only NBA mobile game where it feels like I’m playing as myself.” – James Harden Choose your path to greatness in the all-new season of EA SPORTS NBA LIVE. Build your team, dominate opponents, boost your Rep, upgrade players, take over the Blacktop, and connect with the NBA in Live Events. Capture the spotlight and create your legacy in the world’s most downloaded basketball game. LEAD A TOP SQUAD Create the ultimate roster as you upgrade players, rain buckets, and rise up the ranks in the NBA. With Chemistry, choose and match players that mirror their coach’s playstyle, allowing you to focus on shooting, defensive, a run-and-gun style, and more to get boosts and elevate your game. Get your team in the zone to become the league’s best squad. GAIN YOUR REP Beat opponents in Head-to-Head matches and Leagues to earn Rep. Use it to earn special packs or Rank Up players to their maximum performance level. The higher your players’ levels, the better they’ll play on the court. Strategy rules in this battle for victory. OWN THE BLACKTOP No quarters. No shot clock. No rules. Head outdoors to the blacktop and build a lineup of classic players to compete against other NBA legends and prove yourself on the courts where bonafide ballers are made. From Brooklyn to Chicago to Venice Beach, experience a different feel and unique events that keep the stakes high and the wins rolling in. COMPETE IN LIVE EVENTS Connect to the NBA all year long with daily challenges that keep you raining buckets on the way to the top. Score incredible rewards in real-life matchups and break ankles in Seasons or Head-to-Head mode with friends and foes. Become a hoop master all day, every day. This app: requires a persistent Internet connection (network fees may apply); Requires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement. ; includes in-game advertising; collects data through third party analytics technology (see Privacy & Cookie Policy for details); contains dire
First released: Jul 2016

Play NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball like you would on any PC.
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