How many mins you guys play per quarter and why?

[Coach2K]

I play 12 minute quarters. After you get conditioned to playing that many minutes you get quite used to it. Obviously how much time you have available is a factor.

Awhile back I wrote up nine reasons you should consider playing 12 minute quarters. They were:

1. Realism
2. Fatigue is a factor
3. Learn to use your bench
4. Have to deal with foul trouble
5. Free throws affect the game more
6. You have to learn to fight off a team that makes a run or scoring droughts
7. More time to study your opponents tendencies so you can adjust
8. More in game practice
9. More overall strategy

Here's the full blog post I wrote if you are interested (and I'm allowed to link to it I hope).

http://www.coach2k.com/2014/07/nine-...d-play-12.html

Good luck!

[raiderphantom]

6 min quarters. I still use my bench plenty, don't mass substitute much at all. It's half a real game and while a longer game can lead to different outcomes essentially you can just double stats to get an idea what they could've been. I prefer to get through more seasons and experience free agency, draft, see how teams evolve or change etc.. 6 minutes is just long enough to feel like a real NBA experience for me. Plus I don't always have 2 hours to devote to a single game and not a fan of saving mid game. I haven't done that in years.

[Chrisb1986]

Quote: Originally Posted by www.Coach2K.com

I play 12 minute quarters. After you get conditioned to playing that many minutes you get quite used to it. Obviously how much time you have available is a factor. Awhile back I wrote up nine reasons you should consider playing 12 minute quarters. They were: 1. Realism 2. Fatigue is a factor 3. Learn to use your bench 4. Have to deal with foul trouble 5. Free throws affect the game more 6. You have to learn to fight off a team that makes a run or scoring droughts 7. More time to study your opponents tendencies so you can adjust 8. More in game practice 9. More overall strategy Here's the full blog post I wrote if you are interested (and I'm allowed to link to it I hope). http://www.coach2k.com/2014/07/nine-...d-play-12.html Good luck!

Exactly this. With it aswell every win feels all the more satisfying. i just played out a thriller in Game 2 of my new myleague winning at the spurs by 3 after they missed a beat the buzzer 3 pointer to tie and i feel so drainned after it.

[jbrew2411]

I have been going back and forth with the 12 min or 6 min qtrs. On 12 mins I feel like I get real game, but with limited time I only play a few games each season then select playoff games.

On 6 mins I try to play more regular season games then play every playoff game. While I get more games in I do feel like the overall play is not equal to 12 mins.

[ksuttonjr76]

I wish PNO was six minutes.

[alabamarob]

I only play 12 minutes. 2k did a good job on game pace and the game plays realistically at 12 minutes. I am surprised by the amount of guys who don't like 12 minute quarters. I would guess that most of the 12 min guys are offline players. I am a 95 percent online player, but it is very rare to find guys who like basketball enough to play 12 minute quarters.


My user name is Alabamarob. I am on xbox and ps4 if any of you 12 minute quarter guys ever want a game.

[Nevertheles109]

11 minutes.

The only reason I play on 11 oppose to 12 minutes is because stats seem to inflate at the 12 minute mark for me. At eleven minutes I still get the full effect of a NBA game that Coach2k mentioned just without scores consistently over 100.

[Mauer4MVP]

10 minutes. I like playing longer games to have enough time to have rotations matter. I also don't want the time commitment of 12 minute quarters and stats also seem to be slightly inflated at 12 minutes.

I've found 10 minute quarters solve the solution for all 3 of those concerns.