Unless you're gifted with some decent height or leaping ability, or you tend to play on eight-foot rims, you probably don't have much experience dunking a basketball. That's about to change, as NBA LIVE 2005 gives you the chance to create and customize monster slams and then show them off for the judges in the All-Star Dunk competition. Before you can fly, however, you have to learn to walk, and that means getting the basics of dunking mastered so that you can then take your game to the next level. Learn how to take off, gather the ball, and finish the slam in a variety of ways. Once you've got that under your belt, you'll be ready to move on to some of the more advanced techniques, as you search for that perfect jam.