The title refers to a specific installment in a long-running basketball simulation video game franchise, released for a particular generation of gaming console. It represents a convergence of sports, interactive entertainment, and hardware technology targeted toward basketball enthusiasts and gamers.
Its significance lies in its capturing of a specific moment in both basketball and gaming history. The product provided users with the ability to experience the 2013-2014 National Basketball Association season within a virtual environment. It offered updated rosters, realistic gameplay mechanics for the time, and various game modes for single-player and multiplayer engagement. It also represents the tail-end of a console generation, showcasing the capabilities of the hardware before the advent of newer systems.