NBA 2K27 controls & keybinds

Hold Square on PlayStation or X on Xbox and release on the timing cue, or pull the Pro Stick (right stick) down and release. The Shot Timing Visual Cue setting decides whether the release point is the jump or the set point.

Nine inputs: Step Through (hold and move the right stick after your dribble ends), Flashy Pass (R1/RB plus the right stick), Cut Off Move (hold L2/LT and tap the right stick), Aggressive Hands Up (hold the right stick up), Conservative Hands Up (hold it down), Face Match Up and Face Ball (L2/LT plus the right stick up or down), and two screen adjustments on Circle/B. Defense and off-ball defense now share one control map.

When your dribble ends near the rim, hold the right stick and move it in the direction you want to step; the player pivots and finishes. It is the 2K27 replacement for stranded pump-fake finishes.

Tap L1/LB for a screen from the nearest big; hold it to open PlayVision and pick a play. Hold Circle/B and tap L2/LT or R2/RT to rotate the screen angle, or hold Circle/B and press L3/LS to flip it.

Yes. The layout lives in Settings › Controller Settings › Keyboard and mirrors the controller map one to one, and every action on that screen is rebindable. The one thing a keyboard cannot reproduce is the Pro Stick: dribble moves, shot aiming and post moves read the angle you push the stick, and four keys only give you four angles. Everything else plays fine on a keyboard.

You can now. Pass, Bounce Pass, Lob Pass, Shooting and Block were locked in the keyboard rebinding menu during early access; 2K confirmed the bug on 26 August 2026 and shipped the fix two days later. If those five are still greyed out for you, you are on a pre-patch build — update the game.