Step Throughmove and finish after your dribble ends.
Hold and move R3 after the dribble ends 
Steam NBA 2K27
the pro stick, read
Every guide tells you to flick the right stick and then leaves you alone with it. Say what you are trying to do and get the input; then perform it on your own pad and find out whether your hand produced the direction you meant, or something thirty degrees off it.
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New in 2K279 controls
Right stick at rest—
Press something on your pad — the drawing lights up what the browser sees.
01 / Intent
Say it the way you would say it
Nobody searches for "Pro Stick down-left". They search for "how do I get past my defender". Type what you are trying to do; the buttons come from the verified controls entry, the phrasing is ours.
21 moves are covered, grouped by what they are for: beating your defender, finishing at the rim, creating space, stopping them scoring and moving the ball. 8 of them use the Pro Stick, and those are the ones the trainer below can actually check.
02 / Trainer
Did your hand do what you meant?
The game maps the eight stick directions to different moves, so thirty degrees off a crossover is a different move entirely. Pick one, perform it, and read back what the controller actually sent — the angle, how far the stick travelled, how long it stayed out, and whether it came home to centre.
Crossover Pick a move and press Arm.
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Not armed yet
This panel reports the controller, never the game. The browser cannot see whether 2K played the animation; it can see exactly what your pad sent.
Stick travel—
Direction read—
Time out of centre—
Settled back at—
Nothing here is stored or sent anywhere. If the stick settles well away from centre, that is drift rather than technique — the stick drift test measures it properly.
03 / Readiness
Every input this game asks for
2K uses more of the pad than almost anything else you play: both sticks including their clicks, both triggers through their full travel, both bumpers and all four face buttons. Work through the list — a bumper that only registers sometimes costs you an ability, not a frame.
0 / 10 detected
Left stickfull circle
Right stickfull circle
L2 / LTfull pull
R2 / RTfull pull
L1 / LBpress
R1 / RBpress
L3 clickpress
R3 clickpress
Face buttonsall four
D-padall four
A detected input means the browser saw it. It is not a certificate that the pad is healthy, and a control the browser never sees may still be a driver problem rather than a broken button.
04 / Map
One control, everything it carries
R3 alone is the Pro Stick, the shot, the layup, five dribble moves and three defensive stances depending on what else you are holding. The table below is the same data; this is the version you can explore.
R3
Tap a control on the pad drawing at the top of the page to change what is listed here.
05 / Changes
New in 2K27
Read off the in-game Learn 2K Controls screens and dated 17 September 2026. These are additions, not a full comparison against 2K26 — we do not hold a verified 2K26 map, and guessing one would be worse than leaving it out.
Flashy Pass (no-look, behind the back).
R1 + aim R3 Aggressive Hands Upstrongly deters shots and layups, costs lateral speed.
Hold R3 up Conservative Hands Uplighter deterrent, keeps you mobile.
Hold R3 down Cut Off Movea lateral burst to close a drive or a passing lane.
Hold L2 + tap R3 Face Match Upsquare up to the player you guard.
Hold L2 + hold R3 up Face Ballface the ball carrier to contest passes.
Hold L2 + hold R3 down Adjust screen facingrotate the screen angle gradually.
Hold Circle + tap L2 or R2 Flip screeninstant 180° flip.
Hold Circle + press L3 06 / Reference
Every control
PlayStation and Xbox side by side, verified 17 September 2026. NBA 2K27 on PC uses the same pad layout; the keyboard map mirrors it from Settings › Controller Settings.
| Action | PlayStation | Xbox | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move player | L3 | LS | Offense basics |
| Sprint | R2 | RT | Offense basics |
| Shoot (button) | Square | X | Offense basics |
| Pass | Cross | A | Offense basics |
| Bounce pass | Circle | B | Offense basics |
| Lob pass | Triangle | Y | Offense basics |
| Pro Stick | R3 | RS | Offense basics |
| Jump shot | Hold Square or R3 down | Hold X or RS down | Shooting & finishing |
| Layup | R3 up while driving | RS up while driving | Shooting & finishing |
| Quick scoop layup | R3 left / right while driving | RS left / right while driving | Shooting & finishing |
| Runner / floater | R3 down while driving | RS down while driving | Shooting & finishing |
| Dunk | R2 + R3 up | RT + RS up | Shooting & finishing |
| Step Through | Hold and move R3 after the dribble ends | Hold and move RS after the dribble ends | Shooting & finishing |
| Crossover | R3 up | RS up | Pro Stick dribbling |
| Between the legs | R3 left | RS left | Pro Stick dribbling |
| Behind the back | R3 down-left | RS down-left | Pro Stick dribbling |
| Stepback | R3 down | RS down | Pro Stick dribbling |
| Spin | Rotate R3 clockwise | Rotate RS clockwise | Pro Stick dribbling |
| Hesitation / size-up | R3 flick towards the ball hand | RS flick towards the ball hand | Pro Stick dribbling |
| Icon pass | R1 then receiver icon | RB then receiver icon | Passing |
| Flashy Pass (no-look, behind the back) | R1 + aim R3 | RB + aim RS | Passing |
| Give and go | Hold Cross until the catch | Hold A until the catch | Passing |
| Alley-oop | Triangle + Triangle | Y + Y | Passing |
| Call for pick / play | L1 | LB | Passing |
| Enter the post | Hold L2 | Hold LT | Post moves |
| Post pivot | Hold L2 + L3 direction | Hold LT + LS direction | Post moves |
| Drop step | Hold L2 + L3 towards the hoop + Square | Hold LT + LS towards the hoop + X | Post moves |
| Post hook | Hold L2 + R3 up-left / up-right | Hold LT + RS up-left / up-right | Post moves |
| Post fade | Hold L2 + R3 left / right away from the basket | Hold LT + RS left / right away from the basket | Post moves |
| Post spin / drive | Hold L2 + rotate R3 to the shoulder | Hold LT + rotate RS to the shoulder | Post moves |
| Intense-D | Hold L2 | Hold LT | Defense |
| Steal | Square | X | Defense |
| Block / rebound | Triangle | Y | Defense |
| Take charge | Circle | B | Defense |
| Shot contest | R3 up then release | RS up then release | Defense |
| Aggressive Hands Up | Hold R3 up | Hold RS up | Defense |
| Conservative Hands Up | Hold R3 down | Hold RS down | Defense |
| Cut Off Move | Hold L2 + tap R3 | Hold LT + tap RS | Defense |
| Face Match Up | Hold L2 + hold R3 up | Hold LT + hold RS up | Defense |
| Face Ball | Hold L2 + hold R3 down | Hold LT + hold RS down | Defense |
| Box out | Hold L2 after the shot | Hold LT after the shot | Off-ball defense |
| Deny / hands out | R3 any direction | RS any direction | Off-ball defense |
| Adjust screen facing | Hold Circle + tap L2 or R2 | Hold B + tap LT or RT | Screens |
| Flip screen | Hold Circle + press L3 | Hold B + press LS | Screens |
| Pause / menu | Options | Menu | Interface |
The rest of NBA 2K27, drawn
This page reads the shape your thumb drew. The table says what every button does, the board says who is worth drawing it with, and the bench says whether the pad is still healthy enough to draw it.
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Where to go next
The trainer reads the pad; these read the hardware behind it, and the reference table behind that.
Pro Stick trainer Perform a move and read back the angle, travel and return the controller actually sent. Open Stick drift test A right stick that will not settle at centre costs you every Pro Stick input. Open Gamepad tester This game uses both sticks, both triggers, both bumpers and all four face buttons. Open Every default binding The verified reference table, dated, with the controller layout beside it. Open Other game labs The same treatment for the rest of the library. Open
07 / Answers
Straight answers
Checked, dated, and the same wording the reference page uses.
How do you shoot in NBA 2K27?+
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.
What is new in the NBA 2K27 controls?+
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.
How do you do a Step Through?+
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.
How do you call a pick in 2K27?+
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.
Can I play NBA 2K27 with a keyboard on PC?+
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.
Why can't I rebind Pass or Shoot in NBA 2K27?+
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.
Unofficial Keymap Labs is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by 2K, Visual Concepts or the NBA. NBA 2K27 is a trademark of Take-Two Interactive. This page reports what the browser reads from your controller through the Gamepad API — it cannot see the game, so it never claims a move was performed in it. Control data is read from the in-game Learn 2K Controls screens and dated above.
