NBA STREET Homecourt

The Ash Park tournament is the first tournament you will be invited to in homecourt challenge mode. I wasn't invited until I was level 9 so just be patient and keep playing different homecourt challenges. Eventually you will have the option to accept an invite from Rip Hamilton to play in a tournament. This is what you've been waiting for.

Each tournament in the game consists of a bracket in which you will need to win 3 consecutive pickup games to 21.

This game is not hard to beat especially if you set the difficulty to easy. But in order to make it even easier I recommend choosing a player who is good in Shooting, Dunking, and Stealing because those are the most important skills. A good choice would be the forward JJ Smoke. I would use the freak skill you get at level 5 on shooting that way you can just keep draining 2 pointers to quickly win games. Also try to perfect the timing of the double dunk, it is very useful in dunk only games or games that you keep getting blocked by big men. When you hit level 15 and get your mastered skill use it on dunks.

You will also want to choose 2 teammates that are good at blocking/boards. That way if you don't get the steal they will be a good second defense. Check the recruits section often in order to upgrade teammates as you progress.

My last piece of advice is to keep upgrading your gear to the newest pieces that you unlock with the highest reward point bonuses.

With this setup you should finish the game in about 4-5 hours.

This achievement is for winning the Ash Park Tournament. This is the first tournament of the Homecourt Challenge mode. To get access to this tournament, keep playing challenges, especially the "Court Access" challenges, and eventually you will be invited to the tournament.

The remainder of this solution is my standard advice for this game mode:

Obviously, this is much easier on "Easy" difficulty.

Continuously play all of the challenge events, including the "Court Access" events. This will continually increase the level of competition, and will allow you to recruit new players and access gear. Gear will help you level up faster, improving your skills.

You start with some pretty weak teammates. Whenever you can recruit better players, do so. I generally played with a forward and a center as my teammates -- players with rebounding and dunking skills. I used Josh Childress with both created ballers -- he's fast enough to get down the court, rebounds well, dunks well, and shoots the 3 well (good for the shots-only events). I had a bona fide center as my other player, someone like Emeka Okafor or Drew Gooden.

Once you reach Level 5, you can select a "freak" skill (a max stat skill) -- I strongly recommend selecting dunks. It will make it very easy to double dunk, and with your other players rebounding, you'll have a lot of outlet pass situations. Once I got my skill level up in the game (both my player and my gameplay skils), I was routinely winning matches with scores like 21-2 and 15-1.

For the second max stat skill (your "master" skill) I selected rebounding. This will allow you stop almost all shots the AI opponents take, unless it is a lay-up near the bucket.

Once you get comfortable playing the game, GameBreakers can be a great help, too. Nothing beats scoring 5 points on a triple dunk (and knocking one point off of their score as well).

complete the first tournament in the homecourt challenge mode