New Spotlight Sim is finally here in NBA 2K21 MyTEAM, along with a group of new Dark Matter cards that are available as rewards. As usual, here we’ll list all NBA 2K21 Gauntlet Spotlight Sim requirements, rewards, and tips for how to beat Gauntlet Spotlight Challenges in 2K21.
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NBA 2K21 Gauntlet Spotlight Sim Challenges Requirements & Rewards
The Gauntlet Spotlight Challenges are a little bit different from previous Spotlight Sim challenges, as there is only one game in each challenge, and the Gold Contracts Pack is the game reward instead of 2K21 MT and tokens, this also means you can earn a DM card and 5 Gold Contracts Pack once you complete one challenge. Check out the details of Gauntlet Spotlight Sim Challenges 2K21 below.
No Assists
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record 0 team assists
Player Reward: DM Alex Caruso
PGs vs. Cs
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record 2 team blocks
Player Reward: DM Chauncey Billups
Layup, Dunk, Three
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and have each player on your team score 1 layup, 1 dunk, and 1 three-pointer
Player Reward: DM Jason Kidd
Dunks Only
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record 11 dunks with a player
Player Reward: DM Jason Richardson
Cs vs. PGs
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and prevent your opponent from scoring a single point in the paint
Player Reward: DM John Collins
No Fouls Allowed
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game without committing a foul
Player Reward: DM Rajon Rondo
Score 40 in 10
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game, score 40 points with a player, and do not allow a player on your team to play more than 10 minutes
Player Reward: DM Richard Hamilton
15 Threes
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and make 15 three-pointers with 1 player
Player Reward: DM Pau Gasol
Original Owners
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game
Player Reward: DM Detlef Schrempf
Stretch Big
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Using only centers, win the game, and make 7 three-pointers
Player Reward: DM LaMarcus Aldridge
Cookies
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record 11 steals with a player
Player Reward: DM Gerald Wallace
37 points in 12 Minutes
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and score 37 points with a player in 12 minutes of gameplay or less
Player Reward: DM Allan Houston
Putback Boss
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game, and record at least 20 second chance points with a player
Player Reward: DM Kevin McHale
3 Minutes
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game in 3 minutes or less
Player Reward: DM Marc Gasol
8 Shots or Less
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Without attempting more than 8 shots win the game by 8 points or more
Player Reward: DM Walt Frazier
Invincible Face-Off
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game using only Gold player cards or lower
Player Reward: DM Richard Jefferson
Wilt’s One Hundred
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and score 100 points with a player while recording 0 three-pointers as a team
Player Reward: DM Mark Eaton
Free Throws
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and make 15 Free Throws as a team
Player Reward: DM Shawn Marion
68 Point Win
Difficulty: Pro
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game by 68 points
Player Reward: DM Nate Thurmond
Passing Perfectionist
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record at least 30 assists with a player without turning the ball over once as a team
Player Reward: DM Joe Ingles
Triple Threat 7/7
Difficulty: All-Star
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game, and make exactly 7 three-pointers with a player while shooting 100% from three
Player Reward: DM Peja Stojakovic
20-20-20
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record a 20-20-20 statline
Player Reward: DM Arvydas Sabonis
Deny the Invincible
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and prevent an opposing player from scoring 10 points using Ruby player cards or lower
Player Reward: DM Cam Reddish
200 Points
Difficulty: Rookie
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and score 200 points as a team
Player Reward: DM Eddy Curry
17 Blocks
Difficulty: Pro
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record 17 blocks as a team
Player Reward: DM Hakeem Olajuwon
Triple Threat 20 Points Win
Difficulty: Pro
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game by 20 points
Player Reward: DM James Wiseman
Wilt’s 55 Boards
Difficulty: All-Star
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and record 55 rebounds with 1 player
Player Reward: DM Bob Pettit
Nail Biter
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game by 3 points while allowing your opponent to score 20 points
Player Reward: DM Terry Dischinger
Locked Up
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and prevent your opponent from scoring any fastbreak points while limiting them to 40 points or less
Player Reward: DM Reggie Lewis
9 For 9
Difficulty: All-Star
Game Reward: 5 Gold Contracts Pack
Requirements: Win the game and make 9 three-pointers with 1 player while shooting 100% from 3 and only attempting 9 threes as a team
Player Reward: DM Danny Manning
How to Beat Gauntlet Spotlight Challenges in NBA 2K21
There is no one single way to definitely beat all of these challenges, based on specific challenges, here are some tips from Wildmont Gaming for helping you complete more games in NBA 2K21 Gauntlet Spotlight Challenges.
Some of these challenges are not difficult, but eventually, you are going to complete those harder challenges, for example, if you want to beat Putback Boss, one of the tips is to get 5 out playbook when you get 5 out, call for a screen, what’s going to happen is the CPU will come before your player, so whoever setting the screen whether or not your center or your power forward before they set the screen, make them like count to the screen. What you can do is call for a screen and right before they set the screen, just hit L1 or whatever button you use, call for a screen, your player is going to cut to the basket directly. Shoot the ball, do not try to make it and your player usually gets a rebound out of that man, that’s one of the ways you can actually get that done.
Another one is 17 Blocks, one of the methods you can actually beat it is by putting tall players at every single position in your lineup. What you would do is buy Joakim Noah, he is 6’11”, but most importantly, he has a 95 block rating as a point guard. Other recommended players are Jonathan Isaac, Bill Russell, etc. Feed them into the paint, when they get there, just try to spam blocks, make sure to use the tallest lineup possible.
The next one is 9 For 9, you need to make 9 three-pointers with 1 player while shooting 100% from 3 as a team, make sure whoever you are shooting with does not have a Steady Shooter badge, this can make even if you are taking open jump shots, you can still miss those, but there is no guarantee on current-gen, even if you release the ball perfectly every single time, it can still miss. Then make sure they have Catch & Shoot of Hall of Fame, you need to have a good jumpshot that you can time.
For the Cookies challenge, if you are going to get 11 steals with a player, put the biggest player you have, what happens a lot of times is once you are playing pressure defense with a big player or a player with a long wingspan, you get a lot of bump steals and lane steals, the size, wingspan, and athleticism really matter for many of these challenges. Finally, do not get frustrated in these challenges, you can give up some of them.
If you are looking for How to beat all 30 Gauntlet Challenges, you can check out the Reddit Post by u/Jameski0425:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MyTeam/comments/ob5zjg/how_to_beat_every_gauntlet_spotlight_challenge/