Mouse in the House Badge
Mouse in the house provides a boost when taking shots in Shot Close range while being guarded by a smaller defender. The rules around activation can be found below
Mouse in the House Badge Description
With Mouse in the House equipped when attacking a smaller defender, there will be a higher chance of successfully finishing.
Mouse in the House Unlock Levels
Bronze 1 | 50 Close Shot |
Silver 3 | 67 Close Shot |
Gold 5 | 80 Close Shot |
HoF 7 | 84 Close Shot |
HoF 6 | 92 Close Shot |
NBA 2k22 Is Mouse in the House good?
For Mouse in the House to trigger the following conditions must be met based on your players height:
- 6'10 and Taller players must be 3 inches taller than their defender. 6'10 over 6'7 for example
- Under 6'10 you must be 4 inches taller than your matchup. 6'9 over 6'5 for example.
- 6'11 over 6'8 does not activate Mouse in the House and is the only exception to these rules.
To test Mouse in the House we took 200 contested layup attempts and recorded the success against 2 different height defenders at each badge level. The following table shows the Mouse in the House boost to overall made layup attempts.
Badge Level | +3" | +5" |
---|---|---|
None | 70.5% | 85% |
Bronze | 73% | 86.5% |
Silver | 74.5% | 86.5% |
Gold | 75.5% | 88% |
Hall of Fame | 78.5% | 92.5% |
Who should use Mouse in the House?
The size difference required to activate the badge is large enough that you should already be able to make layups over that defender fairly easily.
Park
Unless you are on a 7'3 center you can skip this badge.
Recommended Level: Bronze
ProAm
Unless you are on a 7'3 center you can skip this badge.
Recommended Level: Bronze