head to head
vs
BasketballvsPong
Basketball leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Pong leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
BasketballPong
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Pong leans harder on execution: Paddle positioning and return angles are pure motor skill
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Basketball leans harder on variance: Nothing hidden on a single shared screen
Optimization2 vs 1
Basketball leans harder on optimization: One-on-one with almost no systems to solve
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.