head to head
vs
NBA Live 98vsWWE 2K15
NBA Live 98 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WWE 2K15 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
NBA Live 98WWE 2K15
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
NBA Live 98 leans harder on execution: Shot timing and stick handling decide possessions
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
NBA Live 98 leans harder on optimization: Exploitable plays and roster knowledge dominate the CPU game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.