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Monitoring game load across quarters in professional basketball: positional differences and contextual effects

Shaoliang Zhang
1
,
Ming Li
1
,
Xing Wang
2
,
Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao
3
,
Pierpaolo Sansone
4
,
Jordan L Fox
5

  1. Athletic Performance and Data Science Laboratory (APDS), Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  2. School of Athletic Performance, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
  3. Department of Physical Activity and Sports Science, University Alfonso X el Sabio, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
  4. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Rome, Italy
  5. Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Biol Sport. 2026;43:769–778
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.157997
Online publish date: 2026/01/23
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