@Article{Pérez-Chao2023,
journal="Biology of Sport",
issn="0860-021X",
volume="40",
number="2",
year="2023",
title="Influence of game and quarter results on external peak demands  during games in under-18 years, male basketball players",
abstract="To quantify and compare the external peak demands (PD) encountered according to game result  (win vs. loss), quarter result (win vs. tie vs. loss), and quarter point difference (± difference in score) in under-18  years (U18), male basketball players. Thirteen basketball players had external load variables monitored across  9 games using local positioning system technology, including distance covered, distance covered in different  intensity zones, accelerations, decelerations, and PlayerLoad™. PD were calculated across 30-s, 1-min, and 5-min  time windows for each variable. Linear mixed models were used to compare PD for each variable according to  game result (win vs. loss), quarter result (win vs tie vs loss), and quarter point difference (high vs. low). External  PD were comparable between games that were won and lost for all variables and between quarters that were  won and lost for most variables (p > 0.05, trivial-small effects). In contrast, players produced higher (p < 0.05,  small effects) 1-min high-speed running distance and 5-min PlayerLoadTM in quarters that were won compared  to quarters that were lost. Additionally, high quarter point differences (7.51±3.75 points) elicited greater (p < 0.05,  small effects) external PD (30-s PlayerLoadTM, 30-s and 5-min decelerations, and 1-min and 5-min high-speed  running distance) than low quarter point differences (-2.47±2.67 points). External PD remain consistent (trivial small effects) regardless of game result, quarter result, and quarter point difference in U18, male basketball  players. Accordingly, external PD attained during games may not be a key indicator of team success.",
author="Pérez-Chao, Enrique
and Gómez, Miguel
and Scanlan, Aaron
and Ribas, Carlos
and Trapero, Juan
and Lorenzo, Alberto",
pages="365--375",
doi="10.5114/biolsport.2023.116010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2023.116010"
}