That one on one shyt.
Media likes to put up Brady vs Manning or Mahomes vs *hot QB*
Or even worse a pitcher duel
They don't even see each other on the field. And at least in football the QB can affect the time of possession of the other team.
As for basketball you see immediate and realtime competition:
Lebron went and switched onto Curry during the Finals.
Kobe hit a J over Ray Allen in 2010 then went to win Game 7.
2011 Dirk and the vets said nah fukk that we winning and did it themselves.
KD and Kyrie bet on themselves and flamed out hard.
Basketball has the most ownership of wins and losses in team sports. Obviously one-on-one sports has more at stake. But in basketball you talk shyt they gonna see you on the court face to face. I like that