Team Marvel wins the basketball game easily. Spider-Man is hands down the MVP and has no one to challenge him on the court.
His natural speed and agility means he will overtake everyone else on a fastbreak. His strength allows him to overpower anyone who is trying to box him out or defend him or even reject a dunk (not to mention he'll strip the ball out of the opposing player's hands without breaking a sweat). And his Spider Sense lets him fill in any defensive holes in a zone or intercept any pass attempts when they're playing man on man. His natural sense of balance and Spider Sense means he won't miss a single shot or pass from anywhere on the floor. And backing him up are the "peak to super" human Captain America, the heart shaped herb fueled Black Panther, and the world's best shot Hawkeye. Plus Deadpool is going to be wide open for every single play for a possible outlet pass or pick and roll. I would say that this is because Team D.C. will wan't to double trap Spider-Man but it's mostly because no one will go near Deadpool.
Basketball can definitely be a game of strategy which team D.C. has in spades, but even if Phil Jackson is coaching a good college team they aren't going to hold a candle to a team made up of Micheal Jordan (Spidey), Lebron James (T'challa), Kobe Bryant (Cap), Larry Bird (Hawkeye) and.... I don't know Chris Andersen? (Deadpool). Any strategy Bruce or Slade come up with is countered by physical superiority (i.e. moving inside the paint for dunks and lay-ups means nothing when three of the defenders are stronger than you and just push you back outside the lane, screens and screen passes don't mean anything when the defense is quick enough to catch up to you no matter where you go on the floor, outside shots are useless when Spidey can reject them midair before he gets in trouble for goaltending) In this instance Marvel simply outclasses D.C.
As for the fight if everyone gets standard equipment then D.C. holds their own for a bit but ultimately loses. Dinah and Tim are the weak points and Nightwing might be in a little over his head. Marvel can use Deadpool as a human shield all day long. Spidey can distract Slade and eventually beat him (Spider Sense counters Slade's superhumanly efficient brain, superhuman stats counter peak-human stats and combat training, and Spidey's webbing counters Slade's weaponry although I'm a little iffy on Slade's standard equipment). Without Slade to square off against Cap or Black Panther it's up to Bruce and Nightwing. Bruce could stalemate one of them but Nightwing will eventually lose (but it'd be a great fight though). That means Hawkeye and Deadpool take on Red Robin and Black Canary (which now that I think about it is a pretty interesting and close matchup). But Deadpool eventually wears the two down with targeted assistance from Hawkeye (the Marvel duo wouldn't step on each other's toes due to the specialties while Tim and Dinah could). All in all I'd say the most D.C. is going to be able to do is stall for time or tactically retreat. That is impressive however considering the physical, technological, and weaponry advantages that team Marvel is bringing to the fight.
Interestingly enough my basketball analogy might not hold up at all because the 1992 Dream Team actually lost a scrimmage against a bunch of college kids when they first came together. But I think my point still stands.
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