Worth the replay?

1. #1

   JazzatCeltics

   NBADown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   72/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings23/25

   Comeback18/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 96 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 72

2. #2

   HeatatClippers

   NBADown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   71/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings24/25

   Comeback15/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 94 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 71

3. #3

   LakersatTrail Blazers

   NBA· NBA TVBig comeback

   B

   59/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings17/25

   Comeback17/20

   Decided late10/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 79 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 59

4. #4

   BucksatPacers

   NBADown to the wireBack and forth

   B

   57/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings19/25

   Comeback3/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 76 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 57

5. #5

   MavericksatRockets

   NBADown to the wireBack and forth

   C+

   54/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback2/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 72 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 54

6. #6

   PistonsatGrizzlies

   NBA

   C

   43/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings13/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late12/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 57 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 43

7. #7

   TimberwolvesatNets

   NBA· PeacockBack and forth

   D

   25/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension7/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 33 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 25

8. #8

   KingsatNuggets

   NBAOne-sided

   D

   13/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension12/30

   Swings5/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 18 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 13

9. #9

   WizardsatKnicks

   NBAOne-sided

   D

   13/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings11/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 17 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 13

Ranked from each game's win probability as it was played (ESPN's for football and basketball; ours, from the goals, for hockey): how in doubt it was near the end, how far the winner came back from, how late it was decided, how big its momentum swings were and how often a team erased a deficit, with a bonus for overtime. That drama is then weighted by how good a matchup it was going in (its pre-game Watchability score), so a thriller between top teams ranks above an equally wild game between minor ones.