Worth the replay?

1. #1

   BullsatPacers

   NBADown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   72/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings24/25

   Comeback17/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

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

2. #2

   RaptorsatHornets

   NBAOvertimeDown to the wireBig comeback

   B+

   71/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings20/25

   Comeback19/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 95 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 71

3. #3

   MavericksatClippers

   NBADown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   67/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings19/25

   Comeback16/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 89 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 67

4. #4

   CelticsatTimberwolves

   NBA· NBA TVDown to the wireBack and forth

   B

   65/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings19/25

   Comeback13/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 87 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 65

5. #5

   PelicansatWarriors

   NBA· NBA TVDown to the wireBack and forth

   B

   59/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback6/20

   Decided late11/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 78 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 59

6. #6

   PistonsatHeat

   NBA

   C+

   53/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback8/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 71 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 53

7. #7

   NuggetsatSuns

   NBA

   D

   20/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback6/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 27 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 20

8. #8

   NetsatBucks

   NBAOne-sided

   D

   4/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings3/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 6 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 4

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.