Worth the replay?

1. #1

   NuggetsatMagic

   NBADown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   74/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings25/25

   Comeback18/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 98 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 74

2. #2

   JazzatSpurs

   NBADown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   68/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback18/20

   Decided late12/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 91 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 68

3. #3

   KnicksatHawks

   NBA· NBA TVDown to the wire

   B

   56/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings20/25

   Comeback6/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 75 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 56

4. #4

   BucksatBulls

   NBADown to the wireBack and forth

   B

   56/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback7/20

   Decided late11/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 74 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 56

5. #5

   SunsatPelicans

   NBADown to the wire

   C+

   46/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings15/25

   Comeback3/20

   Decided late10/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 61 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 46

6. #6

   NetsatTimberwolves

   NBABig comeback

   D

   32/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension6/30

   Swings18/25

   Comeback14/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 43 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 32

7. #7

   MavericksatKings

   NBA· NBA TV

   D

   27/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension15/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback5/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 36 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 27

8. #8

   PacersatHeat

   NBA

   D

   21/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension2/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback4/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 28 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 21

9. #9

   CavaliersatRockets

   NBAOne-sided

   D

   9/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings12/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 13 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 9

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.