Worth the replay?

1. #1

   76ersatRaptors

   NBAOvertimeDown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   A

   75/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings24/25

   Comeback17/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 100 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 75

2. #2

   NetsatGrizzlies

   NBADown to the wireBig comeback

   B+

   72/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings25/25

   Comeback19/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth8/10

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

3. #3

   PelicansatMagic

   NBADown to the wireBig comeback

   B+

   65/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback15/20

   Decided late14/15

   Back-and-forth8/10

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

4. #4

   SpursatTimberwolves

   NBADown to the wireBig comeback

   B

   65/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings20/25

   Comeback19/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 86 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 65

5. #5

   RocketsatKings

   NBADown to the wireBig comeback

   B

   64/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings18/25

   Comeback15/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth8/10

   Drama 85 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 64

6. #6

   BucksatNuggets

   NBA

   B

   56/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension26/30

   Swings18/25

   Comeback8/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth8/10

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

7. #7

   KnicksatTrail Blazers

   NBADown to the wire

   B

   56/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback7/20

   Decided late10/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

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

8. #8

   HawksatWarriors

   NBABack and forth

   D

   33/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings20/25

   Comeback13/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 43 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 33

9. #9

   HeatatThunder

   NBABack and forth

   D

   25/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings17/25

   Comeback6/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 34 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 25

10. #10

    WizardsatSuns

    NBAOne-sided

    D

    10/100
    ▸ Why this grade

    Late tension2/30

    Swings7/25

    Comeback0/20

    Decided late0/15

    Back-and-forth5/10

    Drama 14 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 10

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.