Worth the replay?

1. #1

   CelticsatNets

   NBAOvertimeDown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   A

   75/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings25/25

   Comeback19/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Overtime+8

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

2. #2

   PelicansatGrizzlies

   NBADown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   69/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings19/25

   Comeback18/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 93 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 69

3. #3

   SunsatHawks

   NBADown to the wireBack and forth

   B+

   66/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback14/20

   Decided late13/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 87 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 66

4. #4

   PacersatThunder

   NBADown to the wireBig comeback

   B

   64/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings19/25

   Comeback18/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

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

5. #5

   NuggetsatBucks

   NBA· Prime VideoBack and forth

   B

   59/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension28/30

   Swings16/25

   Comeback10/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

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

6. #6

   KingsatCavaliers

   NBADown to the wireBack and forth

   B

   58/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings17/25

   Comeback5/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 77 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 58

7. #7

   RocketsatPistons

   NBA· Prime Video

   C+

   46/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings17/25

   Comeback5/20

   Decided late7/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 62 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 46

8. #8

   RaptorsatTrail Blazers

   NBA

   D

   32/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension18/30

   Swings15/25

   Comeback2/20

   Decided late4/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 42 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 32

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.