Worth the replay?

1. #1

   NuggetsatJazz

   NBADown to the wireBack and forth

   B+

   67/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings24/25

   Comeback10/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

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

2. #2

   ClippersatWarriors

   NBA· Peacock/NBCSNBig comeback

   C+

   53/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension25/30

   Swings20/25

   Comeback17/20

   Decided late5/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

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

3. #3

   CelticsatBucks

   NBA· NBA TVOne-sided

   D

   9/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings9/25

   Comeback1/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

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

4. #4

   RocketsatWizards

   NBAOne-sided

   D

   7/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension2/30

   Swings3/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 10 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 7

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.