NBA

Week 17 Recap

Feb 9 - 12. The week's biggest results, played back. Ranks are NovaModel's going into the week.

NBA

Week 17

Feb 9 - 12 · the week in review

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Every game in the reel

  1. Upset#28 Indiana Pacers 137, #5 New York Knicks 134Pascal Siakam, 30 pts
  2. Upset#18 LA Clippers 105, #6 Houston Rockets 102Kawhi Leonard, 27 pts
  3. Upset#22 Milwaukee Bucks 110, #1 Oklahoma City Thunder 93Ousmane Dieng, 19 pts
  4. Top-10 clash#8 Cleveland Cavaliers 119, #7 Denver Nuggets 117Donovan Mitchell, 32 pts
  5. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 119, #11 Los Angeles Lakers 110Jalen Williams, 23 pts
  6. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 136, #9 Phoenix Suns 109Jalen Williams, 28 pts

How games are picked

Every game is judged by NovaModel's rankings from before it was played, so nothing is graded with hindsight. A game makes the reel when a top-10 team loses to a team ranked well below it (an upset), when both teams are in the top 10, when the #1 team plays, or when a top-10 team's game is decided by three points or fewer. The biggest upsets come first. No betting lines or win probabilities are used.