NBA

Week 2 Recap

Oct 26 - Nov 1. The week's biggest results, played back. Ranks are NovaModel's going into the week.

NBA

Week 2

Oct 26 - Nov 1 · the week in review

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Every game in the reel

  1. Upset#20 Cleveland Cavaliers 127, #1 Minnesota Timberwolves 125Donovan Mitchell, 26 pts
  2. Upset#25 Golden State Warriors 119, #1 Minnesota Timberwolves 114Stephen Curry, 44 pts
  3. Upset#27 New York Knicks 111, #4 Detroit Pistons 97Karl-Anthony Towns, 27 pts
  4. Upset#17 Dallas Mavericks 116, #2 Houston Rockets 111Kyrie Irving, 35 pts
  5. Upset#25 Golden State Warriors 112, #5 Los Angeles Lakers 95Stephen Curry, 31 pts
  6. Upset#17 Dallas Mavericks 120, #3 Oklahoma City Thunder 96Cooper Flagg, 26 pts
  7. Upset#11 San Antonio Spurs 121, #1 Minnesota Timberwolves 111Victor Wembanyama, 43 pts
  8. Upset#28 New Orleans Pelicans 121, #7 Atlanta Hawks 99Saddiq Bey, 25 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.