NBA

Week 20 Recap

Mar 2 - 8. The week's biggest results, played back. Ranks are NovaModel's going into the week.

NBA

Week 20

Mar 2 - 8 · the week in review

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Every game in the reel

  1. Upset#27 Brooklyn Nets 107, #2 Detroit Pistons 105Michael Porter Jr., 30 pts
  2. Upset#15 Golden State Warriors 115, #6 Houston Rockets 113Brandin Podziemski, 26 pts
  3. Upset#13 Miami Heat 121, #2 Detroit Pistons 110Tyler Herro, 25 pts
  4. Upset#17 Charlotte Hornets 118, #4 Boston Celtics 89Kon Knueppel, 20 pts
  5. Upset#16 Orlando Magic 119, #8 Minnesota Timberwolves 92Desmond Bane, 30 pts
  6. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 103, #5 New York Knicks 100Chet Holmgren, 28 pts
  7. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 116, #22 Chicago Bulls 108Jared McCain, 20 pts
  8. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 104, #15 Golden State Warriors 97Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 27 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.