NBA

Week 21 Recap

Mar 9 - 15. The week's biggest results, played back. Ranks are NovaModel's going into the week.

NBA

Week 21

Mar 9 - 15 · the week in review

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Every game in the reel

  1. Upset#24 Dallas Mavericks 130, #6 Cleveland Cavaliers 120Cooper Flagg, 27 pts
  2. Upset#19 LA Clippers 126, #5 New York Knicks 118Kawhi Leonard, 29 pts
  3. Upset#13 Toronto Raptors 119, #3 Detroit Pistons 108Brandon Ingram, 34 pts
  4. Upset#14 Orlando Magic 128, #6 Cleveland Cavaliers 122Desmond Bane, 35 pts
  5. Upset#19 LA Clippers 153, #8 Minnesota Timberwolves 128Kawhi Leonard, 45 pts
  6. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 129, #9 Denver Nuggets 126Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 35 pts
  7. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 104, #4 Boston Celtics 102Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 35 pts
  8. Top-10 clash#10 Los Angeles Lakers 127, #9 Denver Nuggets 125Austin Reaves, 32 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.