NBA

Week 5 Recap

Nov 17 - 23. The week's biggest results, played back. Ranks are NovaModel's going into the week.

NBA

Week 5

Nov 17 - 23 · the week in review

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Every game in the reel

  1. Upset#14 Chicago Bulls 130, #2 Denver Nuggets 127Josh Giddey, 21 pts
  2. Upset#25 Sacramento Kings 128, #2 Denver Nuggets 123Russell Westbrook, 21 pts
  3. Upset#17 Orlando Magic 133, #6 New York Knicks 121Franz Wagner, 37 pts
  4. Upset#20 Phoenix Suns 111, #7 San Antonio Spurs 102Dillon Brooks, 25 pts
  5. Top-10 clash#2 Denver Nuggets 112, #4 Houston Rockets 109Nikola Jokic, 34 pts
  6. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 126, #28 New Orleans Pelicans 109Chet Holmgren, 26 pts
  7. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 113, #25 Sacramento Kings 99Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 33 pts
  8. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 144, #21 Utah Jazz 112Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 31 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.