NBA

Week 8 Recap

Dec 8 - 14. The week's biggest results, played back. Ranks are NovaModel's going into the week.

NBA

Week 8

Dec 8 - 14 · the week in review

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Every game in the reel

  1. Upset#20 Milwaukee Bucks 116, #8 Boston Celtics 101Kyle Kuzma, 31 pts
  2. #1 goes down#7 San Antonio Spurs 111, #1 Oklahoma City Thunder 109Devin Vassell, 23 pts
  3. #1 in action#1 Oklahoma City Thunder 138, #13 Phoenix Suns 89Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 28 pts
  4. Top-10 clash#7 San Antonio Spurs 132, #6 Los Angeles Lakers 119Stephon Castle, 30 pts
  5. Top-10 clash#5 New York Knicks 132, #9 Orlando Magic 120Jalen Brunson, 40 pts
  6. Thriller#2 Houston Rockets 115, #25 LA Clippers 113Alperen Sengun, 22 pts
  7. Thriller#6 Los Angeles Lakers 116, #13 Phoenix Suns 114Luka Doncic, 29 pts
  8. Thriller#7 San Antonio Spurs 135, #29 New Orleans Pelicans 132Harrison Barnes, 24 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.