Nba Finals Ratings Collapse

James was seeking his fourth ring since his cleveland cavaliers defeated the golden state warriors in the 2016 nba finals a series that drew 20 7 million game 6 viewers and 31 02 million game 7 viewers according to ratings archived by sports media watch.

Nba finals ratings collapse. There really doesn t seem to be much of a spin that the nba can put on the terrible ratings other than the league has simply lost the interest of many who would have once tuned in. This is down 68 from last year s game two which outkick notes featured a team in canada. Until friday wednesday s game 1 was the lowest rated in league history.

The nba took another l friday. So it seems the finals keep going down. Nba finals game 2 ratings historically collapse.

Game 2 of the nba finals between the lakers and heat utterly collapsed with just 4 5 million viewers. By bobby burack october 4 2020 12 07 pm 18. About 76 2 million people were watching tv on the first five nights of the nba finals this year a 9 decline from the same games in 2019.

In fact the ratings made game 2 the least watched nba finals game on record dropping below the 7 41 game 1 which was the lowest viewed finals opener in history. While game 4 s ratings for lakers heat showed an uptick from the prior three games viewership on abc has now set an historic low as the. The 2020 game 2 event now rates as the lowest ratings ever for an nba finals game.

Advertisement story continues below. The embarrassing average is down wait for it 68 from last year s game 2 which.