NBA Playoffs: Mavs/Thunder, Jazz/Spurs, Up on ESPN

Posted by | 05/01/2012 at 8:48 pm

A rematch of last year’s Western Conference Finals scored the largest NBA playoff audience of the opening weekend.

Game 1 of the Mavericks/Thunder NBA playoff series drew 4.115 million viewers on ESPN Saturday night, up 19% from Trail Blazers/Mavericks Game 1 last year (3.456M), and up 41% from Jazz/Nuggets Game 1 in 2010 (2.921M).

The game was the most-viewed NBA playoff telecast on cable over the weekend.

On Sunday, Game 1 between the Jazz and Spurs drew 3.197 million viewers — up 13% from Grizzlies/Spurs Game 1 on TNT last year (2.836M). There was no game in the comparable window in 2010.

Viewership for the third game of the weekend on ESPN — Saturday’s Magic/Pacers Game 1 — was not immediately available.

(Sat./Sun. numbers from Media Life Magazine)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrea-Cavalli/757338131 Andrea Cavalli

    Paulsen, I found this article about Thunder playoffs ratings in OKC  

    http://newsok.com/article/3671486

    • Paulsen

      Thanks; I wrote about that earlier today: http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/05/tv-ratings-thunder-first-round-games-up-big-in-okc-also-knicks-trounce-rangers-royals-hit-3-year-high/