A Game 7 involving the Lakers will liven up even the dreariest postseason.
Game 7 of the Nuggets/Lakers first round NBA playoff series drew 6.464 million viewers on TNT Saturday night. There was no comparable telecast window last year or in 2010.
The game ranks as the second-most viewed first round NBA playoff game ever on cable, trailing only Bulls/Celtics Game 7 in 2009 (6.987M).
For some perspective, the last time the Lakers played a Game 7 in the first round (a 2006 blowout against the Suns, also on a Saturday night) the game drew 4.74 million viewers.
Earlier Saturday night, Game 1 of the Sixers/Celtics second round playoff series drew 4.253 million viewers — down 26% from Celtics/Cavaliers Game 1 in 2010 (5.705M). There was no comparable telecast window last year.
Most-Viewed First Round NBA Playoff Games on Cable
| # | Date | Away | Home |
#
|
Net |
Viewers (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat., 5/2/09 | Bulls | Celtics |
7
|
TNT |
6,987
|
|
2
|
Sat., 5/12/12 | Nuggets | Lakers |
7
|
TNT |
6,464
|
|
3
|
Sun., 4/24/11 | Lakers | Hornets |
4
|
TNT |
6,281
|
|
4
|
Sun., 4/17/11 | Knicks | Celtics |
1
|
TNT |
5,989
|
|
5
|
Tue., 4/26/11 | Hornets | Lakers |
5
|
TNT |
5,837
|
(Saturday’s numbers from TV By the Numbers)
