The Celtics/Heat Eastern Conference Finals earned another big audience on Wednesday.
Game 2 of the Celtics/Heat NBA Eastern Conference Finals earned 8.809 million viewers on ESPN Wednesday night, up 25% from Thunder/Mavericks Game 2 on a Thursday night last year (7.041M), and up 23% from Celtics/Magic Game 2 on a Tuesday night in 2010 (7.156M).
Compared to Heat/Bulls Game 2 on TNT last year, Wednesday’s viewership declined 12% from 10.036 million viewers.
The game ranks as the second-most viewed Game 2 of the Conference Finals over the past decade, trailing only last year’s Heat/Bulls game.
For the night, Celtics/Heat was the second-most viewed program on television, trailing only ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ on History (14.287M). The game also ranked second in the adults 18-49 demographic (3.9). The game easily topped Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on NBC (2.9M, 1.1 A18-49).
Most-Viewed Game 2s of the NBA Conference Finals
Past decade
| # | Date | Away | Home | Net |
Viewers (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed., 5/18/11 | Heat | Bulls | TNT |
10,036
|
|
2
|
Wed., 5/30/12 | Celtics | Heat | ESPN |
8,809
|
|
3
|
Sun., 5/23/04 | Lakers | Wolves | TNT |
8,163
|
|
4
|
Thu., 5/21/09 | Nuggets | Lakers | ESPN |
7,886
|
|
5
|
Tue., 5/29/12 | Thunder | Spurs | ESPN |
7,299
|
(Wednesday’s numbers from TV By the Numbers)
