Lotto winnings.
The NBA Draft Lottery and Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals proved to be a winning combination for ESPN Tuesday night.
The Draft Lottery drew a 2.1 cable rating and 2 million households yesterday, making it the highest rated, most viewed Draft Lottery ever on ESPN. The previous record was set last year, when Greg Oden and Kevin Durant were up for grabs.
More impressive were the numbers for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics' Game 1 win over the Pistons drew a 4.4 cable rating and 5.4 million viewers, up 57% and 59% respectively from a 2.8 rating with 3.4 million viewers for the comparable Jazz/Spurs Game 2 last year. The 4.4 rating is the highest for Game 1 of a Conference Final since Heat/Pistons Game 1 drew a 4.5 on ESPN two years ago.
Only two Conference Finals games last year (Games 5 and 6 of the Cavaliers/Pistons series) drew better numbers than Game 1.
4 comments:
people like to complain about the draft lottery being a stupid thing. Maybe those people should look at tv ratings and at all the hoopla going on around this event before saying the nba should get rid of it.
I think people complain about the hours of talking about it before it happens. The actual lottery is fun. Much like that I like the NFL Draft but hate the hours of talking about it beforehand.
clearly the NBA Buzz is Back. I think for them to be good next year they should have Christmas Day on ABC NEXT YEAR BE
Cleveland vs Washington 1pm
Boston vs Lakers 330
keep the momentum for next season
If they want to keep "the buzz," they keep the Cleveland Cavaliers miles away from ABC/ESPN next year.
Unless LeBron gets 11 new teammates and a new coach.
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