Celtics/Lakers numbers game.
Ratings for playoff games involving the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. Ratings for games on cable (TNT, ESPN) are national ratings.
Los Angeles Lakers
Round 1: LAL 4, DEN 0
3.5: Game 1 (Sun., 4/20, 3:30 PM ABC)
2.4: Game 2 (Wed., 4/23, 10:30 PM TNT)
N/A: Game 3 (Sat., 4/26, 5:30 PM TNT)
2.8: Game 4 (Mon., 4/28, 10:30 PM TNT)
Average rating: N/A.
Round 2, LAL 4, UTA 2
4.1: Game 1 (Sun., 5/4, 3:30 PM ABC)
3.0: Game 2 (Wed., 5/7, 10:30 PM TNT)
2.6: Game 3 (Fri., 5/9, 9 PM ESPN)
4.1: Game 4 (Sun., 5/11, 3:30 PM ABC)
3.6: Game 5 (Wed., 5/14, 10:30 PM TNT)
3.2: Game 6 (Fri., 5/16, 10:30 PM TNT)
Average rating: 3.4.
West Finals, LAL 4, SA 1
4.1: Game 1 (Wed., 5/21, 9 PM TNT)
3.7: Game 2 (Fri., 5/23, 9 PM TNT)
3.7: Game 3 (Sun., 5/25, 8:30 PM TNT)
4.8: Game 4 (Tue., 5/27, 9 PM TNT)
4.6: Game 5 (Thu., 5/29, 9 PM TNT)
Average rating: 4.2, up 50% from a 2.8 for SA/UTA last year.
Boston Celtics
Round 1, BOS 4, ATL 3
2.2: Game 1 (Sun., 4/20, 8:30 PM TNT)
N/A: Game 2 (Wed., 4/23, 8 PM TNT)
N/A: Game 3 (Sat., 4/26, 8 PM ESPN)
2.5: Game 4 (Mon., 4/28, 8 PM TNT)
2.6: Game 5 (Wed., 4/30, 8 PM TNT)
2.1: Game 6 (Fri., 5/2, 8 PM ESPN)
3.5: Game 7 (Sun., 5/4, 1 PM ABC)
Average rating: N/A.
Round 2: BOS 4, CLE 3
3.5: Game 1 (Tue., 5/6, 8 PM TNT)
2.2: Game 2 (Thu., 5/8, 7 PM ESPN)
3.2: Game 3 (Sat., 5/10, 8:15 PM ABC)
3.3: Game 4 (Mon., 5/12, 8 PM TNT)
3.6: Game 5 (Wed., 5/14, 8 PM TNT)
3.3: Game 6 (Fri., 5/16, 8 PM ESPN)
5.7: Game 7 (Sun., 5/18, 3:30 PM ABC)
Average rating: 3.5.
East Final: BOS 4, DET 2
3.7: Game 1 (Tue., 5/20, 8:30 PM ESPN)
3.9: Game 2 (Thu., 5/22, 8:30 PM ESPN)
3.7: Game 3 (Sat., 5/24, 8:30 PM ABC)
4.0: Game 4 (Mon., 5/26, 8:30 PM ESPN)
4.3: Game 5 (Wed., 5/28, 8:30 PM ESPN)
4.2: Game 6 (Fri., 5/30, 8:30 PM ESPN)
Average rating: 4.0, up 18% from a 3.4 for CLE/DET last year.
11 comments:
For some reason I want to boycott the finals. I am already sick of all this hype for these teams.
I am a huge NBA fan too. I think the playoffs are too long and David Stern is too smug and ESPN is, well ESPN.
It is weird because I type this as I am watching the dream Stanley Cup final which has been hyped but I am really enjoying it and I am not a hockey fan at all.
I also never turn away from a Red Sox - Yankees game. So why am I not interested at all in this "dream" finals? It isn't like I am a fan of any particular other NBA team.
Someone help me....
Brett
After years and years of boring Spurs and Pistons teams in the Finals, I like that ESPN's hyping the Finals.
I assume you're one of those 'purists' who loves games where the first to 78 wins.
Nope, I am 25 years old.
Brett
Actually Brett is lying :)
He really is a hockey fan and the huge national profile of the NBA finals (compared to the Stanley Cup) has given him and many like him a whopping case of sour grapes. You know I am right Brett! LOL!!!
Now watch the NBA finals completely remove the little interest the SCF generated for the NHL these past few days. Game 1 of the Lakers/Celtics is highly anticipated in almost all corners of the country - can we say numbers of the order of 8-12 million tuning in? I think so.
Hey boycott all you want Brett - the crowd watching will be much too big to miss you.
This is one case where the NBA does NOT care.
Red Sox/Yankee games are unwatchable. They take 5 hours to play. As for the NBA Finals I'll watch some of it but with the games starting at 9:30 I'm not sure what the point of watching the first quarter/half and going to bed is....everyone knows the last 5 minutes is the whole game.
Also, Game 5 of the SCF drew 6 million viewers in the USA and 4 million in Canada. That's 10 million...hopefully the NBA can beat that or it will be arguably only 4th most popular sport in North America.
The only complaint I have is that those games should start at 8 pm, not 9 pm.
Spin all you want hocketites - your sport is at the bottom of the very pile and will stay there too. Now the real national sports spectacle is about to begin - the NBA finals and I know you will be tuning in (hey Brett you heard that?)
Wow...yeah I think I said I was not a hockey fan. Thanks
Brett
Actually Brett you are and you got busted!
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