 |
PM |  | |
Quote | | |
Reply | | |
Full Topic | |
| Joined: | Sun Oct 21st, 2007 |
| Location: | Dangling From A Rope Of...CONFETTI!!! |
| Posts: | 12175 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: |    |
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5302401
Preliminary TV ratings best in 12 years
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Game 7 drew the highest preliminary rating for an NBA Finals game since 1998.
The Lakers' 83-79 win Thursday night on ABC earned an 18.2 overnight rating. That's the highest for an NBA game since Michael Jordan won his last championship with the Bulls in Game 6 of the 1998 Finals against the Jazz, which posted a 22.9.
The rating was 32 percent higher than the only other Game 7 of the past 16 years, that one being Pistons-Spurs in 2005, which drew a 13.8.
Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Overnight ratings measure the country's largest markets.
The game drew a 39.7 rating in Los Angeles and a 33.9 in Boston.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press