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As for the NBA Finals, ABC brought in an
average of 11.64 million viewers -- a decrease from 2022, when a
six-game series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston
Celtics averaged 12.402 million.
The 2023 Finals concluded Monday night with the Denver Nuggets
defeating the Miami Heat in five games for their first NBA title
in franchise history.
Game 5 averaged 13.084 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
That was a four-year high, slightly beating out than last year's
NBA Finals Game 5 between the Warriors and Celtics (13.016
million).
Though Denver and Miami are large markets with teams in all four
major North Americans sports leagues, some skeptics believed a
Nuggets-Heat series would not garner as much interest as a
potential matchup between the Celtics and the Los Angeles
Lakers, historic rivals who each lost in their respective
conference finals.
Denver led the nation with an average household rating of 21.55
for the length of the series, according to the blog Sports TV
Ratings.
--Field Level Media
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