An otherly poor NBA final in terms of viewers presented a historic show on Sunday thanks to match 7.
While Oklahoma City Thunder won 103-91 to win the first title of the franchise since he won Seattle’s Supersonics in 1979, match 7 attracted an average of 16.353 million viewers on ABC and ESPN +, culminating at 19.281 million in the 15 minutes preceding up to 10 p.m..
The result: match 7 of Sunday becomes the most watched NBA final competition since match 6 of the 2019 final between Golden State and Toronto, which attracted 18.3 million viewers.
Overall, the arrival in 2025 was on average 10.266 million viewers, which is down 11.3 million in the five games of last year between Boston and Dallas. The size of the market could certainly have played a factor, given that Indianapolis is the 25th largest media market in the country while Oklahoma City ranks 47th.
According to ESPN, all of the 2025 playoff series was broadcast on its network and ABC has an average of 6.118 million viewers on 34 games, reflecting an increase of 10% compared to a year ago.
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