US EditionThunder vs Pacers Game 7 Draws Highest NBA Finals Viewership in Six Years
- Game 7 of the NBA Finals saw the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Indiana Pacers 103-91, marking their first title since 1979, when they were the Seattle SuperSonics.
- The Game 7 telecast drew an average of 16.353 million viewers, the highest for an NBA Finals game in six years, peaking at 19.281 million viewers in the final minutes.
- Despite the high viewership for Game 7, the overall series averaged 10.266 million viewers, a decline from the previous year's average of 11.31 million viewers.
- Tyrese Haliburton of the Pacers suffered a torn Achilles tendon during the game and had surgery afterward, as confirmed by the team.
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Thunder’s Game 7 win over Pacers draws biggest NBA Finals audience in 6 years
BRISTOL, Conn. — The NBA generated more than 5 billion views across social media platforms during this season’s NBA Finals, up 215% from last season’s title series. That figure, released Tuesday, follows a 10% leap in overall viewership for ESPN and ABC during the 34 games they carried in this year’s playoffs as opposed to their numbers from a year ago. Also, Oklahoma City’s 103-91 victory over Indiana in Game 7 was the most-watched NBA Finals g…
NBA playoffs viewership finishes up 5% despite weak Finals
Despite a largely weak viewership performance from the NBA Finals, a seven-game series helped lift the league’s entire playoff ratings picture. According to a report from Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch, the full NBA playoffs averaged 4.74 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV (5.05 million viewers with NBA TV excluded), up 5% versus last year’s average. Prior to the NBA Finals, total playoff viewership was up just 2%, meaning the le…
Seven-game Finals lifts NBA playoffs to five percent gain
The following article "Seven-game Finals lifts NBA playoffs to five percent gain" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. If anyone was wondering what matters more, average viewership or series length, the Pacers-Thunder NBA Finals may be an answer. The 2025 NBA Playoffs averaged 4.74 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV, with that average rising to 5.05 million with NBA TV excluded — up five percent from last year (4.53 and 4.79 …
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