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What was the viewership of the NBA Finals?
This year’s NBA Finals averaged just under 10 million viewers, a 32% increase from 2020’s pandemic-induced slump, but the games still drew a far smaller audience than NBA Finals runs in previous years.
What was the most watched NBA Finals?
The highest-rated NBA Finals is the 1998 championship series between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz, Michael Jordan’s last Finals series. The series averaged 29.04 million viewers. An astounding 35.89 million people watched the clinching Game 6 — the most watched basketball game in history.
Is NBA viewership down in 2020?
NBA games on ESPN averaged 1.19 million viewers down 10% from 2019-20 and -25% from 2018-19. TNT averaged a slightly better 1.22 million viewers, a decline of 7% from last season and -18% from 2018-19. (The audiences for 2020 and 2021 include out-of-home viewing.)
Which NBA team has the highest attendance?
NBA regular season home attendance by team 2020/21 In the 2020/21 season, the regular season home attendance of the Orlando Magic franchise was the highest of all National Basketball Association teams.
How bad are NBA Finals ratings?
For the 2020 NBA Finals, the ratings dropped to a historic low, with one of the games drawing only 5.9 million viewers. The average viewers figure over 6 games was 7.5 million, which is a 51% decline from the previous year.
What are the NBA ratings in 2021?
The 2021 NBA Playoffs overall (inclusive of Finals) averaged 4.25 million viewers across ABC, ESPN and TNT, up 35% vs. the 2020 postseason. The share — the percentage of households with televisions on tuned into the NBA – for NBA playoff and Finals games finished at its highest since 2002 (7.1).
How many viewers watched the NBA Finals 2021?
4.25 million viewers
The 2021 NBA Playoffs overall (inclusive of Finals) averaged 4.25 million viewers across ABC, ESPN and TNT, up 35% vs. the 2020 postseason. The share — the percentage of households with televisions on tuned into the NBA – for NBA playoff and Finals games finished at its highest since 2002 (7.1).
Is the NBA in debt?
Overall, the NBA has $6.7 billion in debt with today’s sale, according to Fitch, and based solely on the amount rated by Fitch, the league has been adding to its debt burden to weather the pandemic.
What is the best NBA record?
73 wins and 9 losses
The best single regular season record was recorded by the Golden State Warriors in the 2015–16 season. In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of . 890, eclipsing the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls, though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship.
Who’s the highest paid WNBA player?
Bonner DeWanna
2021 Cap Hit Rankings
| Player | POS | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonner DeWanna Bonner CON | F |
| Diggins-Smith Skylar Diggins-Smith PHX | G | |
| Griner Brittney Griner PHX | C | |
| Taurasi Diana Taurasi PHX | G |
Is the WNBA profitable?
Revenues, of course, are not to be confused with profits. All of which leaves the WNBA a little short of money. NBA commissioner Adam Silver reports that the WNBA has lost an average of $10 million every year it has existed, which the NBA subsidizes out of the goodness of its politically correct heart.
Does anyone watch NBA anymore 2021?
The full 2021 NBA playoffs averaged 3.97 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV, per Sports Media Watch. Last year, in the fan-less Orlando bubble, the playoffs averaged 3.04 million viewers, meaning this year was a 30.5 percent improvement over 2020 but still lagged by 17 percent behind pre-pandemic 2019.
What was the attendance for the first NBA game?
In Game 1, the arena included 11,160 fans in attendance. The team began allowing fans back at home games on March 14, at which time they had 15% capacity for home games, or roughly 3,000 fans.
Where do NBA teams stand on in-Arena attendance?
Below is the latest news and information on each team’s home arena for the teams currently qualified for the 2021 NBA playoffs. Jump to Team: ATL | BOS | BKN | DAL | DEN | LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHX | POR | UTA | WAS
What’s the attendance percentage of the Philadelphia 76ers?
The Sixers haven’t won more than 20 games in four years, falling to last in the NBA in attendance percentage over that same period. But even when they last made the postseason (2011–12), fans generally left the stadium about 20% empty. 76ers fans get a bump for dealing with the rebuild.
How many games are played in the NBA season?
During the regular season, a league wide total of 1,230 games are played, with each team playing 82 games. The average regular season home attendance in the league was 17,750 during the 2019/20 season.