TV Ratings For The NBA Finals Are The Worst In 5 Years

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		Home Tech Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Tuesday, June 18, 2013 TV Ratings For The NBA Finals Are The Worst In 5 Years                 Through five games of the NBA Finals, the games are averaging just 15.1 million viewers per game. That is down 10.7% from last year and down 48.0% from their peak in 1998, the final championship of the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls. If the pattern holds, this will be the third straight year that the ratings have dropped since the Lakers-Celtics series in 2010. That series averaged 18.1 million viewers. The good news for the NBA is that the last two games both topped 16 million viewers (16.2 for game 4, 16.3 for game 5). And that number will almost certainly go up in game six and a potential game seven. Still, it is unlikely that the series will surpass last year's average of 16.9 million viewers... Read » Also On Sports Page Today: How Erik Spoelstra Became The Coach Of The Most Powerful Team In Sports Before He Turned 40 It's Comical To See How Differently Rex Ryan And Bill Belichick Handled Their First Tim Tebow Questions Advertisement Rafael Nadal Is Challenging Roger Federer For The Title Of 'Greatest Of All Time' Most Baseball Draft Picks Will Still Be In The Minors Four Years From Now CHART: Where The 100 Highest-Paid Athletes Are From Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Sports Page RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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