TV Ratings for Game Six of the NBA Finals Were Astronomical
Game Six of the NBA Finals, as expected, delivered boffo ratings – a 15.0 according to Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily. Last year’s game six between Boston and LA (a blowout), only generated a 12.3. David Stern’s got to be peeved there’s no game seven Tuesday, because it might have done a Late 90s Michael Jordan number.
We’ve gone multiple rounds on this site (since this post) about the race in this country for the No. 2 sport behind the NFL. Here’s another reason it’s the NBA – you have to go back seven years to find a non-Yankees World Series game that topped last night’s rating (2004, when Boston was winning its first World Series since 1918 against the St. Louis Cardinals). If you’re wondering about TV market size, Dallas/Fort Worth is 5th and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale is 16th, according to this site.
It’s really too bad the lockout is going to severely damage all the positive energy the sport has built up over the last couple years.
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June 13th, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Are we getting into this argument again?
June 13th, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Here’s what I think- there are much more casual fans who will watch the NBA finals, because it’s like an event, or soap opera. But I think there are more self-proclaimed ‘MLB fans’ than there are ‘NBA fans’. Just a guess though.
I’d also like to know exactly what goes in to calculating this stuff, and if I was counted in the number because I watched the last 30 seconds of game 6 and probably 2-3 minutes of game action overall. If I am counted as “1″ just the same as if I’m counted as “1″ when I watch the entirety of a World Series, than that’s off.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:49 PM
I prefer the NBA to MLB, but this argument does not pass the eye test.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:49 PM
This was a dream script for Stern. He still has a boner.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:50 PM
/Simmons’d
June 13th, 2011 at 12:50 PM
It’d be great if another metric or source was used besides television ratings of the championship event to determine the viability and popularity of a sport.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:51 PM
I watch both the NBA Finals and World Series…sorry I can’t add much to this pointless dick-measuring contest
Wait, yes I can…which league lost $300 million last season?
June 13th, 2011 at 12:51 PM
This was a dream script for Stern. He still has a boner.
That’s impressive for his age.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:51 PM
World Series in in late October/November. The other leagues (NFL/NBA/NHL) all have games going on during that time.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Why the need for this qualifier?
“Excepting merchandise sales, digital revenue and attendance figures, the NBA is streets ahead of Major League Baseball.”
June 13th, 2011 at 12:52 PM
I hate today. 4 fucking NBA posts in a goddamn row is fucking ridiculous. Sorry, 3 in a row with Yardwork thrown in between story 1 and story 2.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:52 PM
why are cleveland and akron together?
/lebron and duffy’d
June 13th, 2011 at 12:52 PM
According to Darren Rovel’s twitter poll Lebron (24%) is only surpassed by Barry Bonds (29%) as most hated athlete ever. OJ Simpson came in 3rd with 12%. Something doesn’t add up here.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
I wonder if the lockout is going to shutdown the WNBA. The owners can’t like hemorrhaging money for that shitshow.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
I thought college football was #2?
June 13th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
What about revenue?
NFL: $9.0 Billion
MLB: $7.0 Billion
NBA: $3.8 Billion
NHL: $2.7 Billion
from here
June 13th, 2011 at 12:54 PM
You think thats annoying, wait until we’re in the middle of the offseason and still getting daily NBA posts. NBA 2012 Mock Draft version 3,289,028!!!
June 13th, 2011 at 12:55 PM
OT,
TBL sold for 2.2 billion. No more stock of the blog
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/VF-buying-Timberland-for-more-apf-75730875.html?x=0&.v=12
June 13th, 2011 at 12:55 PM
I hate today. 4 fucking NBA posts in a goddamn row is fucking ridiculous. Sorry, 3 in a row with Yardwork thrown in between story 1 and story 2.
Patience. In just a few days, it will be all baseball all the time.
Is the hockey still going on with the sticks and so forth? That too then I guess.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:55 PM
What should be posted about today, the media tickle fight going on between Luongo and Tim Thomas? Not every summer sports downtime can include an epic SBTB post
June 13th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
You think thats annoying, wait until we’re in the middle of the offseason and still getting daily NBA posts. NBA 2012 Mock Draft version 3,289,028!!!
I sure do like it when the ladies here are feisty.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Game 6 was on a Tuesday last year, so the comparisons are somewhat apples to oranges. But, Game 5 was on a Sunday last year, and did a 12.8. So there’s a valid comparison.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
You should see the sponsored piece of shit before this one.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Fixed
June 13th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
*Farts in Butters’ face*
June 13th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
We all know you’re a basketball fan over baseball but how do you not mention there has only been ONE game 6 in the WS over the last 7 years? Maybe THATS why a rating hasnt been that high? How about a little objectivity…or, you know, factS?
June 13th, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Patience. In just a few days, it will be all baseball Yankees all the time.
Fixed
True. Hernia’s unabashed Yankee fandom is a constant source of amusement for me though.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:58 PM
boffo?
June 13th, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Nah. We covered that over the weekend. There’s nothing to talk about for hockey until the puck drops tonight. What sucks, is that it’ll pretty much be dead until October after this series ends. Brad Richards signing will be something, but it’s no “Decision”.
We’ll all just follow our own teams and go to our team-centric blogs/websites for the holes that the teams fill. I don’t expect anything on hockey after the season ends until next season starts and someone gets brained. That, or Sidney Crosby suffers a setback that could have him doubtful to start the 2011-12 season.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:59 PM
solid opinion, bud.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
MLB…
/BUST!
June 13th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
solid opinion, bud.
/pours one out for the Hef Chronicles.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Everyone wanted to see Miami lose.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Does this count as a LeBron/Heat post, even though they’re not mentioned? If it does then you just passed my Twitter prediction of 2.5 posts on the Heat.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
I’m into that.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
There’s nothing to talk about for hockey until the puck drops tonight. What sucks, is that it’ll pretty much be dead until October after this series ends.
But there’s the draft!
/breaths into paper bag
June 13th, 2011 at 1:02 PM
I watched the Diamondbacks take on the Marlins in Florida this weekend and its been fun watching the rat race of fans across empty seats towards foul balls. I would go to Marlins games. If you really willed yourself you could walk home with several baseballs.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Does this count as a LeBron/Heat post, even though they’re not mentioned? If it does then you just passed my Twitter prediction of 2.5 posts on the Heat.
100% absolutley counts
June 13th, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Listen, bitch face. It’s not my fault you got plastered and are hungover today.
I knew there would be tons of NBA coverage. I was hoping it could be spread the fuck out. There was other shit that happened in sports this weekend.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Ha, I didn’t even mention Jeeeeeeeeeetah today.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:03 PM
But there’s the draft!
/breaths into paper bag
Geeezeus, are you huffing paint again?
June 13th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
MORE ZOMBIES!!! AHHH!
/takes after CJ, farts on ratings post
June 13th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
The NBA is awesome right now. Better than it’s ever been, yes, even better than Jordan’s prime. To stop the momentum with a lockout would be incredible.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
I would welcome the opportunity to talk about Adam Dunn hitting two home runs in a series but doubt such a post would get many page clicks
June 13th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
So, just so I’ve got my faces straight:
Lisk = dickface
Butters = bitchface
I’m pretty sure you may have also called him a fuckface earlier today. I’m sure I’ll be cockface or something after this for pointing it out.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Calm down Dr.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
*Farts in Butters’ face*
*Farts in your general direction*
/I will NEVER EVER find this line not funny.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Gonna need you to show your work here.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
False. Reason #1: Marv was doing the Finals
June 13th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
Poor Butters face. Unless he’s into that sort of thing.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
Ha, I didn’t even mention Jeeeeeeeeeetah today.
Now that the NBA is quieting down, do we get a daily countdown to 3,000?
June 13th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
“k-nig-hts.”
lol.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
College football…
June 13th, 2011 at 1:07 PM
Happy 70th Birthday Marv.
/Yes!
June 13th, 2011 at 1:07 PM
For St. Bear.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:07 PM
I kind of wish that show would start over with a new cast. I really don’t like a lot of the people from it.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:07 PM
Disagree.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:08 PM
No, but had he simply averaged 2 hits a game since last Wednesday I would have had a shot at seeing history tonight.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:08 PM
Go on basketballreference.com and peruse the team rosters during the Jordan era. Tons of crap. More crap than not. Juwan Howard actually made an All-Star team. The year after Jordan left to play baseball, the Central Division was won by a team led by Mookie Blaylock and Dikembe Mutombo.
Jordan was a transcendent player, but the league at that time sucked.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:09 PM
I heard there’s a pretty big golf tourney coming up this week too, with some guys not named Tiger playing at some course near DC…
June 13th, 2011 at 1:09 PM
/dougies
June 13th, 2011 at 1:09 PM
I’m hoping to see it on Saturday at Wrigley.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:09 PM
“k-nig-hts.”
lol.
Your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries.
/nerd cred=intact.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:09 PM
TSH is getting the number two tattoo on his back. It’s true, I have proof.
/holds up grocery list and waves it around behind podium
June 13th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Shaq coming into the league, that was terrible for it. Just awful. Patrick Ewing and the Knicks against the Pacers with Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson. Awful for the league. David Robinson trying to get that elusive title. Bah, no one cared if one of the good guys in the NBA and premium talents at the center position won anything. Hakeem was also pretty shitty. Tim Hardaway and those Warriors teams sucked. Penny Hardaway wasn’t an attractive star. The Jazz with Malone and Stockton… total crap.
I looked at 10 rosters. You want me to keep going?
June 13th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Well at least there’s a good chance more will die. The main character’s wife, she should probably go. She’s annoying and has ginormous bangs. I’m hoping they meet up with even more allies this season who are much cooler than they all are.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Don’t get too excited. It’s only some lame Europeans who will dominate, pretty much a non-story.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Geeezeus, are you huffing paint again?
After 2 straight last place finishes, the draft seems to take on extra importance.
/and yes, huffing blue and orange paint
June 13th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
I already ordered this shirt, Shatner.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
She’s annoying and has ginormous bags of fat
/corrected to make more interesting.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
if luke donald doesn’t top 10, ill be rather shocked.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:15 PM
The Eastern Conference is always shit. Jordan beating every west team that got there is impressive. Also that shitty hawks team also had Nique, Willis, Danny Manning, augmon.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Boo this man
June 13th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Nope. That’s how you make a point!
/Man, Straw
June 13th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
They will. There are going to be many new characters this season.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Draft, what draft? There’s a draft coming up? I hadn’t noticed…
Seriously, can’t believe the NBA season is done and we still have (potentially) two more games left in the SCF. That’s just wrong.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
She could get decapitated and probably still survive.
/prison break’d
June 13th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Yes, please. And the Knicks/Pacers (and later Heat) series set basketball back decades. Terrible, unwatchable basketball–unless they were playing…Michael Jordan.
In 1993, the All-Star Rosters included the following players:
Larry Johnson
Larry Nance
Detlef Schrempf
Brad Daugherty
Danny Manning
Dan Majerle
Sean Elliot
The worst All-Stars from this year would be maybe Horford and Ginobili.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
haha.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Well done!
June 13th, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Wilkins got hurt and only played half a year, Manning only a quarter or so. WIllis and Augmon were good role players but…c’mon.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:19 PM
and they are some pretty awesome characters.
too bad we’d likely have to wait until season 3 for Michonne.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
You bite your tongue sir.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Me too, I’d like to see him in the mix. Honestly Garcia too. Whatever the case it should be good – I saw this weekend that the last 9 (I think) PGA tourneys have all been decided by one stroke or a playoff. That’s impressive.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
The NHL had a lot more 6-7 game series which probably has a lot to do with this, for all the talk about how this was one of the best NBA postseasons ever there was only one Game 7
June 13th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Draft, what draft? There’s a draft coming up? I hadn’t noticed…
If the Oilers trade the top pick I will burn this city to the ground.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
watch your step, pony boy.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:22 PM
This has been a great NHL postseason. Last year was good too. The year prior, they had some good conference Finals and the SCF featured a Game 7. NHL has had some pretty good postseason competition.
The conference semis hurt the NHL this year. If the Wings hadn’t come back, they would have really sucked.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:23 PM
lol @ dan gilbert courtesy clevelandfrowns.com.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Mike Richards and Versteeg for MPS and # 1.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Mike Richards and Versteeg for MPS and # 1.
No thanks.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Geez loves him some Mike Richards. Curious to see the response to this hypothetical.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Dan Gilbert has been eating so many sour grapes he must look like these guys by now.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Well… that was swift. And now there’s no fun discussion. BOOOOO!!!
June 13th, 2011 at 1:26 PM
@spencer: Frowns shows a complete lack of awareness re: everything related to Lebron and Gilbert. He embarrasses himself.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Dan Gilbert has been eating so many sour grapes he must look like these guys by now.
/reposted from moderation.
//that’s becoming a problem again.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Before his back problems he was awesome.
Very good player in his day.
I can’t believe you included him on this list.
Again, very good player before his injury.
These guys had some great years. It’s no different than today, in 18 years we’ll look back and add guys like Rajon Rondo, Pau Gasol, and Joe Johnson to a list like this…
June 13th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Spence – Is there any other sports team, professional or not, that plays in the Q? What else is it used for?
June 13th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Well… that was swift. And now there’s no fun discussion. BOOOOO!!!
Well, it would at least give me pause. Frankly, I don’t want a guy signed through 2020 and Versteeg is just a salary dump.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
Trey- Tell your wife I said Go Canucks for #95.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
That was a strange round. I remember being concerned the Canucks would be the last team to get through and they held a 3-1 lead at the time. The Wings coming back really helped vancouver, no doubt.
and please no SCF game 7 this year, I’ve had enough!
/will likely happen I fear
June 13th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
Were you looking at 1996? Im sure 91-93 were full of HOFs
June 13th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
meh…no more than his boy monsieur cursed does re: kobe round these parts.
i just liked that lil snippet, that’s all.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:29 PM
lake erie monsters hockey and bad concerts.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Go ‘Nucks, eh!
June 13th, 2011 at 1:32 PM
Greatest franchise in minor league hockey…They won a championship for Cleveland, didn’t they?
June 13th, 2011 at 1:33 PM
The talent in the league at that time was very top-heavy. Sure there was transcendent players, but there was a sharp dropoff from there. Monta Ellis would have been playing in the 93 all-star game (Dana Barros made the roster in 1995!). Also note that the list of guys left off this year included Steve Nash, Aldridge, Chris Paul, and Zach Randolph.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:35 PM
/looks around
//shrugs
June 13th, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Also note that in 20 years people will cite guys like Aldridge and Randolph when an argument starts about how the NBA of 2030 is the best ever
June 13th, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Greatest franchise in minor league hockey…They won a championship for Cleveland, didn’t they?
Nope.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Half-hour breakdown of the NBA Finals in case anybody’s interested. Courtesy of pifeedback.com:
NBA Finals, Game 6 (ABC)
8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 15.42 million (#1), A18-49: 6.0/18 (#1)
8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 19.30 million (#1), A18-49: 7.7/21 (#1)
9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 20.51 million (#1), A18-49: 8.1/21 (#1)
9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 21.76 million (#1), A18-49: 8.9/22 (#1)
10:00 p.m. – Viewers: 24.30 million (#1), A18-49: 10.2/25 (#1)
10:30 p.m. – Viewers: 25.12 million (#1), A18-49: 10.7/27 (#1)
June 13th, 2011 at 1:38 PM
How dare you forget the Cleveland Gladiators.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:42 PM
That’s when they got me. I was watching Little Big League onDemand up until that point. The Sunday Night baseball game was a dud.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Billy Haywood’s mom could get it…fuck Lou Collins, choking bitch
June 13th, 2011 at 1:47 PM
You make a team with the best players from any year from 91-98 in the league at that time and have them play 10 games against the vest 12 now, the 90s players win 8 out of 10.
I’d rather watch better top heavy games than less skilled but deeper ones.
June 13th, 2011 at 1:47 PM
I tried for years to figure out how to get Gatorade cups to stick to my face to sport that look. It’s not possible.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:10 PM
The fuck? That’s ridiculous TBL. If you take away the most popular/publicized/visible/interesting team ratings were lower in MLB? If we replaced Miami with the Celtics or Bulls or God forbid, Orlando, what do the ratings do then…
If we take away all the instances that don’t prove my point, I’m right!
June 13th, 2011 at 2:22 PM
So, LBJ was a jerk leaving the Cavs the way he did, i get it but we have Stevenson a convicted rapist, all of a sudden he’s a better person than LeBron? Other than the decision, what has LBJ done to make people hate him so much? We love to build people up to tear them down. If the worst things the dude ever done was the decision, calling himself the King, i rather be him instead of Jason Kidd the wife beater, Stevenson the rapist, Kobe the rapist or any of the many athletes that are breaking the laws out there.