NEW YORK -- The Celtics' series-tying win earned the highest preliminary rating for Game 4 of an NBA finals since 2004. Boston's 96-89 victory over the Lakers on Thursday night on ABC drew an 11.6 overnight rating. That's up 6 percent from the 10.9 for last year's Orlando-L.A. Game 4. This series has also been drawing higher ratings than the Celtics-Lakers matchup in 2008. The numbers have been the best since the Detroit-L.A. series six years ago. Game 4 that year earned a 14.5 overnight rating. Ratings measure the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Overnight ratings represent the country's largest markets. Source: ESPN
I saw that, can you imagine what game 7 would do for NBA ? lol (that's where we're heading, with the way refs have been doing their job)
not unless KG + Pierce + Allen decide to be bitches and play like crap like they've done the past few games. If they show up to play and give it 110%, we're closing it in 6 or 7.
This series has done some wonders for the NBA. It's been competitive, which is obviously a good thing, and the ratings have been great. If this does go to game 7, we could be looking at the highest rated Finals game in a long, long time. On a sidenote though - I don't want this to go 7. I want to win tonight and close this out in 6.
