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Sixers/Raptors Game Six Scored Record Ratings in Philadelphia
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Via ESPN press release:
ESPN and ABC’s NBA Conference Semifinals game coverage is up double-digits in metered market ratings, according to Nielsen. Through nine games, ESPN and ABC are averaging a 3.9 metered market rating, up 11 percent from 2018 and up 15 percent from 2017.
Last night, ESPN generated a 3.6 metered market rating for the Philadelphia 76ers’ victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series. It was up nine percent from the 2017 comparable game – a 3.3 rating for the San Antonio Spurs vs. the Houston Rockets. The game peaked with a 4.2 rating in its final quarter hour. Thursday night’s telecast drew a 14.3 rating in the Philadelphia market, making it ESPN’s highest-rated NBA game ever in the Philadelphia market.
How about that?
ESPN’s “highest-rated NBA game ever in the Philadelphia market.”
Good job everybody; we did it. Actually you did it, since I didn’t have it on television.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com