2025 NBA Playoffs: Viewership up 12% from last year on ESPN platforms
Game 6 of Celtics-Knicks was the most-watched program for May 16 across all of television.
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2025 NBA Playoffs: Viewership up 12% from last year on ESPN platforms
Game 6 of Celtics-Knicks was the most-watched program for May 16 across all of television.www.nba.com
That says on ESPN platforms. What are the overall numbers?
2025 NBA Playoffs: Viewership up 12% from last year on ESPN platforms
Game 6 of Celtics-Knicks was the most-watched program for May 16 across all of television.
Sorry that was specifically for ESPN. I’m not sure what they are for TNT.
EDIT: TNT is up 3%. Overall playoffs are up 6% So not as much, but still very strong.
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Settle down. Nothing about NBA ratings bothers me. I didn't think the 12% was accurate. With Hali going off I've watched more playoffs this year than I have since 08-10.
How the **** anybody can claim college basketball is more watchable than the NBA is beyond me. I like college basketball more because I care way more about ISU than any NBA team and there are fewer games so each game has more meaning, but in terms of actual enjoyment of watching the athletes NBA is so much better and it's not close. The offense in college is ******* horrible, and it has nothing to do with NBA teams not playing defense. Plenty of guys in college basketball get wide open shots and brick them over and over, and NBA players hit high degree of difficulty shots with defenders all over them routinely.
The problem with college offense is compounded by the high roster turnover you see year after year. Teams that are more defense oriented with a slower pace are at an advantage because it's easier to win that way with a roster of guys that aren't use to playing together.
The problem with college offense is compounded by the high roster turnover you see year after year. Teams that are more defense oriented with a slower pace are at an advantage because it's easier to win that way with a roster of guys that aren't use to playing together.
CBB is less skilled players running the same plays and systems.
,Id argue.they are running the most basic concepts of them also.
Do you have ft% stats? Just by perception ft shooting seems horrible in cbb.
NFL says hello...
Who gives a *uck about the rest of the world?? We live in America. NBA comes after NFL and college sports, basically tied with MLB..
YoY is a bad metric for the NBA considering how horrendous their ratings have been lately..
NBA as a whole has a larger following than CBB in the US. The tourney is the only time CBB is in the same breath. We're blinded by being ISU fans first. I watch more CBB than NBA but that's not the norm and simply because I don't miss any ISU games.
And who gives a ... uh everyone, especially those who make money off the given product.
NFL is 3rd on the list globally behind soccer and the NBA. Hell have you seen the rabid following of Cricket in India?
I think it’s a regional thing as well. Cities with teams are certainly more into the NBA than CBB. For those without a “home” team, you’ll be more interested in college sports because that’s your local interest. College sports are almost non-existent in cities, but we don’t see that in Iowa.
Minnesota is playing like a desperate team. Let's see if they can continue that.
Goebert actually playing D tonight.
He's a terrific defender, just wasn't playing like this in OKC.
I fully expect this will be a single digit game at some point in the second half.
