Stephen Curry set a record during Sunday’s Game 7, and so did ABC. The Golden State Warriors’ victory over the Sacramento Kings drew 9.8M people, according to Nielsen.
That makes it the most-watched NBA Playoffs first round game in 24 years. The broadcast peaked during the 6 p.m. ET quarter hour with an audience of about 11.9M viewers.
According to ABC, it’s also the most-watched NBA Playoffs first round ever for Disney ranking as ABC’s largest audience for a non-finals postseason game.
The audience was up 18% versus last year’s Game 7. Across 15 games, the first round averaged 4.5M viewers, also up 18% from last year.
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