Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt was nothing but net for the NBA Finals on ABC on Wednesday, as Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers-Miami Heat championship series left everyone in the dust.
The game delivered a 2.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic to go along with 5.31 million viewers who watched the Lakers’ 116-98 victory in the bubble in Orlando.The game was preceded on ABC by a special Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night (1.1, 4.16M) and NBA Countdown (1.0, 3.30M), with the NBA block sweeping primetime in the demo and viewers for the network.
As always with live sporting events, Nielsen’s Live+Same Day numbers are likely to be adjusted in the finals later today. Fox’s music-filled night kicked off with The Masked Singer (1.7,.
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