The NBA postseason tipped off — sort of — Tuesday on TNT, with the first two of the Covid-shortened season’s games to determine the final playoff teams.
And the Turner network had to be happy with the tune-in for the play-ins.The doubleheader of Eastern Conference games was up by an attention-getting 60% over the network’s regular-season average, TNT said.The Boston Celtics’ 118-100 win over the Washington Wizards averaged 2.5 million viewers, beating any TNT regular-season telecast since Opening Night just before Christmas.
With a 6:30 p.m. ET start time, Indiana Pacers 144-117 pasting of the Charlotte Hornets averaged 1.4 million viewers.The 2021-only play-in format sees the seventh- and eighth-place teams in each conference play each
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