Celtics-Heat Game 6 sets ratings record
The Celtics’ compelling Eastern Conference Finals showdown with LeBron James and the Heat continues to draw enormous ratings for ESPN.
The Heat’s 98-79 victory in Game 6 Thursday night earned a record 8.2 overnight rating, making it the highest-rated NBA game on cable television since records started being kept in 2003.
The previous standard was set all of two games ago, when the Celtics’ 93-91 victory drew a 7.9 rating.
ESPN said the 8.2 was up 49 percent from the most recent conference finals Game 6 aired by the network, a Celtics-Magic matchup in 2010.
Game 5 had a 7.6 rating. The last three games of this series, which is tied 3-3 heading into Game 7 Saturday night in Miami, rank as the three top NBA games ever on ESPN.
Game 6 drew a 22 rating in Miami and a 20.5 in the Boston market.
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