Warriors Win Again As NBA Finals Game 2 Ratings Match 2017 & Steph Curry Makes History

June 4, 2018

It’s déjà vu all over again as the Golden State Warriors solidly won Game 2 of the NBA Finals last night against the Cleveland Cavaliers – just like they did last year.

There wasn’t any overtime as in Game 1 but Steph Curry and the rest of the current NBA champions provided lots of court drama on Sunday as they crushed LeBron James and the 2016 NBA champs the Cavs 122-103 in primetime. Not that the Cavs didn’t put up a fight, especially in the third quarter, but the verdict was seemingly in on this one when the hometown team surged in the second quarter. As chants of “MVP, MVP!” filled Oracle Arena, there was the matter of Curry making a little history:

Steph Curry (33 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB) knocked down #NBAFinals record NINE 3-pointers to fuel the @warriors Game 2 win! #DubNation pic.twitter.com/3Yv8M0RX0t

— NBA (@NBA) June 4, 2018

All of which added up to a strong ratings results for the NBA and ABC with the third highest rated Game 2 since 2001 and another memory of 2017.

Scoring a 12.7 in metered market results, last night’s 2018 NBA Finals Game 2 was even with the comparable match-up of June 4 last year when the Warriors beat the Cavs 132-113 at Oracle Arena. While not a rise as we saw last year over 2016, with the Warriors and the Cavs meeting for their fourth consecutive NBA Finals a match with 2017 certainly proves that there is no fatigue for the two teams among b-ball fans. And on a TV landscape where ratings declines are the new normal even for the likes of the NFL, no going backwards is a win by any measure.

As expected, Game 2 was up from the GSW winning Game 1 of May 31 in the early metrics, in this case to the tune of just over 3% That OT dust-up went on to pull in almost 17.4 million viewers when the dust had settled, so to speak. Game 2 of the 2017 NBA Finals drew an audience of 19.7 million, up a million sets of eyeballs from its Game 1 viewership.

Though there was some premiere action on cable with Pose on FX and Succession on HBO last night, the rest of the Big 4 pretty much stayed out of ABC and the NBA Finals way. After a new 60 Minutes, CBS brought procedural Instinct back for a second season and NBC had a Dateline at 7 PM. We’ll update with those results and more from the Warriors and Cavs battle when we have them.

If you are planning your schedule for the week, Game 3 of the basketball championship tales place on June 6 with the Cavs aiming for some hometown advantage as the action moves to Ohio. A Game 4 on Friday will also be held in Cleveland.

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