http://www.nba.com/2009/playoffs2009/05/01/TNT.bulls.celtics.game6/index.html Game 6 of Bulls-Celtics is most-watched first-round game TNT delivered a slam dunk on Thursday night with the triple-overtime showdown of the Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls Game 6, earning a 3.5 US HH rating and delivering 4,048,000 households and 5,352,000 total viewers making the game the most watched Round One NBA game in cable television history. In addition, the game was also cable's #1 telecast for the evening in households, total viewers and key adult and male demos. Chicago evened the series at three games apiece with a 128-127 victory in the NBA playoff record fourth overtime game in the series. TNT concludes their first round NBA Playoffs coverage on Saturday, May 2 as Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls face Rajon Rondo and the Boston Celtics in the series deciding Game 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Doug Collins (analyst) and David Aldridge (reporter) will call the game from Boston's TD Banknorth Garden. TNT will tip-off its coverage at 7:30 p.m. ET with a 30-minute NBA Tip-Off presented by Hyundai featuring host Ernie Johnson and analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. The trio will also conclude the night's coverage with Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai.
If they wanted an accurate number, they would subtract those who started viewing at the end of regulation. Those viewers are Houston/Portland fans.
That's a little off. A lot of people tuned for this game in after hearing that it had gone into overtime. And definitely a lot more started watching once they heard that it had gone into multiple overtimes.
insane Gordon and Allen trading off 3s, although that probably should've been a discontinued dribble by Gordon
uhhh it's still f'ed up. gordon was like 2 feet behind the line. rewind and look at it. I can't believe no one has complained!
