The G1 ratings in the finals hit the lowest level in the non-COVID-19 period! Harry s final victory was difficult to reverse the decline, down 18% from last year

On June 7, the NBA Finals will usher in G2 in two days! In yesterday's G1, the Thunder lost 110-111 to the Pacers at home. The US media announced the ratings of the game, setting a new low in the non-Coronavirus period, and it did not increase significantly until the final moment of the game.

In yesterday's game, the Pacers were once 15 points behind in the final quarter, and Halliburton won the final victory until the last moment of the game. According to statistics from the news media platform Sports Media Watch, although the NBA Finals G1 scored the exciting ending expected by the league, it was still not enough to prevent the opening ratings of this year's Finals from hitting a new low in the non-Coronavirus period. The NBA Finals G1 has an average viewership of 4.7 on ABC TV and an audience of 8.91 million. It is the first finals with the lowest ratings and least viewed audiences since the Nelson audience statistics era (1988 to present).

At the last moment of the game, the Pacers counterattacked and finally reversed successfully. Halliburton's finals helped the game's peak ratings reach 11.07 million in the last few minutes. This game was the lowest audience (any game) since the opening of the 2021 finals, and it was also the ninth-lowest finals in the Nelson ratings era.

Compared with last year's Celtics and Mavericks' Finals G1 (5.7%, 10.99 million): ratings fell 18% this year and audiences fell 19%. In fact, the decline could have been even greater if it weren't for the Pacers' last-minute reversal. Before the 15-minute period that started at 10:45 pm ET, the number of spectators fell by 23% compared with the same period last year (from 11.2 million to 8.6 million), but in the last few minutes of the game, the number of spectators increased by 15% to 10.4 million.

It is worth mentioning that this situation is not surprising. Both sides of the finals are from the city (No. 25 (Indiana) and No. 47 (Oklahoma). What do you think about this? Welcome to give your opinions in the comment section.