2024-25 NBA Finals: an average of 10.27 million viewers in the USA on ABC (-9%)

The 2024-25 NBA Finals, won by Oklahoma City Thunder against the Indiana Pacers (4-3 in the series), drew an average of 10.27 million viewers on the general-interest channel ABC (part of the ESPN group, owned by The Walt Disney Company) in the United States, which represented a 9% decline in the average audience compared with the 2023-24 Finals, according to data from the American institute Nielsen.

The seventh and final game of the series was watched by an average of 16.35 million viewers, with a peak of 19.28 million on ABC and the ESPN+ platform on Sunday 22/06/2025 (game start at 20:00 ET), according to Nielsen. This is an audience record for an NBA game since game 6 of the 2018-19 NBA Finals (18.59 million, Toronto Raptors - Golden State Warriors).

In 2023-24, the NBA Finals won by Boston Celtics against Dallas Mavericks (4-1 in the series) drew an average of 11.31 million viewers on ABC. Denver Nuggets' victory over Miami Heat (4-1 in the series) drew an average of 11.64 million viewers on the channel in 2022-23 (Nielsen data).

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