Friday’s game between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics received dire ratings on ABC with less than 8 million viewers.
The Warriors’ 107-97 Celtics win garnered an average of 7.95 million viewers, according to preliminary data released by TVSeriesFinale.com.
While Game 4 was still the top-rated show on Friday, it fell in ratings compared to previous Game 4 games.
Celtics’ Marcus Smart in Game 4 of the NBA Finals (Elsa/Getty Images)
For example, in 2018 Warriors-Cavaliers NBA Finals Game 4 received 9.3 ratings and 16.2 million viewers on ABC. However, the game in 2018 resulted in a 13% drop in ratings compared to 2017 (10.7 vs 19.1 million). This is also lower than 2016 (9.8, 16.6 million). But they’re all higher this year.
Warriors’ Steph Curry in Game 4 of the NBA Finals (Else/Getty Images)
However, this year’s ranking is slightly up from Game 4 in the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
Game 4 garnered 4.4 (7.54 million viewers) in 2020 and 5.3 (10.25 million viewers) in 2021.
Source: Breitbart
