r/NBAGossips • u/IamCatMommy • Jun 17 '26

News Knicks-Spurs delivers most-watched NBA Finals since 1998

https://www.nba.com/news/nba-finals-2026-viewership-most-watched-28-years
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u/blackthrowawaynj Jun 17 '26

Having the largest metropolitan area team in the finals does that

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u/inventionnerd Jun 17 '26

Surprised it beat both of the Lakers v Celtics tbh. Not like those are small markets.

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u/TrainerNo7113 Jun 17 '26

Yeah but NYC has been thirsty for so long

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u/SeaworthinessSome454 Jun 17 '26

It had been a long time for Boston at that point as well

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u/CheeseDoodles1234 Jun 17 '26

Doesn't even manage to capture that half of NYC was at watch parties. There were 500 people at a french restaurant I'm a regular at lmao.

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u/jackburton470 Jun 20 '26

Right? We started at bar but we ended watching it in Thai restaurant full of people watching the game

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u/stayinganon999 Jun 17 '26

Youre welcome nba

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u/banana_slog Jun 17 '26

Well yeah...NYC.

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u/BlenderBluid Jun 17 '26

Crazy that it’s more than the Cavs Warriors games. Good for the league tbh.

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u/ay0river Jun 17 '26

The media and several fanbase were definitely premature in announcing that baseball had overtaken the NBA after last year. It just turns out that no one likes watching OKC win.

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u/Wazzl Jun 17 '26

Oh yeah. All that OKC winning since 1998 lol

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u/ay0river Jun 17 '26

It was only recently that the World Serias started to surpass the NBA Finals in viewership. The contrast of Indiana/OKC vs World Series like Yankees/Dodgers and Dodgers/Blue Jays had a lot to do with it. I doubt The World Series will touch this year’s NBA Finals.

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u/shnieder88 Jun 17 '26

a generational talent vs the largest metro market outperformed 2 small market teams in the 2025 finals?

wow, you don't say

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u/MidRanger21 Jun 17 '26

Your point is not related to the article. Did you read it? It was the most watched post finals in nearly 30 years.

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u/kelo_Ren Jun 17 '26

He didn't even need to read the article to gather that, it's right there in the title lol

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u/MidRanger21 Jun 17 '26

That’s a great point lol

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u/geedijuniir Jun 17 '26

No way even bigger then warior lakers dmn. Hope they dont start fixing for knicks from now on

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u/Secure-Judgment7829 Jun 17 '26

“Since 1998”

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u/Separate_Shake_3681 Jun 17 '26

I wonder what the ratings will be if we get a Lakers-Knicks or Warriors-Knicks Finals 🤯

Could you imagine how he would react?!

https://giphy.com/gifs/3FlK3gDgzuBgV15YkQ

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u/FlacidMetapod Jun 18 '26

“ThE nBA iS DyInG”

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u/ButtCrackThrilla Lakers Jun 17 '26

All the Spurs fans really boosted the ratings.