NBA Finals on ABC: Third-Largest Game 2 Audience Since 2001

Average Audience of 18,496,000 Viewers; Peaked with 22,497,000 Viewers

ABC’s coverage of the NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV – the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-103 on Sunday – generated the third-largest Game 2 audience since 2001, according to Fast Nationals from Nielsen. The broadcast averaged 18,496,000 viewers and peaked with 22,497,000 viewers from 10:15-10:30 p.m. ET.

Last night’s audience was up 27 percent from ABC’s historical Game 2 viewership average of 14,538,000 viewers. It was also up seven percent from this year’s Game 1 audience, which drew 17,354,000 viewers last Thursday night.

ABC’s coverage of the NBA Finals won the night across all of television for the 62^nd consecutive time.

The 2018 NBA Finals will continue with Game 3 on Wednesday, June 6, at 9 p.m. ET on ABC, the ESPN App, ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes. Additionally, multiple second-screen streaming offerings are available on ESPN3 and the ESPN App, including “Full Court Press” and “Iso Cam.”

Additionally, the next installment of Detail, the high-level basketball analysis and film study show from ESPN and Kobe Bryant’s Granity Studios, will be available soon exclusively on ESPN+ . The show features the five-time NBA Champion Bryant breaking down the 2018 NBA Finals from the perspective of a player who competed in the game.

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