OKC vs Timberwolves Game 1 Down 24% TV Ratings

[Stick Up Kid]

Told yall nobody wanna see the worst “superstar” in modern history in SGA…. Take the whistle away and he’s slightly better than David Wingate

 

[triplehate]

Oh no! Are the rest of the games cancelled now????

 

[Canada Goose]

I'm honestly surprised at this, I thought the NBA didn't have to deal with the "small market = low ratings" issue anymore.



Thought Ant alone would draw high ratings for this game.



Did people really not watch this game only because of SGA?



If the WCF was Lakers - OKC the ratings would have been high just from the Lakers being a massive draw alone

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Timberwolves against the Lakers: couldn't miss a 3. Naz Reid looking like an MVP. Edwards looking like MJ's illegitimate son.

Timberwolves against.. let's see... the OKC Thunder: Naz Reid had no bucket for like 3 quarters. Edwards.. just a guard, nothing special.

We (the Lakers) live in everyone's head, it doesn't even matter how good or bad we are or how useless our coach is...

 

[Trojan 24]

NBA is dying without Luka

 

[42 Monks]

that game was a horrible watch before it even started

game starts way too fukking late for east coast
can't start the game on time either
ads on top of ads on top of ads
shytty presentation

game starts

7FTAs in 2 minutes
commentary crew is ass
more ads and commercials. no flow
wnba is legit more physical than nba playoffs somehow. horrific officiating

halftime
more fukking ads
90 seconds of shyt analysis

fukk this shyt im out x9000

 

[bl2k8]

I'm honestly surprised at this, I thought the NBA didn't have to deal with the "small market = low ratings" issue anymore.



Thought Ant alone would draw high ratings for this game.



Did people really not watch this game only because of SGA?



If the WCF was Lakers - OKC the ratings would have been high just from the Lakers being a massive draw alone

It’s not just market size. SGA to a lot of casuals became a household name this year. Ant became one last year. None of their secondary players have got buzz like that. I’m not surprised. These new guys are going to have to keep getting to the finals and conference finals to have some staying power in this generation compared to ones in the past

 

[Doctor Doom]

that game was a horrible watch before it even started

game starts way too fukking late for east coast
can't start the game on time either
ads on top of ads on top of ads
shytty presentation

game starts

7FTAs in 2 minutes
commentary crew is ass
more ads and commercials. no flow
wnba is legit more physical than nba playoffs somehow. horrific officiating

halftime
more fukking ads
90 seconds of shyt analysis

fukk this shyt im out x9000

I wouldn't even argue that the game was competitive either because no one outside of Randle had a pulse on Minny

 

[Loose]

Looks like pregame did better than last year, both teams did great in 2nd round looking at metrics it wasnt a goof game tbh lot of bad offense. Tons of misses so people probably checked out

 

[In The Zone '98]

NBA Western Conference Finals slip for Mavericks' five-game victory

The Dallas Mavericks' five-game NBA Western Conference Finals win over the Minnesota Timberwolves was down double digits from 2023.

awfulannouncing.com

Last year avg 6.7m viewers

OKC will move the needle after a chip

 

[god shamgod]

But bu but record ratings in the 1st round @HandyWithTheSteel

Nobody watching this wakk shyt.

 

[Morethan1]

Oh no! Are the rest of the games cancelled now????

Is the 74 billion dollar 11 year deal is now canceled?

 

[RedBull]

I'm honestly surprised at this, I thought the NBA didn't have to deal with the "small market = low ratings" issue anymore.



Thought Ant alone would draw high ratings for this game.



Did people really not watch this game only because of SGA?



If the WCF was Lakers - OKC the ratings would have been high just from the Lakers being a massive draw alone

Ant too “Black” breh. They don’t care about him unless he’s playing a notable fan fav like Steph, Luka, or Bron.

 

[UpAndComing]

I wonder why

 

[Georgiamuscle]

Nikka said David Wingate
I had to look that fool up bc I ain’t