Broadcasters ABC, ESPN and TNT can rub their hands. The audience achieved during the six games of the series between the Warriors and the Lakers has indeed broken all records, confirming the very good performance of these 2023 playoffs in this area. With 7.8 million viewers on average, and a grand finale during Game 6 (8.64 million on average), the opposition has indeed been the most watched since 1996!
At the time, it was the series between the Bulls and the Knicks that unleashed passions at the same stadium, with more than 11 million viewers on average over five games.
Outside of the Finals, Golden State versus Los Angeles is also the most-watched playoff series since the 2018 Conference Finals between Golden State and Houston in the West (9.4 million) as well as Cleveland and Boston in the East (8.4 million).
More generally, if we take a look at the ranking of the matches of the most watched series of the first and second round of the playoffs over the last ten years, we find there downright eight matches of the 2023 playoffs! And all six games in the series between the Warriors and the Lakers are in it…
