Most watched game on TNT in 12 yrs

[Jaycelt]

The NBA Finals rematch between Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers drew the highest rating on TNT since a 1996 game featuring Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson during the height of the Chicago Bulls dynasty.

The Lakers' 110-109 overtime victory on Thursday night delivered a 2.7 U.S. rating and was watched by more than 4.3 million viewers. It was the first meeting between the rivals in Boston since the Celtics beat the Lakers in Game 6 of last year's finals for their 17th NBA championship.

It was the most-watched regular-season game on TNT since Feb. 2, 1996, when the eventual champion Bulls beat Johnson's Lakers, 99-84.

The game also drew the most viewers for a game on cable since Christmas 2004, when ESPN televised the first game between Indiana and Detroit since the brawl between Pacers players and Pistons fans earlier that season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3889965

[RebusRankin]

Best in 13 years, wow.

[Mr October]

Cool. Thats good to hear. ...i've got this itching feeling that the NBA wants LA vs CLE in the finals this year...

Strong ratings like these will give the C's an advantage to return to the ECF and at least get a fair shake against the Cavs.

[RAcker]

If that game had that many viewers with those refs, imagine how much of a worldwide joke the NBA looks like right now.  Wow.  Nice going ref scheduler.   

[footey]

Yeah, great.

We still lost the game.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Yeah I heard that...Boston vs LA is great for the NBA.
 Good game tainted by bad officating IMO, I really dont think you can be to down by a 1 pt loss. I mean we only beat phili by 1..LA had alot to prove and they proved it, now its a real rivalry, lets see what happens in june... I still take our guys...a minor move would be nice.