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Top 10 Most Watched NBA Finals Since 1976
1998 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz (Getty)
According to ABC, an average of 15,347,000 viewers have watched the first two games of the Miami Heat-Dallas Mavericks 2011 NBA Finals. That’s over 3 million more viewers than the average of last year’s seven-game series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics.
Here are the top 10 most viewed NBA Finals since 1976.
The Chicago Bulls are the kings of the ratings hill.
| YEAR | WINNER | LOSER | SERIES | RATING | ||
| 1. | NBC | 1998 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2 | 18.7 |
| 2. | NBC | 1993 | Chicago Bulls | Phoenix Suns | 4-2 | 17.9 |
| 3. | NBC | 1997 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2 | 16.8 |
| 4. | NBC | 1996 | Chicago Bulls | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-2 | 16.7 |
| 5. | CBS | 1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | 15.9 |
| 6. | NBC | 1991 | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | 15.8 |
| 7. | CBS | 1988 | Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons | 4-3 | 15.4 |
| 8. | CBS | 1989 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | 15.1 |
| 9. | NBC | 1992 | Chicago Bulls | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-2 | 14.2 |
| 10. | CBS | 1986 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4-2 | 14.1 |
source: wikipedia.org
