Ratings are substantially up for 2015 NBA Finals

WWAY will air every game of the 2015 NBA Finals between Cleveland and Golden State. Catch Game 3 Tuesday at 9 p.m. Game 4 is set for Thursday. The best of 7 series is currently tied at 1-1.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA Finals’ Game 2 has drawn its highest television rating in more than a decade.

The short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers’ overtime victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night to even the series at 1-1 averaged a 10.5 rating on ABC. That’s the best since the Pistons-Lakers series in 2004.

ESPN said Monday that the nearly 18.8 million viewers were up 26 percent from the 14.9 million for last year’s matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat.

Ratings represent the percentage of U.S. homes with televisions tuned to a program.

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