Pacers-Knicks ranks as the most-watched ECF since 2014 that did not go seven games (seven series). The three series over that span to go seven — Cavaliers-Celtics in 2018, Celtics-Heat in 2022 and Heat-Celtics in 2023 — averaged 8.57, 6.98 and 7.42 million respectively. Viewership outpaced the five-game Thunder-Timberwolves Western Conference Finals (5.59M) by 25%, the largest gap between conference finals since 2019, when the West outpaced the East series (which included Toronto, a Canadian market that does not count toward U.S. television ratings) by 34%.