The second round of the NBA playoffs are averaging 4.83 million viewers, up 5% from last year.
The playoffs overall are averaging 3.7 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, TNT, and NBA TV, with the number rising to 4.05 million viewers without NBA TV.
Game 4 between the Knicks and Celtics on Monday averaged 6.13 million viewers on ESPN, up 50% from the Celtics-Cavs game a year ago.
The game peaked with 8.54 million viewers.
Saturday’s Game 3 averaged 5.34 million viewers on ABC, up 38% from last year.
ABC also averaged 6.01 million viewers for Sunday’s Thunder-Nuggets, up 19% from last year.