Recreation 2 of the 2025 NBA Finals averaged 8.76 million viewers on ABC, which was down 29 % from Recreation 2 in 2024. The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers by a snug 123-107 margin.
The sport was the least watched Recreation 2 of the Finals, outdoors of the bubble in 2020, since 2007 when the San Antonio Spurs’ win over the Cleveland Cavaliers drew 8.55 million regardless of competing towards the sequence finale of “The Sopranos.”
There was some hope of a bounce in rankings after the Pacers had an thrilling comeback win over the Thunder in Recreation 2.
The Pacers-Thunder NBA Finals now ranks as solely the second of the Nielsen folks meter period (1988-present) through which neither Recreation 1 nor Recreation 2 hit the 9 million mark. The Finals between the Cavaliers-Spurs in 2007 and Nets-Spurs in 2003 every hit 9 million for Recreation 1 or 2.
Nonetheless, this yr’s sequence nonetheless outranks every little thing else on tv.
