Recreation 5 of the Western Convention Finals between the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves averaged simply 4.62 million viewers on ESPN on Wednesday, making it the least-watched non-COVID season Western Convention Finals sport since 2013.
Oklahoma Metropolis’s blowout win was additionally the least-watched WCF Recreation 5 since Utah Jazz-Spurs in 2007 (3.94M), falling even beneath that Lakers-Nuggets collection within the 2020 “bubble” (4.99M).
Viewership was down 26 p.c in comparison with Recreation 5 final season when the Dallas Mavericks closed out the Wolves. The total, five-game Thunder-Timberwolves collection averaged 5.59 million, which down 17 p.c from final 12 months’s collection between the Mavericks and Wolves.
The Thunder have one of many NBA’s smallest media markets, however their West Finals appearances with a core of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are amongst probably the most watched in current historical past.
