ABC’s Golden state

Game 5 of the NBA Finals clinched victory for the Warriors, and spelled a big win for ABC to rank as the most-watched NBA Finals since 1998, according to Nielsen. The five-game series averaged a total live audience (television plus streaming) of 20,840,000 average viewers, and Monday’s Game 5 telecast snaring a total live audience of more than 25,003,000 average viewers, making it the most-watched Game 5 since 1998.

In addition, the game’s 16.0 metered market rating marks the highest-rated NBA Finals Game 5 since 1998, according to Nielsen and was up 13% over Game 5 in both 2016 and 2015. On the digital front, last night’s Game 5 was the most-streamed NBA Finals Game 5 ever and the second-most streamed NBA game ever, generating an average minute streaming audience of 537,000 viewers, with 2,144,200 unique viewers and 92,377,200 total minutes streamed.

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