{"id":12359,"date":"2024-11-29T01:31:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T01:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=12359"},"modified":"2024-11-29T01:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T01:31:07","slug":"steph-currys-first-nationally-televised-game-with-the-warriors-drew-a-massive-2-14-million-viewers-on-espn-making-it-the-most-watched-game-since-the-season-began-%f0%9f%a4%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=12359","title":{"rendered":"Steph Curry&#8217;s first nationally televised game with the Warriors drew a massive 2.14 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched game since the season began. \ud83e\udd2f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"key-insights post-summary\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg ls--2\">\n<p>Last Wednesday\u2019s Warriors-Celtics game averaged 2.14 million viewers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-and-date\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24693571_168392832_lowres-scaled.jpg?quality=100\" alt=\"NBA's Declining Viewership Gets Steph Curry Bump\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A splash of Steph Curry helped curb the NBA\u2019s declining TV viewership to open the season.<\/p>\n<p>The first nationally televised game for Curry and the Warriors\u2014a close win Wednesday over the defending champion Celtics\u2014drew 2.14 million viewers on ESPN, the most-watched game since opening week and up 30% from the comparable game last year (Spurs-Knicks), according to <em>Sports Media Watch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Curry and the Warriors, along with LeBron James and the Cavaliers, were the league\u2019s viewership darlings for most of the 2010s. But the Warriors were not expected to make much noise this year following a season in which they finished 10th in the West and were ousted in the play-in\u2014and were missing from the league\u2019s opening-week schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Curry has averaged just 22 points per game, his lowest since an injury-riddled 2019\u20132020 campaign, but Golden State\u2019s depth has propelled the team to an 8\u20132 start.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Still Trending Down<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The viewership boost comes after declines in viewership through most of the first two weeks of the season that sparked a conversation about whether the waning fan interest is correlated to the three-point-happy style of play.<\/p>\n<p>However, James and Kevin Durant weren\u2019t able to carry the positive momentum into Friday\u2019s games, as the ESPN doubleheader (Suns-Mavericks and Lakers-76ers) averaged about 1.36 million viewers. That number is down 19% versus the comparable window from last year\u2014though last year\u2019s nightcap saw James and the Lakers face off against Durant and the Suns, drawing almost two million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s second game featured a healthy Lakers team against a Sixers squad missing Tyrese Maxey to injury and Joel Embiid to suspension. Paul George was the lone \u201cstar\u201d player available for Philadelphia, but he was playing just his third game of the year as he returned from a left knee injury and was on a minutes restriction.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In-Season Hope<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The second iteration of the NBA\u2019s in-season tournament, now called the Emirates NBA Cup, tipped off Tuesday\u2014and the league is hoping it bolsters interest in its regular season, especially during the period before Christmas. Last year\u2019s tournament saw a 26% viewership increase versus viewership windows from the previous season.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, won by the Lakers last year, runs until the semifinals and finals on Dec. 14 and 17 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However, Friday\u2019s matchups, which featured LeBron James and Kevin Durant, combined to see a 19% decline versus comparable windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steph Curry&#039;s first nationally televised game with the Warriors drew a massive 2.14 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched game since the season began. \ud83e\udd2f - 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