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Friday night's Game 3 between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves averaged 5.21 million viewers on ESPN.
The number is up 10% from the Nuggets-Suns matchup last year and is the fourth most-watched game of the playoffs.
The Nuggets have played in four out of the six most-watched games in the playoffs.
three3d wrote:They have to fix these game times. Here in Florida the game was coming on at 10:30 at night just too late to watch a game.
Pickled Prunes wrote:three3d wrote:They have to fix these game times. Here in Florida the game was coming on at 10:30 at night just too late to watch a game.
And the East coast series' comes on at 4:00 on the West coast... while everyone is still at work. There is no solution to make everyone happy.
J-Mezzy wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:three3d wrote:They have to fix these game times. Here in Florida the game was coming on at 10:30 at night just too late to watch a game.
And the East coast series' comes on at 4:00 on the West coast... while everyone is still at work. There is no solution to make everyone happy.
But at least west coast can catch the second half of the games
East coast people might not even get the start of the game since a lot of people hit the rack at 10
Pickled Prunes wrote:J-Mezzy wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:And the East coast series' comes on at 4:00 on the West coast... while everyone is still at work. There is no solution to make everyone happy.
But at least west coast can catch the second half of the games
East coast people might not even get the start of the game since a lot of people hit the rack at 10
Yeah, that's just not how time zones work. Teams need to sell tickets. If a team were to start games at 5:00 pm PST the season ticket holders would miss the 1st half. If they are consistently missing games they won't renew their tickets. Most people going to a game want to go home after work and change before the game. In big city traffic that is a two hour proposition.
There is a podcaster from Denmark named Morten Jensen that incessantly complains about the airtime of NBA games in Denmark. Sorry guys, there isn't really any point in complaining about it because it isn't going to change until the world stops turning. Local time is the only time that matters.
J-Mezzy wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:J-Mezzy wrote:
But at least west coast can catch the second half of the games
East coast people might not even get the start of the game since a lot of people hit the rack at 10
Yeah, that's just not how time zones work. Teams need to sell tickets. If a team were to start games at 5:00 pm PST the season ticket holders would miss the 1st half. If they are consistently missing games they won't renew their tickets. Most people going to a game want to go home after work and change before the game. In big city traffic that is a two hour proposition.
There is a podcaster from Denmark named Morten Jensen that incessantly complains about the airtime of NBA games in Denmark. Sorry guys, there isn't really any point in complaining about it because it isn't going to change until the world stops turning. Local time is the only time that matters.
Denver is mountain time though. Starting the game at 9 pm eastern time is not killing any spectators.
