May 01, 2009 11:20 PM EST

TNT says the Bulls' 128-127 victory on Thursday in Game 6 was seen by 5.35 million viewers, which was a record for the first round.

The previous record was 4.97 million for Game 6 of the Suns-Lakers series in 2006, a 126-118 overtime win by Phoenix.

Via SI.com