last night's game drew a 32.0 rating locally in Cleveland and 10.1 rating in Atlanta

[Rose'sACL]

Game three of the Eastern Conference Finals, an overtime thriller between the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers drew a 5.5 overnight rating on TNT. That

[RoundMoundOfReb]

LeBron James is must watch T.V.

[Rose'sACL]

atlanta:facepalm

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Seattle sounds about right.

[buddha]

Seattle sounds about right.

LeBron likes that idea, take away the 3rd best team in the east and put them in the west.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

LeBron likes that idea, take away the 3rd best team in the east and put them in the west.

Would have to move a West team over, obviously. The Grizzlies are further east than some East teams. East instantly becomes better, win-win.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Lower income in Chocolate City? You think that city would be all over basketball given the demographics. But it's more an east coast city, mid west, and west coast city game. Not really a sport that thrives down south.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Lower income in Chocolate City? You think that city would be all over basketball given the demographics. But it's more an east coast city, mid west, and west coast city game. Not really a sport that thrives down south.
Down South? My dude, you do realize "Chocolate City" is Washington DC right? :lol

[Killbot]

Hawks fans got a life. :applause:

[L8krH8tr]

I cant find my Atlanta is terrible sports town thread

[Doranku]

Cleveland is one of the most dedicated fanbases when it comes to watching their teams. Not really surprising.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Down South? My dude, you do realize "Chocolate City" is Washington DC right? :lol
It's just an allegory for a city being dark. I've heard it in reference to Detroit, DC, and ATL. Doesn't really matter, the point of what I said remains.

[bdreason]

I don't understand why Basketball isn't popular in Atlanta. Is it popular at the street level? I guess I just assumed that a city which is 50% African American would have a lot of ballers and basketball fans. :confusedshrug:

[Akrazotile]

In all honesty, white people tend to watch the NBA more than black people. Also, northern and midwestern cities tend to be more supportive of their sports teams than warmer southern cities. So it's really not that surprising.

[Hoopz2332]

Lower income in Chocolate City? You think that city would be all over basketball given the demographics. But it's more an east coast city, mid west, and west coast city game. Not really a sport that thrives down south.


black people are not fanatical about sports (watching, rooting supporting, overly emotionally connected) in the way white people are from a fandom POV. Basically, black people play sports but it ends there.

[D-Wait]

Cleveland is one of the most dedicated fanbases when it comes to watching their teams. Not really surprising.

This. Yet people keep joking about the Cavs having no real fans and that Lebron is the only reason the Q is packed.
Cavs were 3rd in attendance the season after The Decision. :no:

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

It's just an allegory for a city being dark. I've heard it in reference to Detroit, DC, and ATL. Doesn't really matter, the point of what I said remains.
I know what you meant, just correcting you is all.

We can both agree the ATL fanbase is a joke. What's crazy is the Falcon fandom; for the most part they generate a nice home crowd.

[Bernkastel]

Is a 10.1 in Atlanta worth more than a 32 in Cleveland?

Anyway, yeah, the team is getting swept. Everyone knows it. There's no reason to watch unless you like to see the team you root for get swept.