Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves played in front of their biggest crowd yet, boosting TNT to its top first or second round NBA playoff audience on record.
Sunday’s Timberwolves-Nuggets second round NBA playoff Game 7 averaged a combined 4.1 rating and 8.41 million viewers across TNT (3.7, 7.51M) and truTV (0.41, 905K), marking the largest early round NBA playoff audience ever on TNT Sports (formerly Turner Sports). The previous high was 8.38 million for Magic-Celtics Game 7 in 2009. Keep in mind out-of-home viewing was not tracked in Nielsen estimates until 2020, meaning that 2009 game almost certainly averaged more viewers all things being equal. Minnesota’s comeback win, which peaked with 11.3 million viewers from 10:15-10:30 PM ET