Game 5 between the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings averaged 4.29 million viewers on TNT, up 7% from last season.
Sunday’s Game 4 between the two teams registered the highest viewership of any first round game in 21 years.
Game 5 was the second lowest viewed game of the series after Game 3.
Game 5 between the Heat and Bucks on the same night averaged 934,000 viewers on NBA TV, the largest playoff audience on the network since 2014.
It was also the largest overall audience on NBA TV since 2016.