In Canada, ratings for the defending champion Toronto Raptors’ first round sweep of the Brooklyn Nets were up 24% across TSN and Rogers Sportsnet from last season’s first round win over the Orlando Magic. And in the other playoff series, Canadian ratings were up 41% year over year from last year’s first round, in part because of the 11 Canadian-born players among the 16 playoff teams, the most outside the U.S.