Nationally televised games receive all the hype in the NBA — of which, Brooklyn has 19 in the first 37 games of the 2020-21 season. But the Nets faithful are much more accustomed to watching Ian Eagle, Sarah Kustok and Michael Grady on YES Network, whose viewership growing.
The network announced on Thursday that Brooklyn’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers was the most-viewed Nets telecast on YES since December 8, 2014 — oddly enough, also a night where Brooklyn played the Cavs. The game in 2014 averaged 179,000 viewers, and Wednesday’s averaged 159,000 and peaked at 242,000.
Additionally, YES announced that through Wednesday, the station’s Nets viewership is up 89% from last season — 85,000 viewers per game this year to 45,000 per game in 2019-20.
Amazing what a healthy Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving can do, along with the Nets’ new arrival, James Harden.
NBA communications department also says Nets’ Big 3 debut was League Pass’ most-viewed game in the United States and 4th most-viewed game across the globe this season. https://t.co/PkLsfn07Nn
— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) January 21, 2021
The Nets’ big three goes up against the Cavs again in their text game, which will be on YES Friday night.
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