TNT Reveal Ratings Record for Miami Heat’s Game 7 Victory

TNT has revealed the Miami Heat’s win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night was the highest rating ever for an NBA game on the American cable television channel.

The Heat triumphed 99-76 over the Indiana Pacers with Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals reaching a rating of 7.1.

However the 11.5 million total viewers were down from 13.3 million for Miami’s Game 7 victory over the Celtics last season on ESPN. Boston is a much larger market than Indianapolis, and the Celtics have more of a national following than the Pacers. That decisive game was also more competitive than Monday’s, when the Heat led by 15 points at halftime.

Ratings measure the percentage of U.S. homes with televisions tuned to a program.