Ratings Reference
Telecasts · NBA

NBA Finals Game 1

1999-06-16 · NBA · NBC
16,570,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-22

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Wikipedia
11.5/20 (16.57M Viewers) Wikipedia, verbatim
16,570,000
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

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