Telecasts · NBA
Western Conference Finals Game 1
5,360,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2025-05-21
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average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Tuesday's Timberwolves-Thunder NBA Western Conference Finals Game 1 averaged 5.36 million viewers across ESPN and an ESPN2 "InsightCast" (366K), marking the least-watched conference final opener since Clippers-Suns on ABC in 2021, which aired a month out of schedule on Father's Day (4.72M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
5,360,000
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
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