Western Conference Finals Game 2

Name: Western Conference Finals Game 2
Creator: RatingsReference
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2025-05-22 · NBA · ESPN

5,160,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2025-05-24

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Thursday's Timberwolves-Thunder NBA Western Conference Finals Game 2 averaged a 2.7 rating and 5.16 million viewers on ESPN, falling below Game 1 to rank as the least-watched conference final game since Hawks-Bucks Game 5 in the COVID-delayed 2021 postseason (4.92M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

5,160,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksESPN

TeamsThunder · Timberwolves

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season comparable

5,640,000

Eastern Conference Finals Game 2

2024-05-23 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

−8.5% vs the comparable

Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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Western Conference Finals Game 2 (2025-05-22): 5,160,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2025-05-24, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/05/thunder-timberwolves-ratings-least-watched-conference-final-game-four-years/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-thunder-timberwolves-2025-05-22, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020