Strauss: The NBAs big conference finals viewership drop – The Athletic

By parting ways with Doc Rivers, the Clippers seem to have actually decided that the unusual bubble setting was a real extension of past seasons. Couple of NBA fans believed to spare Paul Georges sensations after he dissatisfied in these odd playoffs, which followed a four-month season stoppage. We, as media and fans, have mainly signed onto the concept that the bubble is real and its outcomes are legitimate.
Do we feel the very same method about the significant, potentially unprecedented viewership drop-off? Well, thats less agreed upon. Heading into the postseason, I wrote about the uncomfortable (primarily pre-pandemic) trends. The epilogue, as we enter the NBA Finals, is that those patterns did not enhance. In this space, I will discuss the numbers, because they are …