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Star power: Viewership for Game 1 of NBA Finals up 90% over last year's series opener

Yahoo Sports NBA, High-authority source4 months agoNBA logoNBA

The star power of Victor Wembanyama and Jalen Brunson helped this year's NBA Finals get off to a huge start in terms of viewership, the likes of which hadn't been seen since the last finals matchup between LeBron James and Stephen Curry eight years ago. Game 1 of the finals matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks averaged nearly 17 million viewers on Wednesday night, up 90% when compared to last season's finals Game 1. It was the most-watched Game 1 since 2018, the most rece...

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Can't afford sky-high tickets to see the Knicks in person? Trump says 'watch it on television'

Yahoo Sports NBA, High-authority source4 months agoNBA logoNBA

President Donald Trump confirmed he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden, but said he doesn't have much sympathy for ordinary basketball fans who can't afford sky-high ticket prices to do the same. “They can watch it on television,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday as he flew to Wisconsin for an event with farmers, after he was asked about tickets that have climbed as high as $8,000 each when the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs square of...

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Paul Westhead, champion coach in NBA and WNBA, receives NBCA's Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award

Yahoo Sports WNBA, High-authority source4 months agoWNBA logoWNBA

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Paul Westhead had a coaching career like none other. He won an NBA championship as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980. He won a WNBA championship as coach of the Phoenix Mercury in 2007. And at the college level, his 1989-90 Loyola Marymount team that was led by Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble remains the highest-scoring squad in NCAA Division I history. Add it up, and that's achievement. And the National Basketball Coaches Association celebrated his work on Friday, whe...

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Game 2: Knicks looking to take command of NBA Finals, Spurs hoping to tie the title series

Yahoo Sports NBA, High-authority source4 months agoNBA logoNBA

Jalen Brunson was the star of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, willing the New York Knicks to a series-opening win. Victor Wembanyama, even while struggling from the field, put up big numbers for the San Antonio Spurs in his finals debut as well. Game 2 of the title series is Friday night in San Antonio, with the Spurs hoping to pull into a tie before the series heads to New York — and the Knicks aiming at becoming the first team since Houston in 1995 to start the NBA Finals with two road wins.

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