Awful Announcing
Rogers' Sportsnet Now crashed during the first half of Game 5 of the NBA Final. Bell's Fibe TV crashed in the final 30 seconds there. And Fibe TV's app crashed during the final moments of Game 6, causing viewers to miss the moment where the Raptors officially won the NBA championship.
The subreddit had over 400,000 subscribers before it was shut down.
No, Conley will not be going to the "Jazz/Suns" for "TK TK TK."
"LaVar, can I switch gears with you because I have a question here?" "You can switch gears with me any time."
Helwani gave a passionate speech about what he thinks the Raptors' win meant to Canada.
Bayless has been hating on Leonard since Leonard left the Spurs, but he took that to a new level Thursday night and Friday morning after Leonard was named Finals MVP.
The solid (but not spectacular) rating slots in the middle of the pack when compared to prior Game 6 ratings.
"But for the Knicks, it feels like a sign of weakness, it feels like they have no other options, it feels like desperation. ...If I'm Kevin Durant, that kind of turns me off."
The average audience of 6.9 million viewers (English and French) here broke a lot of Canadian sports viewership marks, and even beat the Canadian audience for The Big Bang Theory's series finale.
The injury to Kevin Durant obviously casts a bit of a shadow over the NBA Finals, but the overnight rating for Game 5 was easily the best of the series.
Friday's Game 4 saw a higher average English-language audience in Canada than this year's Super Bowl (which wasn't simsubbed).
After six years and over 1,000 episodes, The Starters and NBA TV are parting ways.
It's tough to see a way to solid ratings for ABC, barring the Warriors battling back to force a Game 7.
Kyrie Irving was at New York nightclub 40/40. So were a bunch of Nets' players. But they insist they weren't there together.
