Raptors vs Golden State game 2 most watched NBA game in Canadian history

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By every measure, the Raptors' recent playoff run has been historic.

On Tuesday, Bell shared broadcast stats related to the team's recent game two loss to the Golden Country Warriors.

Beyond TSN, CTV2 and RDS, an boilerplate of four.3 million Canadians watched the Raptors attempt to get upwardly 2-0 on Steph Curry's Aureate Country Warriors, according to preliminary information sourced past Bell from Numeris.

At its elevation, when information technology was a two-possession game in the closing moments of the 4th quarter, approximately half dozen million Canadians were glued to their TV sets. More than ten meg unique viewers watched at least i part of the game.

To put those numbers in context, Bell says game two of the 2019 NBA Finals was the nearly-watched NBA game in Canada in history. What's more, second simply to this year'due south Super Bowl, the game ranks as the 2nd-near-watched English-language sports broadcast of the twelvemonth.

Bong's stats as well bear out the feeling that almost everyone in Toronto was watching the game. Bell states that game two had a 68 percent share on TSN and CTV2, which is to say that more than than two-thirds of Torontonians were caught upwards in the drama of game 2.

On the streaming front, Bell says information technology recorded 100,000 video starts on the TSN mobile app and TSN.ca.

What'south perhaps almost amazing is that we probable haven't seen the ceiling of Raptor mania. If the team goes deep in the series, information technology's possible ane or more of the games could surpass the Super Bowl as the virtually watched sporting program in Canada.

Tip-off for game iii is scheduled for Wednesday, June fifth at 9pm ET. TSN volition circulate game four on Friday, June seventh at 9pm ET.

Source: Bell