nba championship predators

Chapter 33 The Sad Ratings
In any case, the Lakers on the edge of the cliff finally grasped a life-saving straw.

It took a victory on the 76ers' territory, and it was a hearty victory, which greatly boosted the morale of the Lakers.

Of course, this is all secondary.

The most important thing is that the Finals series does not end in Game [-], it may play five games, six games.

It would be the best thing to have a tiebreaker, then some old Jewish man must be very happy.

Since Jordan retired in 1998, the NBA seems to have entered the twilight of the gods.

The stars who used to be hard steel with Jordan began to fall:
Charles Barkley is dying with a back injury;
"Glider" Drexler retired with Joe Gang;
"Big Dream" Olajuwon, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing and other steel behemoths began to be injured, relegated to the second line, and sold at a low price.

And Jordan's successors, Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill, seemed to be cursed, and they were seriously injured when they reached their peak.

"Glamorous" Jordan retired, waved his sleeves, and took away a large number of fans.

There is a window period of "popular lovers" in the NBA league, fans are losing fans crazily, and the ratings are plummeting.

The Jewish old man's uniform team was once very worried about the prospects of the NBA, but there was nothing they could do.

Let's worship the ratings like the God of the Joe Gang:

In the 1998 finals, Qiao Gangzhu VS Utah Shuangsha, the average ratings of the NBA Finals broke the record to 18.7, which has never been seen before, and the average number of viewers is 2904 million. This data has been maintained until 20 years later and is still unrivaled in the world.

In Game 45 of the finals, Jordan scored 31 points and Malone scored 11 points and [-] rebounds. At the last moment, Jordan stole Malone, then dribbled the ball in the frontcourt and knocked Russell down.

The audience rating of this game reached 22.3, and the number of viewers reached 3589 million!
However, Jordan retired.

Let's take a look at how far the ratings of the NBA Finals have dropped since 1998:

In 1999, the newly minted Deng Dada led the Spurs VS Gorilla Ewing's Knicks, which directly collapsed from 18.7 last year to 11.3.

If you are familiar with the Spurs, you will understand that such ratings are definitely the highest ratings in the finals that the Spurs have participated in.

Outside of San Antonio's diehard fans, the Spurs' fan base is estimated to rank last in the league.

Moreover, under the guidance of Mr. Popovich, the Spurs' style of play for thousands of years is absolutely poison to the ratings.

In 2000, the first championship of the Lakers dynasty VS Indiana Pacers, 11.6, a slight increase.

Ao Pang obviously has more box office appeal than Deng Daida and Gorilla, but this appeal is only worth 0.3 ratings...

Iverson's avatar-like performance in the first game of this year's finals finally brought many "lost viewers" back to the TV.

This is why the Jewish old man would rather manipulate the game than let the 76ers sweep the championship!

According to statistics from the National Broadcasting Corporation, the ratings of the NBA regular season this year are 3.12% lower than last year.

This is not the lowest. The ratings of the Eastern and Western Division finals held before were only 4.9, which was 14% lower than last year, and once became one of the programs with the lowest ratings.

Such data almost made the old Jewish man feel so depressed that he almost wanted to swallow his own excrement.

However, Iverson saved him...

Since the finals started, the ratings have skyrocketed.

The ratings for Game 16.1 of the NBC Finals live broadcast were 24, a [-] percent increase over the Lakers-Pacers rating for Game [-] of last year's Finals.

The average ratings of the first three games of the finals also increased by 20% compared with the same period last year, reaching 15.3.

Iverson's style has never been loved by NBA executives, but fans like it.

Since entering the league in 1996, Iverson has unknowingly influenced the entire American culture when he fought against the league and the media rebelliously alone - hip-hop, ditch head, gorgeous dribble, lightning breakthrough, solitary, fearless...

A whole generation is imitating him.

Can the bigwigs at NBA headquarters contribute to the ratings?
Of course not, the fans are the gods of ratings!

Only when there are stars and games that fans like to watch, busy fans will sit down quietly and turn on the TV.

Ratings are the last word!

At this time, the bosses in suits and leather shoes at the NBA headquarters thought that Iverson was extremely cute, and his dimpled hair was so cool, so handsome...

What the Jewish old man didn't know was that after Jordan retired, the NBA still couldn't return to the grand occasion of the year after 20 years of hard work and hard work!

Because the league has never been able to find a perfect replacement for Jordan's spokesperson!
The selected successors of Jordan were all cursed by the devil, suffered serious injuries at their peak, and fell quickly.

Later, it was finally determined to support Kobe, but before Kobe's technology and popularity reached their peak, his indelible black history had already happened:
For example, the "Eagle County incident", "Forcing O'Neill away", and "Between parents", these incidents have caused a sensation, and even the Jewish old man can't be cleansed.

So Kobe is destined to be great, but he cannot be as perfect as Jordan.

Of course, as we all know, the Jewish old man later fell in love with LeBron James and proclaimed himself "Emperor".

But the "little emperor" has been patted by Deng Dumbly every year, and his hairline has fallen back, and he has not yet won the championship.

Frustrated, they actually held a group at their peak, which disappointed the old Jewish man.

Since then, there has been no true league No.1 in the NBA.

As evidenced by the ratings of the NBA Finals in the next 18 years:
In 2002, the third championship of the Lakers Dynasty vs. the weak Nets. This kind of game with great disparity in strength made the ratings drop to 10.2 again;

In 2003, the San Antonio box office poisoned the Spurs VS the weak Nets, breaking through the lower limit of 6.5 without any suspense;

In 2004, the Zijin Lakers of Fantasy F4 increased the ratings, but their opponent was the Detroit blue-collar team who had no box office appeal, which rose by 5 points, 11.5;

In 2005, San Antonio's box office poison came again, and their opponent, the Detroit blue-collar group, also had no box office appeal, so the ratings dropped again, 8.2;

In 2006, the Sharks who traveled east led the upset Miami Heat to meet the newcomer Dallas Mavericks in the Finals. For Sharks' sake, the ratings rose by 0.3 to 8.5;

In 2007, the return of the box office poison king, even if the opponent was the godson of the Jewish old man, the ratings still fell hopelessly to 6.2;

The 2008 Yellow-Green War classic reappeared, and the ratings barely rose to 9.3 (while the ratings of the 1987 Yellow-Green War between Bird Bird and Magic Johnson were 15.9);
In 2009, the Lakers VS Magic, the box office appeal of Warcraft was obviously not as good as the Big Three Hulk, and the ratings dropped to 8.4;

In the second yellow-green battle in 2010, the Lakers won the second championship, and the ratings rose to 10.6.

From 2011 to 2018, the ratings have always hovered between 10 and 12, and the NBA has also transitioned from a Jewish old man to a bald Xiao Hua who is not a good person at first glance.

In 2018, under the double blow of the World Cup and referee manipulation of the game, only 1800 million viewers per game watched the NBA Finals on TV (including network TV and live broadcast).

Who will save the ratings of the old Jewish man?
(End of this chapter)