Heat-Pacers Game 7 sets TNT ratings record; viewership down from Miami's 2012 conference final
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With the Miami Heat playing in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, fewer television viewers tuned in than last year.
The Heat's 99-76 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night still drew the highest rating ever for an NBA game on TNT with a 7.1.
The 11.5 million viewers were down from 13.3 million for Miami's Game 7 victory over the Celtics last season on ESPN. Boston is a much larger market than Indianapolis, and the Celtics have more of a national following than the Pacers. That decisive game was also more competitive than Monday's, when the Heat led by 15 points at halftime.
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Ratings measure the percentage of U.S. homes with televisions tuned to a program.