{"id":63040,"date":"2025-05-29T03:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/63040\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T03:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T03:56:13","slug":"nba-news-knicks-pacers-game-3-pulls-ratings-not-seen-since-lebrons-cavs-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/63040\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA news: Knicks-Pacers Game 3 pulls ratings not seen since LeBron\u2019s Cavs days"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post NBA news: Knicks-Pacers Game 3 pulls ratings not seen since LeBron\u2019s Cavs days<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks<\/a> and Indiana Pacers<\/a> delivered a massive viewership milestone<\/a>, drawing numbers not seen since LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

According to ClutchPoints\u2019 Tomer Azarly, Saturday\u2019s matchup on TNT and truTV averaged 7.09 million viewers, making it the most-watched Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals since the Cavaliers faced the Atlanta Hawks in 2015. That game averaged 7.76 million viewers and featured a dominant Cavaliers team led by James en route to a Finals appearance.<\/p>\n

Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>\u2019s historic Game 4 fuels Pacers\u2019 surge as East Finals showdown vs. Knicks captivates national audience\"\u00a9<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The surge in ratings comes amid an exciting and highly competitive series between two storied franchises. Game 1 of the series also made headlines for viewership<\/a>, averaging the highest numbers for an Eastern Conference Finals opener since 2018, when the Cavaliers battled the Boston Celtics. That game ended in dramatic fashion, with the Pacers securing a 138-135 overtime victory behind Tyrese Haliburton\u2019s late-game heroics.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Indiana responded in Game 4 with another standout performance, defeating the Knicks 130-121 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead<\/a> in the series. Haliburton posted a historic triple-double<\/a> \u2014 32 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds, and zero turnovers \u2014 becoming the first player ever to record such a stat line in a playoff game since turnovers began being tracked in the 1977\u201378 season.<\/p>\n

The viewership spike reflects growing interest in the Pacers\u2019 postseason run and the Knicks\u2019 return to the national spotlight. Both fan bases have shown strong engagement throughout the series, with the stakes only rising as the teams near a potential Finals berth.<\/p>\n

Game 5 will be held Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, with tip-off scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET on TNT. The Knicks will look to extend the series, while the Pacers aim to clinch their first NBA Finals appearance since 2000<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post NBA news: Knicks-Pacers Game 3 pulls ratings not seen since LeBron\u2019s Cavs days appeared first on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[208,7,75,306,136,305,193,3846,2955,126,516,6,1220,191,15443,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-63040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-cavaliers","12":"tag-cavs","13":"tag-cleveland","14":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","15":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","16":"tag-eastern-conference-finals","17":"tag-indiana-pacers","18":"tag-lebron","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-nba-finals","21":"tag-new-york-knicks","22":"tag-trevor-ruszkowski-imagn","23":"tag-tyrese-haliburton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114589112177010676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}