NBA TV Rating timberwolves vs nuggets NBA Playoffs: The Minnesota Timberwolves made history against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night when they rallied from 20-point deficit to win a decisive Game 7 on the road to advance to the NBA Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks.
And now it appears that a historic audience was watching the Timberwolves in advance.
timberwolves vs nuggets According to the NBA, Sunday’s Game 7 between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets averaged 8.41M viewers on TNT/truTV/Max, making it the most-watched first- or second-round playoff game on TNT Sports. Sunday also marked the most active day on the NBA app and NBA.com.
Some of the growth can be attributed to the game enabling NBA fans without a cable subscription to watch the game, but that’s the extent of the exciting series played between the two teams. Between the Nuggets being the defending champions and the Timberwolves being an exciting upstart with an exciting superstar in Anthony Edwards, this series gave viewers everything they wanted.
While the common narrative is that fans tune in for major teams—the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks, the Golden State Warriors—these numbers show that if the product is interesting, people will tune in.
Timberwolves top Nuggets, advance to Western Conference Finals
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) and guard Anthony Edwards (5) celebrate after defeating the Denver Nuggets in game seven of the second round for the 2024 NBA playoffs at Ball Arena.
Somehow, Minnesota had enough energy in reserve to pull off a successful comeback against the Denver Nuggets, who took a 3-2 series lead after five games into the matchup. On Sunday, Minnesota ended the Nuggets’ reign as NBA champs with a 98-90 victory in the series finale in the Mile High City. Edwards’ performance wasn’t very impressive, but that didn’t stop Nuggets fans from trolling him when it became clear to everyone that the Timberwolves were going to win the series.
During the final minute of Game 7, Edwards waved goodbye to Denver fans after Reggie Jackson missed a 3-point attempt. At that point, everyone was just waiting for the final score, while Minnesota was putting the finishing touches on a Game 7 comeback in enemy territory.
The Timberwolves are rightly celebrating the successful takedown of Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets, but the mission is far from over. Currently in Minnesota and his franchise’s first NBA Finals are Luka Doncic and the surging Dallas Mavericks, who upset the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round, eliminating them from the playoffs after six games.
Edwards and Doncic are considered the brightest young stars in the league, and one of them is headed to the NBA Finals. That story will add flavor to what should be an exciting series starting this coming Wednesday in Minnesota.
