TNT delivered a slam dunk on Thursday night with the triple-overtime showdown of the Boston Celtics @ Chicago Bulls Game #6, earning a 3.5 US household (HH) rating and delivering  4,048,000 households and 5,352,000 total viewers  making the game the most watched Round One NBA game in cable television history.  In addition, the game was also cable’s #1 telecast for the evening in households, total viewers and key adult and male demos. Chicago evened the series at three games a piece with a 128-127 victory in the NBA playoff record fourth overtime game in the series.

TNT concludes their first round NBA Playoffs coverage on Saturday, May 2 as Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls face Rajon Rondo and the Boston Celtics in the series deciding Game #7 at 8 p.m. ET.  Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Doug Collins (analyst) and David Aldridge (reporter) will call the game from Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden.  TNT will tip-off its coverage at 7:30 p.m. ET with a 30-minute NBA Tip-Off presented by Hyundai featuring host Ernie Johnson and analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.  The trio will also conclude the night’s coverage with Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai.

Source: Turner Sports

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