By Devon Henderson | The Athletic, 2026-06-12 22:56:29
随着每场比赛的进行，创纪录的观众正守候在屏幕前，观看纽约尼克斯队一次次克服看似不可逾越的难关，去追逐建队53年来的首个NBA总冠军。
据ESPN报道，平均有2090万观众收看了ABC电视台直播的第四场比赛（G4）。在这场比赛中，尼克斯队在下半场抹平了29分的落后分差，并凭借OG·阿努诺比 (OG Anunoby) 在比赛还剩一秒时的补篮绝杀，以107-106逆转战胜圣安东尼奥马刺队。这场胜利让纽约在系列赛中以3-1领先，距离历史性的夺冠仅一步之遥。
26年#NBA总决赛收视人数再创新高，ABC电视台吸引了2090万观众收看
创下自98年以来NBA总决赛第四场（G4）最高收视人数
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— ESPN PR (@ ESPNPR) 2026年6月12日
这是自1998年迈克尔·乔丹 (Michael Jordan) 带领芝加哥公牛队最后一次夺冠征程以来，NBA总决赛第四场吸引观众人数最多的一次。在那场比赛中，公牛队凭借乔丹砍下的34分以86-82击败犹他爵士队，取得系列赛3-1的领先，并最终锁定了公牛队在90年代的第二个三连冠。
2026年总决赛第四场在尼克斯队完成NBA总决赛历史上最大分差逆转时，同时在线观看人数达到了2320万的峰值。这一收视数据比上赛季俄克拉荷马城雷霆队与印第安纳步行者队总决赛第四场的收视率高出了123%。
在整个总决赛期间，收视人数不断刷新纪录已成为一种趋势。第三场（G3）在ABC和ESPN的平均收视人数达到2380万，峰值达到2620万。这是自1998年那场同样的公牛对阵爵士系列赛以来，收视率最高的总决赛第三场。在那场比赛中，马刺队以115-111击败尼克斯队，这也是自1999年以来在麦迪逊广场花园球馆举办的首场NBA总决赛，前总统唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 也到场观战。
据ESPN报道，总决赛第一场（G1）的收视率与上赛季总决赛第一场相比也增长了90%。
显而易见，像纽约这样的大都市市场，加上赛场上最耀眼的两大超级巨星——马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和尼克斯队后卫杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 的强强联手，成功吸引了全美无数观众守候在电视机前。
第五场比赛（G5）将于周六在圣安东尼奥打响，纽约正处于夺得自1973年威利斯·里德 (Willis Reed) 镇守内线以来首个NBA总冠军的边缘。
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Knicks-Spurs is the most-watched NBA Finals Game 4 since end of Jordan era
With each passing game, record numbers of people are tuning in to watch the New York Knicks repeatedly overcome seemingly insurmountable odds in pursuit of the franchise’s first NBA championship in 53 years.
ESPN reported that an average of 20.9 million viewers tuned in to Game 4 on ABC to watch the Knicks erase a 29-point second-half deficit and complete a 107-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on an OG Anunoby tip-in with one second remaining. The win put New York ahead 3-1 in the series and on the brink of a historic championship.
Another record-setting audience for the '26 #NBAFinals as ABC drew an audience of 20.9M
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It was the largest audience for an NBA Finals Game 4 since 1998, the final championship run of Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. In that game, the Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz 86-82 behind 34 points from Jordan to take a 3-1 series lead and eventually secure the Bulls’ second three-peat of the decade.
Game 4 in 2026 reached a peak of 23.2 million concurrent viewers as the Knicks rallied from the largest deficit ever overcome in an NBA Finals game. The viewership numbers were 123 percent higher than in Game 4 of last season’s finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers.
It has been a continuing trend of record-setting audience numbers throughout these finals. Game 3 averaged 23.8 million viewers across ABC and ESPN and peaked at 26.2 million viewers. It was the most-watched NBA Finals Game 3 since that same Bulls-Jazz series in 1998. The Spurs defeated the Knicks 115-111, with President Donald Trump in attendance, in the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden since 1999.
Game 1 of the finals was also reported by ESPN to have drawn a 90 percent increase in viewership compared to Game 1 of last season’s finals.
It appears the combination of a major market like New York and two of the game’s biggest stars — Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and Knicks guard Jalen Brunson — has drawn massive audiences to television screens across the country.
Game 5 awaits Saturday in San Antonio, with New York on the verge of capturing its first NBA championship since Willis Reed patrolled the paint in 1973.
By Devon Henderson, via The Athletic