ABC generated its highest-rated NBA Conference Semifinals broadcast since 2011 on Sunday for the Golden State Warriors Game 1 victory over the Houston Rockets. The broadcast delivered a 5.9 metered market rating, up 34 percent from last year’s comparable game. It peaked with an 8.1 rating in the final quarter hour, according to Nielsen. Yesterday’s ABC broadcast delivered a 17.4 in the San Francisco-Oakland market and a 13.0 in the Houston market.

Additionally, ABC’s coverage of Sunday’s NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 1, in which the Boston Celtics defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, generated a 3.7 metered market rating. It was up 16 percent from the last comparable Game 1, in 2017. The broadcast drew a 14.3 rating in the Milwaukee market and a 9.3 rating in the Boston market.

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