The NBA on TNT is off to a rough start in the ratings. Also: a good week for the NHL on NBCSN, and miscellaneous numbers for college basketball, NASCAR’s Xfinity Series and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.

TNT averaged a 0.6 rating and 909,000 viewers for Mavericks-Knicks and a 0.49 and 766,000 for Nets-Nuggets Thursday, marking the network’s sixth-straight NBA games with fewer than a million viewers. Including ESPN, nine games have failed to crack the million viewer mark thus far, compared to 19 all of last season.

Ratings fell 22% and viewership 18% for New York’s win (vs. Rockets-Thunder: 0.7, 1.12M); Denver’s win sank 51% in both measures (vs. Bucks-Warriors: 1.0, 1.57M). Eight of ten TNT games have declined from last year.

On Wednesday night, ESPN averaged a 1.3 rating (-7%) and 1.99 million viewers (-10%) for Warriors-Lakers — marking the fifth-largest audience of the young season. The Lakers have played in three of the top five.

Earlier in the night, Clippers-Rockets averaged a 1.1 (+10%) and 1.66 million (+10%). Of the seven windows on ESPN/TNT to increase over last season, the Clippers have played in three.