Wednesday night’s Nets-Knicks game at Madison Square Garden will long be remembered for its Nets historic comeback and Cam Thomas’ 29-foot dagger, the last of his 16 points in the fourth quarter.
And a lot of people were watching across the country. According to Sports Media Watch, the game attracted an average of 1.26 million viewers on ESPN. No word on what the audience peaked at, but with such a dramatic finish, it had to be high.
Then on Thursday, despite the two teams missing six stars between them, the Nets-Wizards game attracted 101,000 viewers, peaking at 144,000 during the 9:15 p.