The Warriors not only crushed Portland's dreams of winning the Western Conference semifinal series with that riveting Stephen Curry-led overtime victory Monday night.
They also blasted the Sharks to smithereens in the television ratings games.No, it's not surprising, but the numbers are somewhat eye-opening.The Warriors-Trail Blazers attracted 6.1 million households for their Game 4 on TNT, according to SportsTVRatings.com.The Sharks had 500,000 home tuned in for their Game 6 loss to the Nashville Predators on CNBC.Again, that chasm isn't altogether surprising, except for this: Those are national numbers; the Portland and Nashville TV markets are essentially the same size; and the Warriors-Trail Blazers didn't start until close to 11 p.