TV ratings for NBA games are down so far this season and the injury-riddled Golden State Warriors are among the reasons.
Coming into the season, the NBA and its television partners were banking on the Warriors to be one of the prime attractions — just as they had been for the previous five years. Despite the loss of Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson’s knee injury, Golden State still had superstar Steph Curry and was considered by many to be a playoff contender.
And so the Warriors were scheduled for five national games — on TNT, ESPN or ABC — over the first four weeks of the season.