ABC earned a 3.9 overnight rating last night for "NBA Saturday Primetime," which featured the Warriors beating the Thunder 121-118 in OT on a last-second 3-pointer from Warriors G Stephen Curry. That makes it the highest-rated, non-Christmas NBA regular-season game across all networks since '13. Last night's game peaked at a 5.6 rating between 11:15-11:30pm ET. The game drew a 14.9 local rating in the S.F.-Oakland-San Jose market, making it the highest-rated regular-season game (non-Christmas) ever on ABC or ESPN. In Oklahoma City, the game drew a 14.6 local rating, making it the highest-rated regular-season game on ABC or ESPN since '14 (ESPN).
Curry made 12 3-pointers on the night, breaking his own NBA mark from last year with 288 made for the season. ESPN’s Pablo Torre said of Curry, “He is a medieval torture rack. He is stretching you in ways we have never seen and it is brutal” (“Sports Reporters,” ESPN, 2/28). ABC’s Dan Harris said, “He needs to start shooting from the other team's net" (“Good Morning America,” ABC, 2/28).
