Update: the game averaged 17.8 million viewers.
The Golden State Warriors win in overtime over the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 1 of the NBA Finals averaged a 12.9 overnight rating, a record for a game 1 of the NBA Finals and up a big 24% versus versus the 10.4 overnight for game 1 of last year’s Spurs-Heat finals.
Top local markets:
| Market | Rating |
| Cleveland | 41.4 |
| San Francisco | 28.9 |
| Columbus | 21.1 |
| Memphis | 19.9 |
| Norfolk | 16.5 |
| Miami-Ft. Lauderdale | 16.2 |
| Sacramento | 15.7 |
| Atlanta | 15.6 |
| Richmond-Petersburg | 15.2 |
| Raleigh-Durham | 15.0 |
Overnight household rating = the live+same day DVR overnight metered-market household rating from the top 56 Nielsen television markets. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) account for about 70% of the US TV-viewing population. The overnight household rating is the percentage of the households that were tuned-in in those markets