Game 5 Ratings Up 11% from '06 NBA Finals
Published 6/17/2008 at NBA.com: News
The Los Angeles Lakers' 103-98 win over the Boston Celtics to avoid elimination averaged a 10.1 fast national rating on ABC, the network said Monday. That's an 11 percent increase over the 9.1 for Game 5 of the Dallas-Miami series in 2006.
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