Los Denver Nuggets se coronan por primera vez campeón de la NBA
Por Daniel "Mr. Clutch" Mercado Castro
2023 NBA PLAYOFFS ARE MOST-WATCHED IN FIVE YEARS
– NBA Playoff Games Account for Nine of the Top 10 Most-Watched Programs Across All of Television Since the Beginning of May –
– 2023 NBA Finals More Than Triples Its Competition; Nuggets-Heat Series
Averages 11.64 Million Viewers and More than 13 Million Viewers for Game 5 –
– NBA Playoffs Deliver Record Engagement Across Social and Digital Platforms –
NEW YORK, June 13, 2023 – The 2023 NBA Playoffs across ABC, ESPN and TNT averaged 5.47 million viewers, making it the most-watched playoffs in five years. NBA games accounted for nine of the top 10 most-watched programs across all of television since the beginning of May and 15 of the top 20 most-watched programs among people under 50 since the start of April.
The 2023 NBA Finals, which saw the Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat in a five-game series on ABC, averaged 11.64 million viewers, more than tripling its competition and winning the night across all of television for all five broadcasts. The championship-clinching Game 5 averaged 13.08 million viewers, up 1% vs. last year’s Game 5, and peaked at 17.88 million viewers at 11 p.m. ET.
Across all @NBA social media platforms, the 2023 NBA Playoffs garnered eight billion views, making it the most-viewed playoffs ever. @NBA on Twitter was the most-viewed brand on the platform during the 2023 NBA Finals. Driven by users outside of the U.S., the NBA App also had a historic postseason, with unique viewers on NBA League Pass up 32% vs. last year. 2023 NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic’s popularity on social media skyrocketed throughout the Denver Nuggets’ title run with more than 540 million views, catapulting him from the No. 18 most-viewed player on social last season to No. 1 since May 1.
The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat 94-89 on Monday in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV. The Nuggets won the series 4-1. Below are notes about Game 5 and Denver’s first NBA championship.
• Denver has won its first NBA championship, which completes its 47th NBA season. It’s the most seasons played by an NBA franchise prior to winning its first NBA championship.
• Before joining the NBA for the 1976-77 season, Denver played nine seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA). The franchise made one ABA Finals appearance (1976) but did not win an ABA championship.
• Denver is the 20th active franchise and 21st franchise overall to win an NBA championship. (The now inactive Baltimore Bullets were champions in the 1947-48 season.)
• Denver is the 11th active franchise and 12th franchise overall (when including the Baltimore Bullets) to win an NBA championship in its first NBA Finals appearance. The three most recent instances of a franchise winning an NBA championship in its first NBA Finals appearance are Denver (2023), Toronto (2019) and Miami (2006).
• The Nuggets are the third team in the last eight seasons to win their first NBA championship, joining Cleveland (2016) and Toronto (2019).
• With Denver’s NBA Finals victory, a different franchise has won the NBA championship for the fifth consecutive season. This is the first time with five different NBA champions in a five-year span since the 1976-77 – 1980-81 seasons.
• The Nuggets went 16-4 in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, tied for the second-best record by an NBA champion in a single postseason since 2003 (when the first round expanded to best-of-seven). San Antonio also went 16-4 in 2007. Golden State was 16-1 in 2017.
• Nuggets center Nikola Jokić is the recipient of the Bill Russell Trophy as the 2023 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He received all 11 votes from a media panel at the NBA Finals.
• Jokić is the 11th player to win at least two regular-season NBA MVPs and one NBA Finals MVP in a career, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Stephen Curry, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Moses Malone.
• Jokić was the 41st pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. He is the lowest-drafted player to win the NBA Finals MVP award with the exception of Moses Malone, who was not selected in the NBA Draft.
• Jokić averaged 30.2 points, 14.0 rebounds and 7.2 assists in the NBA Finals. He is the first player to average at least 30.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in an NBA Finals series.
• Jokić led all players in total points (600), rebounds (269) and assists (190) in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. He is the first player to lead the league in all three categories in a single postseason.
• Nuggets guard Jamal Murray averaged 21.4 points and 10.0 assists in the NBA Finals. He is the fourth player to average at least 20.0 points and 10.0 assists in an NBA Finals series, joining Magic Johnson (1987 and 1988), Michael Jordan (1991) and LeBron James (2017 and 2018). Murray and Jordan are the only players to do it in their first NBA Finals.
• Every player on the Nuggets’ roster has won his first NBA championship except guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who is now a two-time champion. Caldwell-Pope was part of the Lakers’ 2019-20 championship team.
• This is the first NBA championship for Denver head coach Michael Malone, who has 22 seasons of NBA coaching experience (including 10 as a head coach). His father, Brendan Malone, won two NBA championships as an assistant coach with Detroit (1989 and 1990).
• Nuggets forward Christian Braun has won an NBA championship one year after winning an NCAA championship. He is the fifth player to win NCAA and NBA championships in back-to-back years, joining Bill Russell, Henry Bibby, Magic Johnson and Billy Thompson. (Players had to have played in at least one playoff game for the NBA champion and played in the NCAA championship game for the winning team.)
NCAA AND NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BACK-TO-BACK YEARS | ||
Player | NCAA Title | NBA Title |
Bill Russell | San Francisco (1956) | Boston Celtics (1957) |
Henry Bibby | UCLA (1972) | New York Knicks (1973) |
Magic Johnson | Michigan State (1979) | Los Angeles Lakers (1980) |
Billy Thompson | Louisville (1986) | Los Angeles Lakers (1987) |
Christian Braun | Kansas (2022) | Denver Nuggets (2023) |
• Miami center Bam Adebayo finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the series and fifth game with 20 or more points. He averaged 21.8 points and 12.4 rebounds in the series.
• ABC play-by-play commentator Mike Breen called his 100th NBA Finals game on Monday. That is the most for a national NBA play-by-play voice.
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