Television ratings for the Game 2 overtime thriller of the NBA Finals between the Lakers and Pistons more than doubled ratings for Game 2 of last year's championship series between the Spurs and Nets.

ABC's broadcast of the Lakers' 99-91 win received a 10.6 rating with a 19 share.  This is 106 percent higher than last year's Game 2 and registered as the highest-rated prime-time network program of this past Tuesday night.

The rating is a percentage of homes watching the NBA Finals game of all homes with television sets regardless of whether they are in use, while share is the percentage of homes tuning in among all homes with television sets in use.  Each rating point represents approximately 1.08 million households.