Game 3 of The Finals averaged approximately four million viewers as the Miami Heat defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 115-104. Game 1 averaged 7.4 million viewers and Game 2 averaged 4.5 million.
The game competed against Sunday Night Football on NBC in which the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the San Francisco 49ers, which drew an audience of 11.8 million total viewers and was down 20 percent from last week's preliminary numbers.
The NFL's broadcast was down 30 percent year-over-year in the 18-49 demo, while Game 3 of The Finals was down nearly 60 percent in the same demo compared to Game 3 last year between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors.