The Cavaliers posted the highest television rating number in their home market since the Chicago Bulls averaged an 8.9 rating in Chicago for the 1997-98 season, Michael Jordan?s final season with that club.

An average of 134,000 homes tuned into each Cavaliers game in the Cleveland-area, which was second in the NBA behind 250,000 for the Lakers.  The Lakers play in the second biggest market in the country, while Cleveland is 17th.