Game 5 of the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors averaged 7.55 million viewers on TNT.

The number surpasses Game 4 as the most-watched game on cable since Game 4 of the Warriors/Blazers series in 2019, while also representing the most-watched first or second round game on cable since 2012.

The current series is the first playoff series since the 2018 Western Conference Finals in which the first five games all averaged over 7 million viewers.

The series now accounts for five out the ten most-watched games over the first or second round this past decade, across all networks.