Record ratings

October, 27, 2010

10/27/10

6:00

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By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com

Celtics coach Doc Rivers joked before Tuesday's season-opener against the Heat that all of the world's eyes would be on Miami and he wasn't far off. From the Associated Press:

The debut of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Tuesday's opener drew the most viewers for an NBA regular-season game in cable history.

TNT said Wednesday that Miami's 88-80 loss to the Boston Celtics had a 4.6 rating and was watched by 7.4 million people. The rating is second only to the 4.9 for the Bulls-Lakers game on Feb. 2, 1996, when Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson met for the first time after both came out of retirement. That game had a smaller audience because of population growth.

Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Tuesday's game actually earned a higher rating in Boston (17.1) than in Miami (15.5). It drew a 10.6 in James' jilted former home of Cleveland.

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Chris Forsberg

Celtics reporter, ESPNBoston.com

Covered Celtics since 2007
Emmy award-winning videographer
Joined ESPNBoston.com in 2009

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TEAM	1	2	3	4	T
	24	15	28	21	88	» Recap » Box Score » » Conversation
	10	17	20	33	80	» Recap » Box Score » » Conversation
Points » C. Anthony (NYK) 21 points Rebounds » T. Chandler (NYK) 12 rebounds Assists » R. Felton (NYK) 7 assists

TEAM	W	L	GB	PF	PA
New York	54	28	-	99.9	95.7
Brooklyn	49	33	5.0	96.8	95.0
Boston	41	40	12.5	96.5	96.7
Philadelphia	34	48	20.0	93.1	96.5
Toronto	34	48	20.0	97.2	98.6

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POINTS

Paul Pierce

PTS	AST	STL	MIN
18.6	4.8	1.1	33.4

OTHER LEADERS

Rebounds

K. Garnett

7.8

Assists

R. Rondo

11.1

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1.8

Blocks

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0.9

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