The final numbers are in for the 2018-19 regular season and the Nets local TV ratings on the YES Network jumped 22 percent, the fourth biggest jump in the NBA. But despite that, the Nets continue to have the worst ratings (but not the smallest audience.)
The ratings were compiled by Sports Business Journal. As SB Nation’s Kristian Winfield tweeted, the Nets increase was accompanied by a big drop in Knicks viewership on MSG.
The Knicks' MSG broadcast, on the other hand, had the second-worst regular-season TV ratings drop in the league (-38%) with an average rating of now 0.