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In contrast, the NBA Finals—also a seven-game series—averaged 27 million viewers, but this was notably the second-lowest in NBA Finals history. The disparity becomes starker when zooming into game sevens: the NBA's seventh game drew 16 million viewers, whereas a landmark Game 7 between the Dodgers and Blue Jays attracted 26 million viewers, thus highlighting baseball's edge in recent ratings.