On Friday, the National Basketball Association’s New Orleans Pelicans fell to the defending champions, the Denver Nuggets, in a regular-season matchup that saw star Nikola Jokic score 27 points, while contributing 14 assists and 10 rebounds.
While Pelicans fans couldn’t enjoy a victory, they could relish the fact that they could tune in without the need of a pay-TV regional sports network.
Guess what? The ratings for the Pelicans-Nuggets matchup on local television topped that of the NBA finals in June 2023 in New Orleans.
