It would be nice but when you look at the ratings, the fan base just isn't there. The Raptors don't get great ratings and other NBA games are even worse. Although these games were going up against playoff hockey, you would think someone would tune into NBA playoffs.
But even with that kind of competition, you'd think the second round of the NBA playoffs would do better than it did Tuesday. The Dallas-Denver game averaged 17,000 viewers on The Score, which is about the same size audience that would stick through an hour of static.
But that was positively huge compared to the audience TSN2 drew for LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks: 9,000. Yes, it's TSN2 and it's still not on Rogers Cable (13 days to Jay-Day, if you're counting.
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