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Raptors’ title-clinching win watched by record 15.9M viewers


TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors’ Game 6ix victory on Thursday clinching Canada's first NBA championship attracted an average audience of 7.7 million viewers on TSN, CTV, and RDS, making it the most-watched NBA game on record in Canada and the biggest English-language television broadcast in three years.A record 15.9 million unique Canadian viewers – 44% of Canada's population – tuned in to watch some part of the game, said TSN, quoting Numeris data.  Audiences peaked at nearly 10 million viewers (9.99 million) at 11:47 p.m. ET in the game's final minute.In Toronto and Hamilton, the game had a share of 82% on...