The opening game of the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat brought 7.41 million viewers to ABC, the smallest audience for the finals since at least 1994, when total viewers began to be regularly recorded. The previous low was 8.06 million for Game 3 of the 2007 NBA Finals.
It would be a shame if the whole friggin league went broke and the holier-than-thou players learned to shut their mouths and just dribble the ball.