While some of it can be attributed to cable-cutting, other professional leagues, like the NFL and MLB have actually kept stable viewership demographics. Between 20, the league lost 40 to 45 percent of its viewership. This era likewise saw the continuous near year-over-year decrease in NBA viewership. On June 4, 2020, the NBA Board of Governors voted to resume the season in a 22-team format with 8 seeding games per group and a regular playoffs format, with all games played in a bubble Walt Disney World with no fans present. The 2019–- 20 season was suspended indefinitely on March 11, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert checked positive for the coronavirus.

The Warriors returned for a fifth consecutive Finals appearance in however lost to the Toronto Raptors, who won their very first championship after acquiring Kawhi Leonard in a trade. The Warriors won the Finals against the Cavaliers.Īfter the departure of James in free company in 2018, the Cavaliers' streak of playoff and Finals looks ended. In the 2015–- 16 season, the Warriors completed the season 73–- 9, the best season record in NBA history However, the Cavaliers got rid of a 3–- 1 deficit in the Finals to win their first champion In the 2016–- 17 season, the Warriors took advantage of the recruitment of complimentary representative Kevin Durant. The Cavaliers and the Warriors dealt with each other in the Finals a record 4 successive times. He led the team to their second Finals appearance with the help of Kyrie Irving Kevin Love Golden State Warriors beat the Cavaliers in 6 games, led by the Splash Brothers Stephen Curry Klay Thompson. After four seasons with the Miami Heat, LeBron James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2014–- 15 season.

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