The 2025 Finals showed us there was no super team! Plus, both representing small markets, the story of success was very heartwarming. Even the viewership numbers suggested a huge win for Adam Silver’s NBA. Final numbers for Game 7 of the NBA Finals increased average viewership to 16.6 million, with the game peaking at 19.58 million viewers. But it seems not everybody was happy with the result, as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander inadvertently was at the receiving end of some booing.
“At the NBA Draft, the Barclays Center crowd booed when NBA Commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged the Oklahoma City Thunder’s championship and chanted “Free Throw Merchant” when he highlighted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as Finals MVP.” This tweet was from Ben Golliver, National NBA Writer for the Washington Post.
At the NBA Draft, the Barclays Center crowd booed when NBA Commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged the Oklahoma City Thunder’s championship and chanted “Free Throw Merchant” when he highlighted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as Finals MVP.
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) June 26, 2025
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