In the United States, ABC's second week of regional coverage had a ratings increase of 56 percent from the comparable date last year. Each ratings point represents 1,022,000 households.
Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned in.
Saturday's broadcasts were Los Angeles at Detroit, Philadelphia at Buffalo, Pittsburgh at Washington and St. Louis at San Jose. Last year's broadcast on ABC featured St. Louis at San Jose. The Buffalo and Pittsburgh markets recorded ratings records Saturday. The previous record of 13.1 and 31 was set last year in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Philadelphia. In Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is averaging 1.7-million national viewers through 13 broadcasts, a 17 percent increase from last season through nine broadcasts.