The Bounce: The MVP gets his revenge on the Spurs. Plus, legends fall in our tiers

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.We don’t have numbers yet for last night’s Game 2, but the NBA announced that Monday’s Spurs-Thunder game was the most-watched conference finals Game 1 ever. It had a Total Audience Delivery (some kind of industry measurement, I’m sure) of 9.2 million people. And it peaked at 12 million viewers in the second overtime. I’d say the NBA made a good decision by partnering with NBC and having more over-the-air games televised.Advertisement