I think this is more about the matchups. ESPN had its second best opening night ever: https://www.nba.com/news/opening-night-on-espn-viewership-2023

The suns were the late game and id imagine it had horrible viewership in az. Noone cared everyone was watching game 7

inb4 idiots make the claim that the Nuggets being this good is bad for watching basketball.

Tuesday night is a tough opening night.