1 song on the charts when the 2005 NBA Finals ended. Now after 13 straight playoff appearances -- and eight consecutive trips to the NBA Finals -- James will in all likelihood be watching the NBA playoffs from the sidelines. For Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz -- which turned out to be the last NBA Finals game ever for Michael Jordan -- nearly 36 million people watched on TV. One year later, in 1999, an average of 16 million people watched the NBA Finals between the Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. Could a similar fate befall the 2019 NBA Finals sans LeBron?

Source: Forbes March 06, 2019 15:33 UTC