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The Toronto Raptors’ NBA Finals debut gave the team its third Canadian television audience record in two weeks.

Sportsnet said Toronto’s 118-109 win over the visiting Golden State Warriors Thursday attracted an average audience of 3.3 million viewers, a record for an NBA game in Canada. That figure topped the previous record of 3.1 million, set Saturday as the Raptors finished off the Milwaukee Bucks in the East final.

The high mark before the Bucks game was on May 12 when an average of 2.2 million viewers tuned in for the Raptors’ Game 7 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinal.

Game 1 of the NBA Finals reached 7.4 million Canadians and the audience peaked at 4.1 million at 11:35 p.m. ET. TSN has the Canadian rights for Game 2 of the finals on Sunday night.