The Las Vegas Aces’ sweep of the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals averaged 1.5 viewers across ESPN and ABC.

It is the second most-watched finals since 2000, only trailing last year’s Liberty-Lynx series.

The series-clinching Game 4 averaged 1.4 million viewers on ESPN, down from 1.7 million viewers last year.

Nine straight WNBA Finals games have averaged over a million viewers.

The full run of the WNBA playoffs averaged 1.2 million viewers across ESPN, up 5% from last year.Â