The Golden State Warriors won an overtime thriller yesterday, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-100 to take Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but that wasn’t their only victory of the night. Throughout this exciting game, the twitter world was buzzing, and we monitored all of the trending topics using our product, the NewzSocial Radar!
The graph below displays the amount of twitter activity surrounding the NBA Finals over the past week by geographical location. As you can see, there was plenty of twitter activity in San Francisco (where the game was being played) compared to Cleveland and many other big cities in the United States.
Our NewzSocial Radar product has shown that the twitter buzz percolated across the country with ~35 percent of twitter activity on game day surrounding the NBA Finals/Game 1 taking place in San Francisco, while only ~13 percent taking place in Cleveland. Way to show up and support your team through social media, Cavs fans! 🙂
As the playoffs progress, check out the buzz across the United States surrounding the NBA finals in social media using NewzSocial Radar as your dashboard. While the Warriors are clearly in the driver seat of the NBA Finals after their Game 1 victory, the battle to see which fan base can establish the greater social media presence has just begun, so pick it up Cavs fans!
To access the NewzSocial Radar for the NBA finals, go to the following website: http://nba.newzsocial.com/final
