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NBA 76ers–Celtics

Name: NBA 76ers–Celtics
Creator: RatingsReference
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2022-10-18 · NBA · TNT

2,980,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2022-10-19

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

The five-year high was largely driven by a sharp increase for the Sixers-Celtics opener, which posted a 1.7 rating and 2.98 million viewers — up 31% in ratings and 36% in viewership from last year (Bucks-Nets: 1.3, 2.20M) and the most-watched early game on Opening Night since the aforementioned 2017 edition (Cavaliers-Celtics: 5.60M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

2,980,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksTNT

Teams76ers · Celtics

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers

2021-10-19 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

3,390,000

NBA Nets–Bucks

2021-10-19 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

2,160,000

2 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on TNT, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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NBA 76ers–Celtics (2022-10-18): 2,980,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2022-10-19, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2022/10/nba-opening-night-ratings-lakers-warriors-most-watched-three-years/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-76ers-celtics-2022-10-18, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020