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Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks

Nielsen average audience: 7,710,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2026-10-20 Tuesday
Networks
NBC
Away
Philadelphia 76ers
Home
New York Knicks
7,710,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
provider-confirmed · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-10-22

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
7,710,000
Tuesday's Sixers-Knicks NBA Opening Night game averaged 7.71 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend2 figures
average audience
combined / full telecast / TV + streaming · final
confirmed · NBC Sports
7,700,000
… NBC Sports’ presentation of American Express NBA Tip-Off on Tuesday was led by 76ers-Knicks (7:04-10:02 p.m. ET), which averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 7.7 million viewers NBC Sports, verbatim
peak audience
combined / full telecast / TV + streaming · final
confirmed · NBC Sports
9,100,000
Viewership peaked at 9.1 million NBC Sports, verbatim
2 provider figures · 1 press attribution · provider-confirmed
combined counts all networks and streams · confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2026-27 season

1st of 3 published NBA figures in the 2026-27 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-23 01:13 UTC

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