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NBA Lakers–76ers

Name: NBA Lakers–76ers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2021-01-27 · NBA · ESPN

1,780,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2021-01-30

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Wednesday's Lakers-Sixers NBA regular season game averaged 1.78 million viewers on ESPN, up 103% from the comparable game last January (Pistons-Nets: 876K), up 97% from 2019 (Pacers-Wizards: 903K), and the network's most-watched non-Christmas game this season. Sports Media Watch, verbatim

1,780,000

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

On the record

NetworksESPN

Teams76ers · Lakers

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Pistons–Nets

2020-01-29 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

876,000

NBA Rockets–Trail Blazers

2020-01-29 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,150,000

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 ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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NBA Lakers–76ers (2021-01-27): 1,780,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2021-01-30, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/01/nba-ratings-increase-lakers-sixers-torrey-pines-golf-nhl-college-hoops/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-76ers-lakers-2021-01-27, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020