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NBA Bucks–Lakers

Name: NBA Bucks–Lakers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2024-03-08 · NBA · ESPN

1,600,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2024-03-11

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Friday's Bucks-Lakers NBA regular season game averaged 1.60 million viewers on ESPN, the largest sports audience of the day and the network's most-watched weeknight NBA game since January 19 (Nuggets-Celtics: 2.20M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

1,600,000

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

On the record

NetworksESPN

TeamsBucks · Lakers

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Nets–Celtics

2023-03-03 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,210,000

NBA Grizzlies–Nuggets

2023-03-03 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,240,000

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 Bucks–Lakers (2024-03-08): 1,600,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2024-03-11, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/03/friday-3-8-sports-viewership-bucks-lakers-caitlin-clark-iowa-btn-record/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-bucks-lakers-2024-03-08, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020