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NBA Cavaliers–Celtics

Name: NBA Cavaliers–Celtics
Creator: RatingsReference
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2025-02-28 · NBA · ESPN

1,810,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2025-03-04

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Viewership was also mixed on ESPN, which averaged 1.89 million for Clippers-Lakers and 1.81 million for Cavaliers-Celtics on Friday night — up 62 and 25 percent respectively from last year (Bucks-Bulls: 1.17M; Mavericks-Celtics: 1.45M) and the network's most-watched doubleheader of the season. Sports Media Watch, verbatim

1,810,000

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

On the record

NetworksESPN

TeamsCavaliers · Celtics

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Cavaliers–76ers

2024-02-23 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,200,000

NBA Bucks–Lakers

2024-03-08 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,600,000

NBA Timberwolves–Cavaliers

2024-03-08 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,210,000

3 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 Cavaliers–Celtics (2025-02-28): 1,810,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2025-03-04, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/03/nba-ratings-mixed-weekend-contenders-pretenders/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-cavaliers-celtics-2025-02-28, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020