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NBA Cavaliers–Celtics

Nielsen average audience: 1,810,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-02-28 Friday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Cavaliers · Celtics
1,810,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2025-03-04

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,810,000
… 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 … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
1,810,000
NBA: Cavaliers v. Celtics ESPN 0.51 1.81 The TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2024-25 season

91st of 223 published NBA figures in the 2024-25 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:02 UTC
NBA 2024-25 season ledger

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.

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