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Telecasts · NBA

NBA Cavaliers–Celtics

Nielsen average audience: 1,280,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-10-29 Wednesday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Cavaliers · Celtics
1,280,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2025-11-06

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,280,000
Lakers-Timberwolves averaged 1.36 million and Cavaliers-Celtics 1.28 million, up 85 and 27 percent respectively from last year's pairing of Spurs-Thunder and Celtics-Pacers. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2025-26 season

92nd of 101 published NBA figures in the 2025-26 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:02 UTC

Prior-season comparable

1,710,000
NBA Bucks–76ers
2024-10-23 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−25.1% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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