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Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers

2022-04-15 · NBA · ESPN

3,070,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2022-04-19

Published figures

Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

* Shifting to the NBA Play-in Tournament, Hawks-Cavaliers averaged a 1.7 and 3.07 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim

3,070,000

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

On the record

NetworksESPN

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Clippers–76ers

2021-04-16 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

885,000

NBA Knicks–Mavericks

2021-04-16 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,170,000

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

Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers (2022-04-15): 3,070,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2022-04-19, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2022/04/nba-playoff-ratings-most-watched-opening-weekend-11-years-nets-celtics/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-cavaliers-hawks-2022-04-15, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020

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