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Telecasts · NBA

NBA Cavaliers–Knicks

Nielsen average audience: 2,170,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-10-22 Wednesday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Cavaliers · Knicks
2,170,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
provider-confirmed · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2025-10-24

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
2,170,000
Earlier in the night, Cavaliers-Knicks drew 2.17 million — up 26% from Bucks-Sixers last year (1.71M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
peak audience
full telecast · final
confirmed · ESPN
2,840,000
The audience peaked with 2.84 million viewers ESPN, verbatim
1 provider figure · 1 press attribution · provider-confirmed
confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2025-26 season

70th 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 23:08 UTC

Prior-season comparable

1,710,000
NBA Bucks–76ers
2024-10-23 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+26.9% 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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