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Telecasts · NBA

NBA Thunder–Cavaliers

Nielsen average audience: 1,870,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-01-08 Wednesday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Cavaliers · Thunder
1,870,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2025-01-10

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,870,000
… averaged 1.87 million viewers on ESPN — up 20% from Pelicans-Warriors on ABC last year and the second-largest NBA audience on the ESPN cable networks this season. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2024-25 season

88th of 223 published NBA figures in the 2024-25 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-31 01:08 UTC
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Prior-season comparable

978,000
NBA Heat–Lakers
2024-01-03 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+91.2% 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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