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Telecasts · NBA

NBA Heat–Celtics

Nielsen average audience: 1,580,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2023-10-27 Friday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Celtics · Heat
1,580,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2023-11-04

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,580,000
Facing Game 1 the prior Friday, ESPN averaged a 1.0 rating (-7%) and 1.76 million (-8%) for Warriors-Kings and a 0.9 (+13%) and 1.58 million (+12%) for Heat-Celtics. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2023-24 season

64th of 110 published NBA figures in the 2023-24 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 23:10 UTC

Prior-season windows

NBA Pacers–Wizards
2022-10-28 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
736,000
NBA Pelicans–Suns
2022-10-28 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,030,000
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.

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