Boston Celtics at New York Knicks
Nielsen average audience: 5,730,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2025-05-16 Friday
- Networks
- ESPN
- Away
- Boston Celtics
- Home
- New York Knicks
5,730,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2025-05-20
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
5,730,000
On Friday night, Celtics-Knicks Game 6 averaged 5.73 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
6,600,000
The Knicks' series-clinching win, which peaked with 6.6 millionSports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
NBA 2024-25 season
26th 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 03:34 UTC
Prior-season comparable
5,020,000
2024-05-17 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+14.1% 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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