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NBA Mavericks–Celtics

Nielsen average audience: 1,690,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2026-03-06 Friday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Celtics · Mavericks
1,690,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-03-11

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,690,000
… Mavericks-Celtics averaged a 1.0 and 1.69 million on ESPN last Friday night in Jayson Tatum' s return from an Achilles injury — nearly doubling Grizzlies-Mavericks last year (934K). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2025-26 season

76th 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 windows

NBA Cavaliers–Celtics
2025-02-28 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,810,000
NBA Clippers–Lakers
2025-02-28 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,890,000
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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