Eastern Conference Finals Game 1

Name: Eastern Conference Finals Game 1
Creator: RatingsReference
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2024-05-21 · NBA · ESPN · ESPN2

6,430,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2024-05-23

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures

via pressaverage audienceLead figure

combined / full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

In the other conference final opener, Pacers-Celtics averaged 6.43 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim

6,430,000

via pressaverage audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Tuesday's Pacers-Celtics NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 averaged 6.43 million viewers across ESPN (6.28M) and ESPN2 (151K) — 6.48 million including ESPN Deportes (47K) — marking the largest audience for Game 1 of the East Final in six years and easily the top sports audience of the day. Sports Media Watch, verbatim

6,430,000

2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksESPN · ESPN2

TeamsCeltics · Pacers

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season comparable

7,360,000

Western Conference Finals Game 1

2023-05-16 · ESPN · E2 · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

−12.6% vs the comparable

Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 (2024-05-21): 6,430,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2024-05-23, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/05/mavericks-timberwolves-ratings-viewership-game-1-western-conference-finals/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-celtics-pacers-2024-05-21, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020