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Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Nielsen average audience: 2,520,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2026-10-20 Tuesday
Networks
NBC
Away
Boston Celtics
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Detroit Pistons
2,520,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
provider-confirmed · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-10-22

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
2,520,000
In addition to the usual primetime games, NBC aired a weekday matinee on Opening Night this season, as Celtics-Pistons averaged 2.52 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend1 figure
average audience
combined / full telecast / TV + streaming · final
confirmed · NBC Sports
2,500,000
The 2026-27 season tipped off with a special daytime presentation of Celtics-Pistons (3:00-5:43 p.m. ET), which averaged a TAD of 2.5 million viewers NBC Sports, verbatim
1 provider figure · 1 press attribution · provider-confirmed
combined counts all networks and streams · confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2026-27 season

3rd of 3 published NBA figures in the 2026-27 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-23 01:13 UTC

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