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NBA Raptors–Celtics

Name: NBA Raptors–Celtics
Creator: RatingsReference
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2019-01-16 · NBA · ESPN

1,780,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2019-01-19

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

On Wednesday night, Raptors-Celtics scored a 1.1 and 1.78 million on ESPN — up 10% in ratings and 17% in viewership from last year (Lakers-Thunder: 1.0, 1.52M) and up 38% in both measures from 2017 (Bucks-Rockets: 0.8, 1.30M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

1,780,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksESPN

TeamsCeltics · Raptors

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Nuggets–Clippers

2018-01-17 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,100,000

NBA Lakers–Thunder

2018-01-17 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,500,000

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.

Cite this figure

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NBA Raptors–Celtics (2019-01-16): 1,780,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2019-01-19, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/01/nba-ratings-lakers-thunder-raptors/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-celtics-raptors-2019-01-16, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950