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NBA Finals Game 1

2024-06-06 · NBA · ABC

10,990,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2026-08-22

Published figures

Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Wikipedia

5.7 (10.99M Viewers) Wikipedia, verbatim

10,990,000

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

On the record

NetworksABC

TeamsBoston Celtics · Dallas Mavericks

ScoreCeltics 107, Mavericks 89

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Finals Game 1

2023-06-01 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Wikipedia

11,580,000

Miami Heat at Denver Nuggets

2023-06-01 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

11,580,000

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 ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

NBA Finals Game 1 (2024-06-06): 10,990,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Wikipedia, 2026-08-22, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-finals-g1-celtics-mavericks-2024-06-06, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020

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