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Telecasts · NBA

NBA Heat–Lakers

Nielsen average audience: 978,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2024-01-03 Wednesday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Heat · Lakers
978,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2024-01-06

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
978,000
The Heat-Lakers nightcap averaged just 978,000 viewers on ESPN, down 12% from the same matchup on the same night last year … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2023-24 season

92nd of 110 published NBA figures in the 2023-24 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 23:13 UTC

Prior-season comparable

1,030,000
NBA Bucks–Raptors
2023-01-04 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−5.0% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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