Telecasts · NBA

Western Conference Finals Game 2 - Kings vs Lakers

Nielsen average audience: 5,538,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired: 2002-05-20 Monday
Networks: TNT
Teams: Kings · Lakers

5,538,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

single source · final

figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

5,538,000

5.538M Sports Media Watch, verbatim

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

Western Conference Finals by year

2002–2026

Record

23.8M 2002

This telecast

#81 of 100 Before Out-of-Home

Years on record

25 2002–2026

Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray

Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
Big Data + Panelsince Sept 2025

131 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:02 UTC

Western Conference Finals Game 2, every year on record

This telecast: #12 of 18 Game 2 telecasts in the Before Out-of-Home era

Big Data + Panel

2026NBC · Peacock7,770,000

Panel + Out-of-Home

2025ESPN5,160,000
2024TNT6,270,000
2023ESPN7,660,000
2022TNT6,770,000
2021ESPN5,324,000
2020TNT3,277,000

18 earlier Game 2 telecasts

Before Out-of-Home

2019ESPN7,877,000
2018TNT7,563,000
2017ESPN5,775,000
2016TNT7,573,000
2015ESPN6,866,000
2014TNT5,711,000
2013ESPN4,620,000
2012TNT7,299,000
2011ESPN7,041,000
2010TNT7,004,000
2009ESPN7,886,000
2008TNT5,513,000
2007ESPN3,420,000
2006TNT5,320,000
2005ESPN4,839,000
2004TNT8,163,000
2003TNT4,285,000
2002TNT5,538,000

25 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:02 UTC

Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
Year	Telecast	Avg audience
2002	Western Conference Finals Game 1	9,153,000
2002	Western Conference Finals Game 2	5,538,000
2002	Western Conference Finals Game 3	10,063,000
2002	Western Conference Finals Game 4	9,659,000
2002	Western Conference Finals Game 5	14,586,000
2002	Western Conference Finals Game 6	16,644,000
2002	Western Conference Finals Game 7	23,796,000
2003	Western Conference Finals Game 1	5,685,000
2003	Western Conference Finals Game 2	4,285,000
2003	Western Conference Finals Game 3	4,854,000
2003	Western Conference Finals Game 4	6,082,000
2003	Western Conference Finals Game 5	5,255,000
2003	Western Conference Finals Game 6	5,798,000
2004	Western Conference Finals Game 1	7,034,000
2004	Western Conference Finals Game 2	8,163,000
2004	Western Conference Finals Game 3	8,090,000
2004	Western Conference Finals Game 4	7,515,000
2004	Western Conference Finals Game 5	6,565,000
2004	Western Conference Finals Game 6	9,438,000
2005	Western Conference Finals Game 1	5,843,000
2005	Western Conference Finals Game 2	4,839,000
2005	Western Conference Finals Game 3	3,940,000
2005	Western Conference Finals Game 4	7,100,000
2005	Western Conference Finals Game 5	5,285,000
2006	Western Conference Finals Game 1	4,850,000
2006	Western Conference Finals Game 2	5,320,000
2006	Western Conference Finals Game 3	5,040,000
2006	Western Conference Finals Game 4	5,750,000
2006	Western Conference Finals Game 5	6,200,000
2006	Western Conference Finals Game 6	5,890,000
2007	Western Conference Finals Game 1	4,417,000
2007	Western Conference Finals Game 2	3,420,000
2007	Western Conference Finals Game 3	4,698,000
2007	Western Conference Finals Game 4	4,614,000
2007	Western Conference Finals Game 5	3,969,000
2008	Western Conference Finals Game 1	6,190,000
2008	Western Conference Finals Game 2	5,513,000
2008	Western Conference Finals Game 3	5,729,000
2008	Western Conference Finals Game 4	7,247,000
2008	Western Conference Finals Game 5	6,794,000
2009	Western Conference Finals Game 1	8,085,000
2009	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,886,000
2009	Western Conference Finals Game 3	8,731,000
2009	Western Conference Finals Game 4	9,731,000
2009	Western Conference Finals Game 5	9,238,000
2009	Western Conference Finals Game 6	8,462,000
2010	Western Conference Finals Game 1	7,112,000
2010	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,004,000
2010	Western Conference Finals Game 3	8,460,000
2010	Western Conference Finals Game 4	7,641,000
2010	Western Conference Finals Game 5	8,670,000
2010	Western Conference Finals Game 6	8,154,000
2011	Western Conference Finals Game 1	6,982,000
2011	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,041,000
2011	Western Conference Finals Game 3	6,175,000
2011	Western Conference Finals Game 4	7,410,000
2011	Western Conference Finals Game 5	7,012,000
2012	Western Conference Finals Game 1	7,764,000
2012	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,299,000
2012	Western Conference Finals Game 3	7,134,000
2012	Western Conference Finals Game 4	6,529,000
2012	Western Conference Finals Game 5	8,507,000
2012	Western Conference Finals Game 6	9,498,000
2013	Western Conference Finals Game 1	4,854,000
2013	Western Conference Finals Game 2	4,620,000
2013	Western Conference Finals Game 3	4,941,000
2013	Western Conference Finals Game 4	5,210,000
2014	Western Conference Finals Game 1	6,363,000
2014	Western Conference Finals Game 2	5,711,000
2014	Western Conference Finals Game 3	6,679,000
2014	Western Conference Finals Game 4	6,420,000
2014	Western Conference Finals Game 5	6,925,000
2014	Western Conference Finals Game 6	8,151,000
2015	Western Conference Finals Game 1	6,848,000
2015	Western Conference Finals Game 2	6,866,000
2015	Western Conference Finals Game 3	5,676,000
2015	Western Conference Finals Game 4	8,280,000
2015	Western Conference Finals Game 5	8,887,000
2016	Western Conference Finals Game 1	8,706,000
2016	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,573,000
2016	Western Conference Finals Game 3	8,018,000
2016	Western Conference Finals Game 4	8,633,000
2016	Western Conference Finals Game 5	9,998,000
2016	Western Conference Finals Game 6	10,811,000
2016	Western Conference Finals Game 7	15,996,000
2017	Western Conference Finals Game 1	8,129,000
2017	Western Conference Finals Game 2	5,775,000
2017	Western Conference Finals Game 3	6,332,000
2017	Western Conference Finals Game 4	5,785,000
2018	Western Conference Finals Game 1	8,902,000
2018	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,563,000
2018	Western Conference Finals Game 3	7,797,000
2018	Western Conference Finals Game 4	8,372,000
2018	Western Conference Finals Game 5	9,322,000
2018	Western Conference Finals Game 6	9,471,000
2018	Western Conference Finals Game 7	14,929,000
2019	Western Conference Finals Game 1	7,315,000
2019	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,877,000
2019	Western Conference Finals Game 3	7,247,000
2019	Western Conference Finals Game 4	7,788,000
2020	Western Conference Finals Game 1	5,112,000
2020	Western Conference Finals Game 2	3,277,000
2020	Western Conference Finals Game 3	4,830,000
2020	Western Conference Finals Game 4	4,600,000
2020	Western Conference Finals Game 5	4,790,000
2021	Western Conference Finals Game 1	4,520,000
2021	Western Conference Finals Game 2	5,324,000
2021	Western Conference Finals Game 3	5,330,000
2021	Western Conference Finals Game 4	5,687,000
2021	Western Conference Finals Game 5	5,740,000
2021	Western Conference Finals Game 6	5,932,000
2022	Western Conference Finals Game 1	6,520,000
2022	Western Conference Finals Game 2	6,770,000
2022	Western Conference Finals Game 3	7,416,000
2022	Western Conference Finals Game 4	6,193,000
2022	Western Conference Finals Game 5	6,793,000
2023	Western Conference Finals Game 1	7,360,000
2023	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,660,000
2023	Western Conference Finals Game 3	8,380,000
2023	Western Conference Finals Game 4	8,209,000
2024	Western Conference Finals Game 1	7,020,000
2024	Western Conference Finals Game 2	6,270,000
2024	Western Conference Finals Game 3	7,250,000
2024	Western Conference Finals Game 4	6,870,000
2024	Western Conference Finals Game 5	6,260,000
2025	Western Conference Finals Game 1	5,360,000
2025	Western Conference Finals Game 2	5,160,000
2025	Western Conference Finals Game 3	5,260,000
2025	Western Conference Finals Game 4	6,530,000
2025	Western Conference Finals Game 5	4,620,000
2026	Western Conference Finals Game 2	7,770,000