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NBA Kings–Warriors

Name: NBA Kings–Warriors
Creator: RatingsReference
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2023-04-23 · NBA · ABC

7,520,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2023-04-25

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Sunday's Kings-Warriors first round NBA playoff Game 4 averaged a 4.0 rating and 7.52 million viewers on ABC, marking the largest first round NBA playoff audience in 21 years — since NBC's final first round game in 2002 (Lakers-Trail Blazers Game 3: 8.56M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

7,520,000

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

On the record

NetworksABC

TeamsKings · Warriors

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Milwaukee Bucks at Chicago Bulls

2022-04-24 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

3,570,000

Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets

2022-04-24 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

5,860,000

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

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NBA Kings–Warriors (2023-04-23): 7,520,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2023-04-25, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/04/kings-warriors-ratings-game-4-most-watched-first-round-nba-game-21-years/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-kings-warriors-2023-04-23, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020