NBA Knicks–Lakers
Nielsen average audience: 3,340,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-03-08 Sunday
- Networks
- ABC
3,340,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-03-11
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
3,340,000
… with ABC averaging a 1.4 and 2.41 million for Celtics-Cavaliers and a 1.8 and 3.34 million for Knicks-Lakers …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
NBA 2025-26 season
51st of 101 published NBA figures in the 2025-26 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-31 00:03 UTC
Prior-season windows
2025-03-09 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
2,030,000
2025-03-09 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,870,000
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.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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