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NBA Knicks–Lakers

Name: NBA Knicks–Lakers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2026-03-08 · NBA · ABC

3,340,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2026-03-11

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

All three Sunday windows had more viewers, with ABC averaging a 1.4 and 2.41 million for Celtics-Cavaliers and a 1.8 and 3.34 million for Knicks-Lakers — both up sharply from last year's lower-profile pairing of Nuggets-Thunder (1.87M) and Suns-Mavericks (2.03M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

3,340,000

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

On the record

NetworksABC

TeamsKnicks · Lakers

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Suns–Mavericks

2025-03-09 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

2,030,000

NBA Nuggets–Thunder

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.

Cite this figure

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NBA Knicks–Lakers (2026-03-08): 3,340,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2026-03-11, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/03/warriors-ratings-without-curry-down-trailing-other-nba-games/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-knicks-lakers-2026-03-08, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Big Data + Panel, since Sept 2025