Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas Mavericks
Nielsen average audience: 1,880,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2021-12-15 Wednesday
- Networks
- ESPN
- Home
- Dallas Mavericks
1,880,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2021-12-21
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
1,880,000
The following night, the Lakers' buzzer-beating win over the Mavericks drew a 1.1 and 1.88 millionSports 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 2021-22 season
70th of 161 published NBA figures in the 2021-22 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 23:11 UTC
Prior-season comparable
1,220,000
2020-12-23 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+54.1% 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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