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NBA Lakers–Mavericks

Nielsen average audience: 3,020,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2026-04-05 Sunday
Networks
NBC · Peacock
Teams
Lakers · Mavericks
3,020,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-04-10

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
3,020,000
… per Nielsen (1.5, 3.02M) and Adobe Analytics, marking the largest NBA audience since an Olympic-adjacent Celtics-Lakers game on "Sunday Night Basketball" in February (5.6M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
3,020,000
7:30 PM NBA: Lakers v. Mavericks 0.69 10 3.02 NBC The TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA 2025-26 season

56th of 101 published NBA figures in the 2025-26 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:04 UTC

Prior-season comparable

1,550,000
NBA Clippers–Warriors
2025-04-13 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+94.8% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, the only such window within a week of 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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