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NBA Pelicans–Lakers

Name: NBA Pelicans–Lakers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2018-12-21 · NBA · ESPN

1,870,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2018-12-27

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Friday's Pelicans-Lakers NBA regular season game drew 1.87 million viewers on ESPN, down 20% from Lakers-Warriors last year (2.32M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

1,870,000

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

On the record

NetworksESPN

TeamsLakers · Pelicans

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Clippers–Rockets

2017-12-22 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,700,000

NBA Lakers–Warriors

2017-12-22 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

2,300,000

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 ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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NBA Pelicans–Lakers (2018-12-21): 1,870,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2018-12-27, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/12/nba-ratings-espn-bowls-kentucky-unc/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-lakers-pelicans-2018-12-21, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950