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Telecasts · NBA

NBA Rockets–Lakers

Nielsen average audience: 6,200,000 viewers (final), per Awful Announcing.

Aired
2026-04-26 Sunday
Networks
NBC · TNT
Teams
Lakers · Rockets
6,200,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-04-29

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Awful Announcing
6,200,000
Game 4 of the Lakers-Rockets drew 6.2 million viewers Awful Announcing, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
per network / full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
4,860,000
9:30 PM NBA Playoffs: Lakers v. Rockets 1.29 19 4.86 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

22nd 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 20:38 UTC

Prior-season comparable

6,630,000
Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets
2025-05-04 · TNT · truTV · HBO Max · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−6.5% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on TNT, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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