Telecasts · NBA

NBA Spurs–Lakers

Name: NBA Spurs–Lakers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2018-12-05 · NBA · ESPN

1,820,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2018-12-08

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Wednesday's Spurs-Lakers NBA regular season game delivered a 1.2 rating and 1.82 million viewers on ESPN, up 71% in ratings and 73% in viewership from last year (T'Wolves-Clippers: 0.7, 1.05M) but down 20% and 23% respectively from 2016 (Warriors-Clippers: 1.5, 2.37M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

1,820,000

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

On the record

NetworksESPN

TeamsLakers · Spurs

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Timberwolves–Clippers

2017-12-06 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,000,000

NBA Warriors–Hornets

2017-12-06 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,600,000

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 Spurs–Lakers (2018-12-05): 1,820,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2018-12-08, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/12/lakers-ratings-espn-sixers-nhl-liga-mx/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-lakers-spurs-2018-12-05, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950