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NBA Thunder–Lakers

Name: NBA Thunder–Lakers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2019-01-02 · NBA · ESPN

1,770,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2019-01-04

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Shifting to Wednesday night, Thunder-Lakers had 1.77 million viewers on ESPN — down 9% from the same matchup last year (1.96M) and down 18% from 2016 (Blazers-Warriors: 2.16M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

1,770,000

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

On the record

NetworksESPN

TeamsLakers · Thunder

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Cavaliers–Celtics

2018-01-03 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

3,200,000

NBA Thunder–Lakers

2018-01-03 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,950,000

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 Thunder–Lakers (2019-01-02): 1,770,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2019-01-04, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/01/nba-tnt-ratings-rockets-warriors-kawhi/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-lakers-thunder-2019-01-02, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950