Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers
Nielsen average audience: 5,900,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-05-09 Saturday
- Networks
- ABC
5,900,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-05-13
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
5,900,000
In other playoff action, ABC averaged 5.9 millionSports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
NBA 2025-26 season
25th 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 23:55 UTC
Prior-season comparable
6,570,000
2025-05-10 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−10.2% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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