Telecasts · NBA

NBA Warriors–Lakers

Name: NBA Warriors–Lakers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2021-01-18 · NBA · TNT

2,320,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2021-01-20

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Warriors-Lakers led the way with 2.32 million, up 92% from Warriors-Blazers on MLK Day last year (1.21M), though off 6% from the same Warriors-Lakers matchup two years ago (2.47M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

2,320,000

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

On the record

NetworksTNT

TeamsLakers · Warriors

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics

2020-01-20 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

2,020,000

NBA Pelicans–Grizzlies

2020-01-20 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

651,000

NBA Warriors–Trail Blazers

2020-01-20 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,210,000

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

Cite this figure

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NBA Warriors–Lakers (2021-01-18): 2,320,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2021-01-20, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/01/nba-mlk-day-viewership-up-double-digits-tnt/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-lakers-warriors-2021-01-18, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020