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NBA Warriors–Lakers

Name: NBA Warriors–Lakers
Creator: RatingsReference
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2023-05-08 · NBA · TNT

7,520,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2023-05-09

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Monday's Warriors-Lakers second round NBA playoff Game 4 averaged 7.52 million viewers on TNT, up 43% from Grizzlies-Warriors last year (5.27M) and the most-watched first or second round playoff game on cable since 2012, topping the previous high set by Game 1 last week (7.36M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

7,520,000

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

Boston Celtics at Milwaukee Bucks

2022-05-09 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

5,030,000

Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors

2022-05-09 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

5,270,000

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

Cite this figure

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NBA Warriors–Lakers (2023-05-08): 7,520,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2023-05-09, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/05/warriors-lakers-ratings-game-four-viewership-tnt/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-lakers-warriors-2023-05-08, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020