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NBA Lakers–Warriors

Name: NBA Lakers–Warriors
Creator: RatingsReference
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2023-05-10 · NBA · TNT

7,550,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2023-05-11

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Wednesday's Lakers-Warriors second round NBA playoff Game 5 averaged 7.55 million viewers on TNT, surpassing Game 4 (7.52M) as the most-watched first or second round playoff game on cable since 2012 (Lakers-Thunder Game 5: 8.15M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

7,550,000

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

Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns

2022-05-04 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

4,170,000

Western Conference Finals Game 1

2022-05-18 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

6,520,000

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 Lakers–Warriors (2023-05-10): 7,550,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2023-05-11, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/05/lakers-warriors-ratings-game-5-viewership-tnt/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-lakers-warriors-2023-05-10, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020