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NBA Suns–Mavericks

Name: NBA Suns–Mavericks
Creator: RatingsReference
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2023-03-05 · NBA · ABC

2,810,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2023-03-07

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

ABC's Suns-Mavericks lead-in — pitting former Brooklyn teammates Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving — averaged a 1.6 and 2.81 million, up 21% in ratings and 28% in viewership from Nets-Celtics last year (1.3, 2.19M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

2,810,000

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

On the record

NetworksABC

TeamsMavericks · Suns

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Phoenix Suns at Milwaukee Bucks

2022-03-06 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

2,970,000

NBA Nets–Celtics

2022-03-06 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

2,190,000

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

Cite this figure

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NBA Suns–Mavericks (2023-03-05): 2,810,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2023-03-07, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/03/nba-ratings-warriors-lakers-among-most-watched-knicks-celtics-suns-mavericks/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-mavericks-suns-2023-03-05, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020