Telecasts · NBA
NBA Finals Game 1
8,910,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-22
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen3 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Wikipedia
4.7 (8.91M Viewers)Wikipedia, verbatim
8,910,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Awful Announcing
Thursday night's Game 1 averaged 8.9 million viewersAwful Announcing, verbatim
8,900,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / panel-only · final
press-attributed · Wikipedia
4.7 (8.91M Viewers)Wikipedia, verbatim
8,910,000
3 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
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