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NBA Thunder–Warriors

Name: NBA Thunder–Warriors
Creator: RatingsReference
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2018-10-16 · NBA · TNT

2,720,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2018-10-17

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Later in the night, Thunder-Warriors drew a 1.7 and 2.72 million — down 35% in ratings and 36% in viewership from last year (Rockets-Warriors: 2.6, 4.25M) and down 19% and 22% respectively from 2016 (Spurs-Warriors: 2.1, 3.48M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

2,720,000

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

On the record

NetworksTNT

TeamsThunder · Warriors

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NBA Celtics–Cavaliers

2017-10-17 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

5,600,000

NBA Rockets–Warriors

2017-10-17 · TNT · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

4,200,000

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 Thunder–Warriors (2018-10-16): 2,720,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2018-10-17, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/10/nba-opening-night-ratings-decline-tnt/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nba-thunder-warriors-2018-10-16, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950