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Apr 29, 2025 · NBA TV

In the final NBA playoff games on NBA TV, Bucks-Pacers Game 5 averaged 773,000 viewers and Magic-Celtics Game 5 739,000 on Tuesday night — both up north of 80 percent from the network’s lone window on the comparable night last year (Magic-Cavaliers: 402K).

NBA TV averaged 631,000 viewers for its final postseason (five games), up 46% from last year and its most-watched playoffs since 2014. (Keep in mind the usual caveats regarding out-of-home viewing, which was not tracked in Nielsen estimates until 2020.)

By Jon Lewis on May 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tags: NBA on NBA TV, NBA Playoffs
Source: TNT Sports

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