The Boston Celtics win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday evening averaged a 2.05 ranking with 3.69 million viewers on ABC.
The numbers characterize the most-watched common season sport outdoors of Christmas Day in three years (Blazers-Lakers on ESPN in January 2020, the primary Lakers sport following Kobe Bryant’s passing).
Taking out Christmas video games, it was the primary common season sport to recover from a 2.0 ranking because the Lakers-Clippers on ABC in March 2020.
The Knicks-Nets earlier within the day averaged a 1.3 with 2.45 million viewers, with the Nuggets-Sixers getting a 1.0 with 1.76 million viewers.
