NBA CHAMPIONSHIP : LAKERS VS CELTICS : Game 4 Draws Top NBA TV Audience
Game 4 of the National Basketball Assn. championship series between the Lakers and Boston Celtics Tuesday night drew more than 16.5 million television viewers, making it the most-watched NBA game ever, CBS announced Wednesday.
The game drew a national Nielsen rating of 18.9, the second-highest ever. The only game with a higher rating was Game 7 of Boston-Laker series in 1984, which drew a 19.3. But Tuesday’s game drew a bigger audience than that game because there are now more television households.
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It was reported in Thursday’s Times that Tuesday’s game drew 16.5 million viewers. Actually, the game drew an estimated 40 million viewers, an NBA record. It was watched in 16.5 million TV households.
In Los Angeles, Tuesday’s game drew a Nielsen rating of 28.1. In Boston, the rating was 41.5.
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