According to the latest figures released by Nielsen Sports on Thursday, the NBA’s five-game slate for Christmas Day averaged about 5.25 million viewers per contest across ABC, ESPN and its associated platforms. The league’s lineup saw an 84% rise over last season.
While some believe that one explanation for the increase is that all five matches were streamed on ABC, compared to two last year, others simply consider that the basketball menu was better in general. Nevertheless, the NFL set the record on Netflix as the most-streamed games in U.S. history, almost five times more than the NBA.
After the Lakers beat the Warriors this Wednesday, LeBron James addressed the competition with the football league. “I love the NFL,” the superstar told the press in his televised postgame interview. “But Christmas is our day.”
Merry Christmas from the NBA… and now NFL 🤣🎄 pic.twitter.com/Hi12ZuDyo9
— Bleacher…
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