Celtics-Lakers attracts 4.6M audience, greatest NBA target market for non-Christmas regular-season recreation since 2018

The Boston Celtics’ 111-102 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night time drew the most important non-Christmas target market for an NBA regular-season recreation in seven years, consistent with the league.The sport, which peaked at 5.3 million audience, averaged 4.61 million audience on ABC, topping the former top of four.64 million for a Celtics-Cleveland Cavaliers recreation in Feb. 2018. It was once additionally the most-watched primetime program on Saturday night time.Most effective the Christmas Day tripleheader of Lakers-Golden State Warriors (7.91M), Celtics-Philadelphia 76ers (5.24M) and San Antonio Spurs-New York Knicks (5M) has drawn extra audience this season.[Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem is back: Enter for a shot to win up to $50K]The Lakers have featured in 4 of the top-10 rated video games all through the 2024-25 season.Celtics big name Jayson Tatum completed with 40 issues, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, whilst Jaylen Brown had 31 issues and 6 assists. Lakers ahead Luka Dončić had 34 issues, with 5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds.LeBron James netted 22 issues, 14 rebounds and 9 assists in just about 35 mins earlier than leaving with a groin pressure halfway throughout the fourth quarter. He is anticipated to pass over 1-2 weeks of motion.