NBA: Lakers-Warriors Game 3 ratings set 24-year mark

Basketball
Published 09.05.2023
NBA: Lakers-Warriors Game 3 ratings set 24-year mark

Saturday’s playoff recreation between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors marked the very best Game 3 viewers of an NBA semifinals collection in 24 years.

The recreation, a blowout win by the Lakers within the Western Conference best-of-seven collection, peaked with 9,719,000 viewers, with a mean viewers of 8,373,000. It was additionally the most-watched convention semifinals contest — of any recreation within the collection — in 12 years.

The Lakers beat the Warriors 127-97 to take a 2-1 lead within the collection on Saturday. The Lakers adopted up with a win Monday evening in Game 4 to take a 3-1 collection lead.