Game against Utah Jazz reaches a peak of 2.55 million and leads a hearing among men aged 18 to 54 in the USA
Luka Dončić made his debut for Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday (11.FEV.2025), during a game against Utah Jazz that was broadcast by . The confrontation, which began at 10:30 pm (East US time), recorded a peak of 2.55 million viewers, an increase of 42% over the average audience of the NBA games broadcast by the broadcaster the previous year.
Lakers beat Utah Jazz by 132-113, with an average of 2.01 million viewers, according to Nielsen. The match was the most assisted of the day in the demographic groups of men between 18 and 34, 18 to 49 and 25 to 54 in the United States.
The audience of the match approached the 2.14 million viewers who watched the match between Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics in November 2022, the most watched NBA game at ESPN. However, this brand was surpassed by 9 other games this season, which were not exclusive to ESPN.
Dončić, who played for 24 minutes and scored 14 points, was purchased by the Lakers in an exchange with Dallas Mavericks. He returned to the court after recovering from a distension in the left calf suffered at Christmas.
