The Christmas Day game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors garnered the highest ratings of any regular season game in five years, the NBA announced on Thursday.
The thriller averaged 7.76 million viewers and peaked towards the conclusion of the game at 8.32 million viewers. These are the highest regular season totals in five years and was an increase of 499% compared to the 5 p.m. PT Christmas Day game from 2023.
LeBron James and Stephen Curry have always been ratings gold for the NBA and Christmas Day continued to prove that trend. However, it wasn’t just the Lakers and Warriors superstars that brought in the viewers, as the entire day was up 84% compared to last season.