The Los Angeles Lakers clinched a pivotal double-overtime win against the Golden State Warriors, with LeBron James and Stephen Curry delivering standout performances. The game, which aired on ABC on January 27, 2024, attracted nearly 4 million viewers and peaked at 5,235,000, becoming the most-watched regular-season NBA game in four years, excluding Christmas Day games. The Lakers' decision to revert to last season's starting lineup, including Jarred Vanderbilt's impactful play and D'Angelo Russell's strong performance in the fourth quarter and overtime, has been a key talking point in the aftermath of the game.
NBA says that Warriors-Lakers game on ABC drew an average of 3,968,000 viewers, which was the league's largest regular-season audience across platforms in four years (Christmas Day excluded).
ESPN says ABC’s broadcast of Lakers-Warriors on January 27 averaged 3.968 million viewers, largest regular-season NBA audience across platforms in four years (non-Christmas).
🏀The Los Angeles Lakers thrilling victory over the Golden State Warriors on ABC (1/27) drew nearly 4 million viewers and was the most-watched regular-season NBA game in 4 years (non-Xmas). 📺It peaked at 11:45 p.m. ET with 5,235,000 viewers and won the night on TV. (Nielsen). https://t.co/hAYOi3ZXAs
3.968 million for Lakers/Warriors on ABC Saturday night.
LeBron and Steph. The legacy continues. An all-access look at the Lakers/Warriors double-overtime instant classic from Saturday night on ABC 🎥 https://t.co/2qZOetskEa
Lakers won an instant classic in 2OT against the Warriors in another epic duel between LeBron & Steph. The guys discuss LeBron's great play, DLo's strong Q4 & OT, the closing lineup with Vando & whether that group should play more and, even, start. 🎧: https://t.co/28hTYcn0eM https://t.co/yz6zcQZc7b
The Lakers have been searching for continuity all season. Against the Warriors, they rode last season’s starting lineup to a much-needed double-OT win. On Jarred Vanderbilt’s impact and the case for LA going back to last season’s starters: https://t.co/2ASHhr2tTJ
After football today you should watch a replay of yesterday's Lakers at Warriors double overtime game.
ICYMI from last night -- the Lakers won a double OT instant classic vs. the Warriors in a game where both LeBron and Steph (as well as several others) showed their brilliance. My latest for https://t.co/Foae8a7xEy: https://t.co/TX8x2J0swC