Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets Game Draws Big Attention

The ratings from the Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets game reveal high viewership

Feb 22, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) chases down a loose ball during the second half against the Los Angeles Lakers at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images | Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets matched up on Saturday night, a highly-anticipated contest featuring some of the NBA's top talents. From the Lakers' new duo of Luka Doncic and LeBron James to Denver's Nikola Jokic, it was expected this game would draw a lot of attention and viewership.

In terms of the game, it was the Lakers the whole way as they captured the 123-100 win, with the Nuggets not ever holding a lead the entire contest. Regardless, fans tuned in to the broadcast as ESPN Press Room released a report showing the astonishing numbers of viewership from Saturday night.

Last night's Lakers-Mavericks game averaged 2.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched NBA regular season cable telecast this season (excl. opening night). pic.twitter.com/g6PeQoXhUv

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) February 26, 2025

The broadcast on ABC for the Lakers-Nuggets drew an average of 2.87 million viewers, peaking at 3.35 million active viewers. Additionally, Nielsen reported that it was the most-watched program of the night across all of television.

While James's name has always been influential in terms of viewership, the additional global stardom of Jokic and Doncic helped elevate the game to another level. Even though the game wasn't even close, fans tuned in to see all the stars on display.

All eyes were on Saturday's matchup between the @Lakers & the @nuggets - averaging 2.87M viewers 🤯

More: https://t.co/ZwRrojVjlU pic.twitter.com/Ozxa0Rm70p

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) February 25, 2025

For those looking for the next matchup between the two teams, they'll have to wait till March 14th when the Lakers revisit Denver before finishing the season series on March 19th in Los Angeles. The regular season series is currently tied at one win each.

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