{"id":1170472,"date":"2021-12-29T19:34:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1170472"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:34:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:34:19","slug":"nba-christmas-ratings-crash-to-near-historic-lows-crushed-by-nfl-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-christmas-ratings-crash-to-near-historic-lows-crushed-by-nfl-games\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Christmas Ratings Crash to Near Historic Lows, Crushed by NFL Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnba-christmas-ratings-crash-to-near-historic-lows-crushed-by-nfl-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1170472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The NBA has looked at Christmas Day as their personal showcase for quite some time. However, they might start looking at it differently after looking at the ratings.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA got thoroughly dominated by the NFL on Christmas Day. The NFL\u2019s late Christmas offering of Browns-Packers garnered more viewers than the entire slate of NBA games. For example, the NBA\u2019s featured game, Nets-Lakers, only drew 5.75 million viewers, five times fewer than the nearly 29 million who watched the Browns and Packers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaron-jones-of-the-green-bay-packers-s-tripped-up-by-greedy-williams-picture-id1361136961\" alt=\"Aaron Jones of the Green Bay Packers s tripped up by Greedy Williams of the Cleveland Browns during a game at Lambeau Field on December 25, 2021 in...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN \u2013 DECEMBER 25: Aaron Jones #33 of the Green Bay Packers s tripped up by Greedy Williams #26 of the Cleveland Browns during a game at Lambeau Field on December 25, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.&nbsp;(Photo by Stacy Revere\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Sports Media Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmediawatch.com\/2021\/12\/nfl-nba-christmas-ratings-packers-browns-lakers-warriors-nets\/\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Facing Colts-Cardinals, Nets-Lakers was the top NBA draw with a 2.4 and 5.75 million on ESPN and ABC \u2014 down 19% in ratings and 18% in viewership from Mavericks-Lakers last year (3.0, 7.01M) and 47% and 34% respectively from Clippers-Lakers in 2019 (4.6, 8.76M), neither of which faced the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn\u2019s win marked the least-watched primetime NBA Christmas game since Rockets-Thunder on ABC alone in \u201917 (4.98M), not coincidentally the last such window to face the NFL.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And the bad news continued for the rest of the NBA\u2019s slate.<\/p>\n<p>According to SMW:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Warriors-Suns averaged a 2.1 and 5.19 million opposite Browns-Packers, actually up 6% in ratings and 21% in viewership from Nets-Celtics opposite the NFL last year (1.95, 4.28M) but down 35% and 21% respectively from Rockets-Warriors sans NFL competition in \u201919 (6.55M).<\/p>\n<p>Celtics-Bucks was a mixed bag with a 2.0 (-9%) and 4.93 million (+3%), while both of ESPN\u2019s exclusive games declined. Hawks-Knicks drew a 1.4 (-19%) and 2.92 million (-16%), marking the least-watched Christmas game in that window since 2013 (Bulls-Nets: 2.78M). Mavericks-Jazz brought up the rear with a 0.7 (-34%) 1.52 million (-26%), the least-watched Christmas NBA game in any window since 2016 (Timberwolves-Thunder: 1.39M).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There was a time when woke ESPN analysts predicted that the NBA would once day replace the NFL as the country\u2019s most popular sport. Not that there was ever really a chance of that happening, but the NBA turning itself into a platform for radical leftist organizations like Black Lives Matter did not help their cause.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lebron-james-of-the-los-angeles-lakers-along-with-anthony-davis-of-picture-id1270713354\" alt=\"LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers along with Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers kneel during the National Anthem against the Houston...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA \u2013 SEPTEMBER 04: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers along with Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers kneel during the National Anthem against the Houston Rockets in Game One of the Western Conference Second Round.&nbsp; (Photo by Mike Ehrmann\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Go woke go broke definitely seems to apply here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA has looked at Christmas Day as their personal showcase for quite some time. However, they might start looking at it differently after looking at the ratings. 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