Christmas day has long been the purview of the NBA on the American sports calendar.
With Christmas falling on a Sunday this season, the NFL took full advantage with its first-ever holiday triple-header that expectedly dominated the ratings. But it didn't appear to hurt the NBA. While trailing the NFL by steep margins, the NBA managed a notable uptick in viewership from 2021 over the course of its five-game slate., Sunday's Green Bay Packers win over the Miami Dolphins won the Christmas ratings battle with an average audience of 25.
This year and 2021 both saw drops from 2020, when the NBA averaged 4.47 million viewers on Christmas. But those games marked the NBA's delayed season opener amid the COVID-19 impacted sports calendar.
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