NBA Playoffs: First Round is a U.S. television program shown on ESPN. NBA Playoffs: 1st Round is watched by a total number of 4,612,000 people (1.45% rating, up +32% from last week) per the daily audience measurement on . NBA Playoffs: 1st Round is the ESPN telecast of NBA Playoffs: Round 1 which is also shown on ESPN Deportes, ESPN2, ESPNU since April 2025, HLN since April 2025, NBA TV, TNT and TruTV since April 2024.
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of NBA Playoffs: First Round on ESPN as of Friday, May 2, 2025.
| NBA Playoffs: 1st Round Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-May-02 GAME 6: HOUSTON ROCKETS AT GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | HH | 2,931,000 | 2.33 |
| P2+ | 4,612,000 | 1.45 | |
| P18-49 | 1,881,000 | 1.40 | |
| P25-54 | 2,048,000 | 1.66 | |
| 2025-Apr-25 BOSTON CELTICS AT ORLANDO MAGIC LA LAKERS/ | HH | 1,472,000 | 1.17 |
| P2+ | 3,495,000 | 1.10 | |
| P18-49 | 1,613,000 | 1.20 | |
| P25-54 | 1,686,000 | 1.37 | |
| 2025-Apr-19 DETROIT/ | HH | 2,440,500 | 1.94 |
| P2+ | 4,124,000 | 1.30 | |
| P18-49 | 1,739,000 | 1.30 | |
| P25-54 | 1,853,000 | 1.50 | |
| 2024-May-03 GAME 6: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS AT ORLANDO MAGIC L: LA CLIPPERS/ | HH | 1,437,500 | 1.59 |
| P2+ | 3,902,000 | 1.24 | |
| P18-49 | 1,147,500 | 0.87 | |
| 2024-Apr-26 GAME 3: LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS AT DALLAS MAVERICKS L: LA CLIPPERS/ | HH | 1,762,500 | 1.77 |
| P2+ | 3,342,000 | 1.06 | |
| P18-49 | 1,542,500 | 1.17 | |
| P25-54 | 1,562,000 | 1.29 | |
| 2024-Apr-20 GAME 1: PHILADELPHIA 76ERS AT NEW YORK KNICKS L: PHILADELPHIA/ | HH | 2,025,000 | 2.12 |
| P2+ | 4,192,000 | 1.33 | |
| P18-49 | 1,767,500 | 1.34 | |
| 2023-Apr-28 L: MEMPHIS/ L: SACRAMENTO/ | HH | 3,230,800 | 2.61 |
| P2+ | 4,977,000 | 1.59 | |
| P18-49 | 2,272,000 | 1.74 | |
| P25-54 | 2,382,800 | 1.96 | |
| 2023-Apr-22 L: MEMPHIS/ | HH | 2,748,000 | 2.22 |
| P2+ | 4,226,000 | 1.35 | |
| P18-49 | 1,950,000 | 1.49 | |
| P25-54 | 2,115,300 | 1.74 | |
| 2023-Apr-21 L: BOSTON/ L: DENVER/ | HH | 1,547,300 | 1.25 |
| P2+ | 2,270,000 | 0.73 | |
| P18-49 | 1,042,000 | 0.80 | |
| P25-54 | 1,069,800 | 0.88 | |
| 2023-Apr-15 L: NEW YORK/ | HH | 2,525,200 | 2.04 |
| P2+ | 3,908,000 | 1.25 | |
| P18-49 | 1,835,000 | 1.41 | |
| P25-54 | 1,969,400 | 1.62 | |
| 2022-Apr-29 L: MEMPHIS/ | HH | 2,422,500 | 1.98 |
| P2+ | 3,474,000 | 1.12 | |
| P18-49 | 1,571,000 | 1.20 | |
| P25-54 | 1,593,900 | 1.31 | |
| 2022-Apr-23 L: BOSTON/ | HH | 3,058,700 | 2.50 |
| P2+ | 4,624,000 | 1.48 | |
| P18-49 | 2,105,000 | 1.61 | |
| P25-54 | 2,153,600 | 1.77 | |
| 2022-Apr-22 L: PHOENIX/ | HH | 2,226,700 | 1.82 |
| P2+ | 3,174,000 | 1.02 | |
| P18-49 | 1,513,000 | 1.16 | |
| P25-54 | 1,557,400 | 1.28 | |
| 2022-Apr-16 L: TORONTO/ | HH | 2,373,500 | 1.94 |
| P2+ | 3,598,000 | 1.16 | |
| P18-49 | 1,630,000 | 1.25 | |
| P25-54 | 1,642,500 | 1.35 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | College World Series | 1,911,000 | +67% |
| 2 | MLB Sunday Night | 1,906,000 | -1% |
| 3 | UFC Fight Night | 944,000 | +64% |
| 4 | SportsCenter Late | 891,000 | +175% |
| 5 | SportsCenter 12am | 819,000 | +126% |
| 6 | SEC Inside | 609,000 | |
| 7 | SportsCenter Prime | 599,000 | +63% |
| 8 | Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown | 588,000 | +5% |
| 9 | College Track & Field | 443,000 | +40% |