Mavericks-Rockets, Bucks-Bulls, Wizards-Raptors lead cable sports for Saturday April 18, 2015

The first day of NBA playoffs had 3 games on ESPN with the late Dallas Mavericks vs Houston Rockets game topping the list with 3.281 million viewers and a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.

The Milwaukee Bucks vs the Chicago Bulls averaged 2.66 million viewers and a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating.  The early Washington Wizards vs Toronto Raptors game averaged 1.784 million viewers and a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating.

Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday April 18, 2015:

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Note: viewership of around 100,000 or lower is technically what Nielsen refers to as a “scratch” i.e., not enough Nielsen panelists watched for Nielsen to validate it. There are around 20,000 homes in the Nielsen panel and a bit over 50,000 panelists, where 1 Nielsen panelist watching a whole telecast represents around 5,800 people.  So something averaging a million viewers averaged around 170 people out of the 50K+ panel — small, but still statistically significant. But when there’s a show with 30,000 viewers, that’s only around 5 or 6 Nielsen panelists…