Saturday’s Lakers-Pelicans NBA regular season game averaged a 0.65 rating and 1.22 million viewers on ESPN2, the least-watched game involving LeBron James on ESPN/ABC or TNT this season. It was the first NBA regular season game to air on ESPN2 since Jazz-Lakers in 2016, Kobe Bryant’s famed 60-point career finale (3.5M). Excluding NFL simulcasts, the Lakers’ loss was the most-watched ESPN2 program since the Mississippi State-Illinois Outback Bowl on January 2 (2.18M). It was a late addition to the national TV schedule due to James’ pursuit of the NBA’s all-time scoring record and aired on ESPN2 because ESPN was occupied with North Carolina-Duke (1.4, 2.86M).