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Set viewership, consumption and fan engagement records - Featured the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies playing regular-season games in Berlin and London on Jan. 15 and Jan. 18, respectively - THIS DAY IN THE NBA

Thursday January 29, 2026

LONDON

The NBA Berlin Game 2026 presented by Tissot and The NBA London Game 2026 presented by Tissot, which featured the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies playing regular-season games in Berlin and London on Jan. 15 and Jan. 18, respectively, set several records across television viewership, digital and social media consumption, and fan engagement. Highlights include:

TELEVISION VIEWERSHIP

o The NBA Berlin Game 2026 presented by Tissot on Prime Video was the most-watched regular-season game on record in Germany and the most-watched NBA game in Europe this season.

o The NBA London Game 2026 presented by Tissot on Prime Video was the most-watched NBA London Game ever in Europe, with viewership up 90% vs. the last NBA London Game in 2019.

o The Berlin and London Games were the most-watched NBA Global Games ever in the UK.

o This season, viewership of NBA games on Prime Video are up 444% and 455% year-over-year in the UK and Germany, respectively. DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

CONSUMPTION

o Anthony Black's fastbreak dunk over four defenders in Berlin is the most-viewed highlight of the season across NBA social platforms, generating more than 100 million views and counting.

o Content across NBA social platforms from the two games generated more than 350M views, the second-most ever for a pair of NBA Global Games.

FAN ENGAGEMENT

o Fans from 62 countries and territories purchased tickets to the two sold-out games, a record for any NBA event anywhere in the world.

o More than 50,000 fans registered for tickets to the NBA House fan events in Berlin and London, the most-ever for an NBA House in Europe.

The NBA Berlin Game 2026 presented by Tissot and The NBA London Games 2026 presented by Tissot - the 98th and 99th NBA games in Europe since 1984 - marked the first time the NBA played two regular-season games in two European cities in the same season.

THIS DAY IN THE NBA

January 29, 1971

Hal Greer of the Philadelphia 76ers became the sixth player in NBA history at the time to score 20,000 points as the Sixers lost to Milwaukee 142-118.

January 29, 1980

Norm Nixon played a then NBA record 64 minutes for Los Angeles as the Lakers dropped a 154-153 four-overtime decision to Cleveland. This record was matched by Sleepy Floyd of Golden State seven years later and broken by Dale Ellis of Seattle, who played 69 minutes in a five-overtime game at Milwaukee on Nov. 9, 1989.

January 29, 1984

The NBA's first All-Star Saturday took place in Denver at McNichols Arena. The inaugural Schick Legends Classic was won by the West, 64-63. The first Nestle Crunch Slam-Dunk winner was Larry Nance, who used a two-ball windmill dunk to beat favorites Julius Erving and Dominique Wilkins.

January 29, 1988

The Detroit Pistons drew a then NBA regular season record crowd of 61,983 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome, and the fans went home happy after watching the Pistons down Boston 125-108. The Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, and the Atlanta Hawks broke the attendance record by drawing 62,046 fans to the Georgia Dome on March 27, 1998.

January 29, 2000

Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz became the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, as he finishes with 35 in a 96-94 loss to Minnesota at Target Center. Malone's historic basket came when he made a layup with 8:53 left in the third quarter, and thus took his place in NBA annals alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 career points) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419).

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