<p>Big TV turnout Sunday's Celtics-Knicks opener averaged 5.9 million viewers on <a href="/topics/TNT">TNT</a>, making it the most-watched Christmas Day game in cable TV history and the fourth-highest total for any regular-season game on a cable network.</p>
<p>The game averaged 7.8 percent of homes in Boston, 7.2 in New York and 3.4 nationally.</p>

Big TV turnout Sunday's Celtics-Knicks opener averaged 5.9 million viewers on TNT, making it the most-watched Christmas Day game in cable TV history and the fourth-highest total for any regular-season game on a cable network. The game averaged 7.8 percent of homes in Boston, 7.2 in New York and 3.4 nationally.

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