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The hosts pointed out that the NBA's viewership on Christmas Day has been waning for years. They referenced inflated numbers from past games to illustrate the point, indicating that even those figures don't overshadow the NFL's dominance. For example, they noted that while the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Golden State Warriors, the NFL boasted an average rating of 24 million viewers at the same time — a stark contrast to the 7 million who tuned in to the NBA game.