The LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers drew a massive audience on the opening night of the NBA restart.
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00:00 After a four-month delay, the NBA season finally restarted on Thursday night and fans, the
00:05 LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers poured in to catch the action.
00:08 According to Turner Sports, the game held an average of 3.4 million views, more than
00:13 double the regular season average, and peaked at an average of 4.1 million viewers within
00:17 the first hour of the matchup.
00:20 It's no surprise the game performed so well.
00:21 Aside from the star power present in the matchup in Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Anthony Davis,
00:26 and LeBron James, the Clippers and Lakers delivered perfectly on the hype.
00:30 The contest was close throughout with both teams leading by as many as 11 points and
00:34 coming on either way in the final minutes.
00:35 Ultimately, the ball bounced the Lakers away.
00:38 Clippers fell 1-1 to 1-3 in their seeding game debut.
00:41 Leonard and George each played perfect basketball for LA, combining 58 points, 8 rebounds, 7
00:47 assists, 5 steals, and 2 blocks, and making 9 of the 15 attempts from beyond the arc.
00:51 "Overall, I thought we fought all night," Leonard said after the game.
00:54 "I definitely get bittersmore about execution, but pretty good game."
00:58 With this contest out of the way, Clippers still have 7 seeding games to play until postseason
01:02 begins in mid-August.
01:04 The next game comes on Saturday.
01:05 It's in a matchup that could rank highly as well, as they'll face Zan Williamson's
01:09 New Orleans Pelicans on ESPN at 6pm Eastern Time.
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