The LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers drew a massive audience on the opening night of the NBA restart.
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00:00After a four-month delay, the NBA season finally restarted on Thursday night, and fans of the
00:05LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers poured in to catch the action.
00:08According to Turner Sports, the game held an average of 3.4 million views, more than
00:13double the regular season average, and peaked at an average of 4.1 million viewers within
00:17the first hour of the matchup.
00:20It's no surprise the game performed so well.
00:21Aside from the star power present in the matchup in Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Anthony Davis
00:26and LeBron James, the Clippers and Lakers delivered perfectly on the hype.
00:30The contest was close throughout, with both teams leading by as many as 11 points, and
00:34coming on either way in the final minutes.
00:35Ultimately, the ball bounced the Lakers away, and the Clippers fell 101-103 in their seeding
00:40game debut.
00:41Leonard and George each played perfect basketball for LA, combining 58 points, 8 rebounds, 7
00:47assists, 5 steals, and 2 blocks, and making 9 of the 15 attempts from beyond the arc.
00:51Overall, I thought they fought all night, Leonard said after the game.
00:55I definitely like it better with more execution, but pretty good game.
00:58With this contest out of the way, Clippers still have 7 seeding games to play until postseason
01:02begins in mid-August.
01:04The next game comes on Saturday, it's in a matchup that could rank highly as well, as
01:08they'll face Zan Williamson's New Orleans Pelicans on ESPN at 6pm ET.