Lakers-Rockets top sportscast opposite NFL Kickoff since 2010
Lakers-Rockets was the top sporting event versus the NFL opener since 2010.
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Lakers-Rockets was the top sporting event versus the NFL opener since 2010.
Sunday night basketball did well for ABC.
Rockets-Thunder Game 7 delivered for the NBA.
The NBA's three-day pause does not seem to have impacted its ratings.
The first weekend of the NBA Playoffs was no ratings bonanza.
NBA playoff ratings are a tale of two dayparts.
LeBron's return to the playoffs did well for TNT.
The NBA Playoffs got off to the kind of start one would expect given the circumstances.
The numbers were not as bad as they could have been, but Raptors-Bucks still ended up with historically low ratings.

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