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The NBA Western Conference Finals tipped off Tuesday night in Los Angeles in front of a record national television audience of 8.09 million viewers, making it the most-watched basketball game (college or pro) in ESPN history.
Compared to Game 1 of last year’s Western Conference showdown, the Nuggets-Lakers tilt was up 31 percent versus the 6.19 million viewers that tuned in to TNT on May 21, 2008, for the Spurs-Lakers opener.
Tuesday night’s game also out-delivered Game 1 of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals series between the Pistons and Celtics, an ESPN production that drew 5.43
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