Lakers-Warriors play-in game averages 5.618 million viewers, most for an ESPN broadcast since 2019 WCF
The Lakers and Warriors drew the best audience for a play-in game so far.
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A nine-part Lakers’ docuseries, with team involvement, is coming to Hulu in 2022
"I am thrilled that the true story of the Lakers will finally be shared with the world -- and that we are in such capable hands with Hulu and Antoine, a director whose storytelling I’ve admired for years."
Ranking the biggest casting choices for HBO’s Los Angeles Lakers series
Bo Burnham as Larry Bird is kind of a head-scratcher.
Adrien Brody cast as Pat Riley in HBO’s “Showtime” era Los Angeles Lakers series
An Academy Award winner had to play the iconic coach, right?
The NBA’s first-ever October Finals saw a new low Game 1 rating, down 45 percent from last year’s Warriors-Raptors Game 1
Lakers-Heat averaged 7.41 million viewers, the lowest number ever recorded for a NBA Finals game (based on data going back to 1988).
Vin Scully narrates Dodgers’ birthday tribute to Kobe Bryant
"We know that Kobe's impact on the world was only just getting started and it's our responsibility to further his work by supporting our community."
Lakers hire Pete Zayas, creator of Laker Film Room and former Athletic writer
Zayas was one of the 46 Athletic staffers laid off in early June.
Some Bay Area U-verse subscribers were mistakenly blacked out from ESPN Lakers/Clippers broadcasts over zip code mixup
Parts of the Bay Area were mistakenly seen as parts of the LA area by a zip code database that regulates local blackouts.
Trail Blazers-Lakers averaged 4.41 million viewers Friday, ESPN’s second-largest NBA regular season audience ever
The only higher-viewed regular-season game ever on ESPN was Lakers-Rockets in 2003, the first game between Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming.
Rick Fox speaks on ‘Inside the NBA’ about rumors that he was on fatal helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant
"It shook a lot of people in my life."
LeBron James has great response to question about his son from Knicks reporter
"My son in the ninth grade, man."
ESPN’s Mike Breen seemed confused on rules during LeBron James-Patrick Beverley play at end of Clippers-Lakers game
"I don't think they overturned it because it was Beverley's action that caused it to go out."
Trying to make a big game feel bigger with experimental camera angles isn’t worth it
Innovation is good, but only if it adds something for viewers.
