Warriors-Rockets Game 4: most 1st-round viewers since ’02

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Houston Rockets' Dwight Howard, center, battles for control of the ball with Golden State Warriors' Ian Clark, left, and Marreese Speights during the second half in Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, April 24, 2016, in Houston.Game 4 of the Warriors-Rockets series drew the largest television audience for the first round of the NBA playoffs in 14 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo/David J. Phillip

NEW YORK – Game 4 of the Warriors-Rockets series drew the largest television audience for the first round of the NBA playoffs in 14 years.

With MVP Stephen Curry returning from an ankle injury then spraining his knee late in the first half, Golden State’s 121-94 victory Sunday averaged more than 7.2 million viewers on ABC.

ESPN said Tuesday that’s the most since a Trail Blazers-Lakers game in 2002.

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