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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Lakers sat in their locker room long after their loss to Portland Sunday afternoon, their eyes glued to the television mounted on the wall.

If you went to watch a football match at the weekend, it's likely you were glued to the action on the pitch rather than what was happening off it.

On the flight back to Los Angeles, the women’s players were glued to their screens, watching the men fight for a national title.

Elsewhere, governments may have been glued to the television, hoping to avoid the worst from Washington.

However, the tragedy - which came in the midst of a lockdown while India was struggling with the coronavirus pandemic - became the biggest prime-time story for a nation glued to their television sets.