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The following people were commentators for ESPN's NBA coverage: Adam Amin (play by play 2016–2020) Greg Anthony (analyst) Michelle Beadle (studio host 2014–2019) Chauncey Billups (analyst 2018–2020) Rick Carlisle (game analyst 2007–2008) Doug Collins (basketball analyst 2014–2017) Ariel Helwani (sidleine reporter 2019–2021)
Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station Boston: Sean Grande (primary) Jon Wallach (select games): Cedric Maxwell (Primary) Abby Chin (select games): WBZ-FM WROR-FM (will carry games that are in conflict with Boston Bruins hockey games or New England Patriots football games; WBZ-FM also being the Bruins' flagship)
2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA postponed its regular season from March 11 to July 29, resuming with the seeding games for the 22 contending teams. Consequently, the 2020 Finals were played inside a bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Bay Lake, Florida from September 30 to October 11, the latest date to end an NBA season.
The NBA on ESPN is the branding used for the presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the ESPN family of networks. The ESPN cable network first televised NBA games from 1982 until 1984, and has been airing games currently since the 2002–03 NBA season. ESPN2 began airing a limited schedule of NBA games in 2002.
Since the 2003 playoffs, coverage of the NBA playoffs have aired nationally across ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV. During the first two rounds, games are split between the networks regardless of conference, with TNT primarily airing weeknight games on Mondays through Wednesdays, and ESPN generally on Fridays.
The new, co-branded NBA on ESPN logo is now seen as an overlay on the upper left-hand corner of the 16:9 screen. As was the case the previous two years, the gold coloring and patterned backgrounds were used again for the 2017 NBA Finals. Notably, this is the first time that both ESPN and ABC have used the full 16:9 frame for their graphics in ...
Michael Breen (born May 22, 1961) is an American play-by-play sports commentator.He has been the lead announcer for NBA games on ABC and ESPN since 2006, including the NBA Finals.
This includes is a list of NBA on ABC commentators, sideline reporters, and analysts, through the years. The list covers current and former personnel, and their job function. In addition to the English-language broadcasts, ABC also has Spanish-language broadcasts on SAP using ESPN Deportes audio that began in 2015.