Jon Barry, Michael Wilbon, and Magic Johnson Jon Barry, Magic Johnson, and Chris Broussard Magic Johnson, Jalen Rose, and Bill Simmons Jalen Rose, Doug Collins, and Bill Simmons Jalen Rose, Doug Collins, and Dwyane Wade (Games 2, 3, 6) Jalen Rose, Doug Collins, and Paul Pierce Jalen Rose, Chauncey Billups, and Paul Pierce Breen also missed Game 2, whereas Van Gundy returned. Jones, Mark Jackson and Lisa Salters made history in Game 1 as the first all-African American broadcast team to cover an NBA Finals game. Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy missed Game 1 due to COVID-19 protocols, and Mark Jones filled in for Breen. Several guests will included Magic Johnson and Julius Erving. 2022: ESPN2 will televise NBA Finals: Celebrating 75, a special alternate presentation for Game 1 which air Thursday at 9 PM ET from Seaport District studios in New York.Both Nichols and Taylor eventually left ESPN, with Taylor heading to NBC Sports after a contract dispute, and Nichols agreeing to a buyout after she was taken off of ESPN programming and had her show, The Jump, canceled due to this incident. 2021: Rachel Nichols was originally assigned to work as a sideline reporter, but was replaced by Malika Andrews after a private video leaked of Nichols uttering insensitive racial comments towards African American ESPN personality Maria Taylor.The Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat was the lowest-rated NBA Finals ever (4.0 rating over six games). 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. 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.Jalen Rose, Jay Williams, Paul Pierce, and Adrian Wojnarowski Jalen Rose, Jay Williams (Games 1–4), and Adrian Wojnarowski Sebastian Christensen and Katia Castorena Smith (Games 1–3, 5–6), Adrian Wojnarowski (Games 3–6), Magic Johnson (Game 1 only), and Kendrick Perkins (Game 4)ĬJ McCollum, Tim Legler and several guests Jalen Rose, Michael Wilbon (all games), Stephen A. In addition to the English-language broadcasts, the NBA Finals also have Spanish-language broadcasts since 2002. The following is a list of the television and radio networks and announcers that have broadcast NBA Finals games in the United States and Canada over the years.
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