Jorge Sedano recalls complicated feelings on filling in for Lisa Salters as NBA Finals sideline reporter
"You do this because you want to do the work at the highest level."
"You do this because you want to do the work at the highest level."
"We heard an awful lot about small markets, Mike, ratings, etc. This has been an absolute privilege of a series to be involved with."
Smith's point here almost got cut off by the shift to commercial.
"Some of these Finals broadcasts have been far and away our best together, and we keep getting better."
"Mike Breen has lost his magic as an announcer."
"This was the one time where the pressure from social media has been good."
It appears that ABC and ESPN are listening to fan's complaints about the NBA Finals presentation.
Jorge Sedano kept Salters' spot on the sidelines warm while she was dealing with a "personal matter."
Tim Corrigan will now oversee all ESPN NBA and WNBA game and studio production.
"If this is real, so help me God."
"They went away a decade ago."
Jorge Sedano will fill in for Salters.
"Although we've never met her mom, we owe her a debt of gratitude for giving us the gift of Lisa Salters, who is the teammate everyone in our business should strive to have."
"Got bullied into putting digital Larry O’Briens out there."
"My Favorite Broadcaster is Doris Burke."
The game peaked with more than 11 million viewers during Indiana's late comeback, which could bode well for Game 2.
Bad time for a cutaway.
"It was just so sad to see the reports leaked, really unnecessarily, before such a celebrated event."
"...I don’t think anyone in the NBA is worried about that right now because the revenues for TV are guaranteed.”
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"To say we didn’t mention it for 2 hours is an actual lie or maybe a bias opinion."
"While we were away..."
"My grandmother...God rest -- you know, bless her this upcoming Mother's Day. She has Alzheimer's. She was ready for this game."
"Man, why are they playing that game at 3:30?"