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Legendary announcer George Blaha to miss rest of season’s broadcasts for heart procedure

Prayers up to one of the greatest of all time. George Blaha, an absolute legend of NBA broadcasting and perhaps the singular most important factor to making Pistons’ games bearable during much of the past decade, will miss the remainder of the season due to a heart procedure, the team announced.

Blaha is slated to have a heart bypass procedure on March 15 on the recommendation of doctors following a routine checkup earlier in the week. Doctors expect Blaha to fully recover, the team announced.

For his part, Blaha says he is excited to get back on the sidelines next season.