ABC/ESPN play-by-play commentator Mike Breen is calling his 13th straight NBA Finals, so the man has been witness to plenty of extraordinary happenings. But never has he seen what occurred Thursday night at Oracle Arena — an overtime game crammed with dramatic highs and lows, officiating controversy, a bizarre blunder (Oops, JR Smith), angry flareups and an awe-inspiring, otherworldly performance (in a losing effort) by LeBron James.
“That’s the beauty of what we do,” says Breen, who once again is teamed up with Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and sideline reporter Doris Burke.