Even though the basketball world stood at a standstill Sunday after Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash, the league’s slate of games went on as scheduled.
And that was difficult for Knicks broadcaster Mike Breen as he was on the call for Knicks-Nets at Madison Square Garden, where Bryant, the Lakers legend who died at age 41, dropped a then-record 61 points on the Knicks in 2009. Breen, the Knicks play-by-play announcer for MSG Network, acknowledged right before tipoff just how tough it was for everyone involved Sunday night.