ESPN broadcaster Mike Tirico handled Masters coverage last weekend. Then he circled the NBA circuit for a week and found himself in Los Angeles calling Kobe Bryant's last game, a legendary 60-point performance.
By Saturday morning, he was in Oklahoma City, along with Hubie Brown, to call Game 1 of Thunder-Mavericks. Rocking a Masters vest at Thunder shootaround, Tirico took a few minutes with The Oklahoman to discuss his experience calling Thunder games in the past and his view of this current collection of OKC players as the playoffs have arrived:
Going from the uniqueness of the Masters to the completely different, uniqueness, of NBA playoff atmospheres, what's that like?