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Inside ESPN’s Colossal NBA Finals Production at Oracle Arena

ESPN Producer Tim Corrigan and Director Jimmy Moore orchestrate the NBA Finals from a truck outside of Oracle Arena during Game 4 between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors. (Jen Booton/SportTechie)

A few hundred feet from the door to Oracle Arena sat a cluster of air-conditioned production trucks, ringed by a fence and protected by tight security. This was the ESPN compound for Game 4 of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors. The same set-up will be used for Game 6.

The compound—as ESPN staffers call it—buzzed with activity.