NBC Sports Washington’s Kara Lawson is a rising star poised to be the next Doris Burke. NBCSW needs to find play-by-play talent who better matches her strengths.
“Dagger!” Exclaimed Wizards’ play-by-play veteran Steve Buckhantz as Trevor Ariza airballed a corner three.
Ariza did not win the game for the Wizards on that February night in 2013 against the Pistons, but Buckhantz and his longtime best friend and color analyst, Phil Chenier, enjoyed the aftermath. The duo laughed off Buckhantz’s blunder and emphasized to their Comcast Sportsnet family their unfavorable viewing angle of the basket.