"Legler will join the network's lead NBA crew, which also includes play-by-play announcer Mike Breen, fellow analyst Richard Jefferson and reporter Lisa Salters. That team will call the 2026 NBA Finals on ABC, as well as the conference finals, several first- and second-round playoff games, a Christmas Day game and NBA Saturday Primetime games on ABC. Legler is a former NBA journeyman who won the league's three-point shooting contest during the 1996 All-Star festivities. He retired as a player in 2000."
"According to a press release, Burke will call "full slates of games throughout the regular season and the NBA playoffs" on ESPN and ABC with play-by-play announcer Dave Pasch. Burke has been with ESPN since 1991 and joined the network's lead NBA broadcast team in 2023. When she called the 2024 NBA Finals, she became the first woman to serve as a TV game analyst for a championship-round game in one of the four major professional U.S. men's sports leagues."
ESPN elevated Tim Legler to the network's lead NBA broadcast crew alongside Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson and Lisa Salters, assigning that team to the 2026 NBA Finals, conference finals, multiple playoff games, a Christmas Day game and NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC. Legler played in the NBA and won the 1996 All-Star three-point contest before retiring in 2000 and joining ESPN as an analyst. ESPN granted Doris Burke a multi-year contract extension and assigned her to call full regular-season and playoff slates on ESPN and ABC with play-by-play announcer Dave Pasch. Burke has been with ESPN since 1991, joined the lead team in 2023, served as the first woman TV game analyst in a major U.S. men's championship final in 2024, and received the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award in 2018.
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