NBA Finals Game 2 Edition
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Game 2 of the 2025 NBA Finals brought Sunday's best as players from the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder arrived pregame.
ESPN will again feature a different three-person broadcasting crew for the NBA Finals. Richard Jefferson debuts alongside Doris Burke and Mike Breen.
For this year's Finals, it is Mike Breen, Burke and Jefferson. Next year, at this time, it very well could be a different team.
Thundor's distractions haven't been as successful for the home team during this current Thunder run, however. Entering Game 1 of the NBA Finals, opponents shot 79.3% from the free throw line at Paycom Center, the fourth highest among road venues this postseason, according to ESPN Research.
For the past few years, the NBA Finals broadcasts have turned almost indistinguishable from any other nationally televised game in the regular season. And that blame falls entirely on ESPN and the league itself. But hey, at least ESPN saw the complaints and attempted to do something about it for Game 2 — albeit as a cheap half measure.