Mike Breen is calling his 18th Finals…can he remember all 17 #NBAFinals MVP winners? 🤔 #NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV continue TONIGHT at 8:30 pm/et on ABC! pic.twitter.com/Ryv2pXcclU
— NBA (@NBA) June 12, 2023
ABC/ESPN NBA Finals announcer Mike Breen"will reach another milestone" tonight in Game 5 of the Denver-Miami series, as he will make his 100th NBA Finals broadcast. The milestone will make him "the third basketball announcer on radio or television to reach that mark" and the "sixth U.S. play-by-play voice to eclipse the mark," including the World Series and Stanley Cup Final. Breen missed the first two games of last year’s series due to COVID, which "briefly delayed him from reaching the century mark."
Joe Buck did 135 World Series games for Fox, while Mike "Doc" Emrick was at the mic for 110 Stanley Cup Final contests on ESPN, Versus, NBC and NBCSN. When including radio, Breen is "the third to reach 100 NBA Finals games," joining legendary Lakers voice Chick Hearn (121) and Boston’s Johnny Most (103). In baseball, HOF announcer Vin Scully had 126 World Series games on radio and television (AP, 6/12).
