THE LINEUP: Banner ESPN ratings for historic night of NBA coverage

Hannah Storm captured a colorful moment in Staples Center.

 

What a night! #Kobe

A photo posted by Hannah Storm (@espnhannahstorm) on

NBA Playoffs begin this weekend on ESPN platforms

The NBA Playoffs 2016 tip off on ABC and ESPN this weekend with the first five games of the postseason airing Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17. Mike Breen, analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson and reporter Lisa Salters will call Game 1 of the Houston Rockets (8) vs. the defending champion Golden State Warriors (1) at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. Breen and the team will then fly to Cleveland to call the Detroit Pistons (8) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (1) matchup Sunday (3 p.m., ABC).
ABC broadcasts are also available on ESPN3/WatchESPN. For more playoff schedule information, visit ESPN MediaZone.

ESPN’s networks and platforms presented millions of sports fans comprehensive coverage of two historic games closing the 2015-16 NBA regular season on Wednesday, April 13.

On ESPN, the host Golden State Warriors won their NBA single-season record 73rd game, defeating the Memphis Grizzlies. Simultaneously on ESPN2, Kobe Bryant closed out his 20-year NBA career with a 60-point performance as his Los Angeles Lakers defeated the visiting Utah Jazz. Final ratings results will be released later today, but the overnights reveal:

In this LINEUP, Front Row presents a sampling of the sights and sounds from both Oakland and Los Angeles as presented on social media by ESPN commentators.

Even as one of the hundreds of credentialed media for Kobe Bryant’s farewell in Los Angeles, The Jump host Rachel Nichols was live streaming ESPN’s coverage of the Golden State game which was airing during the same time.

 

Nichols also recorded Kobe hitting his 50th points on the way to a 60-point finish.

 

Cari Champion caught a glimpse of the fans in the tunnel during Kobe’s exit.

 

Cassidy Hubbarth took NBA Tonight viewers behind the scenes as she and analysts Marc Spears and Tim Legler prepared for a late-night tour around the Association.

 

Nicole Briscoe’s mom got the games a little mixed up …

 

Meanwhile in Oakland, ESPN reporter Ethan Strauss captures some of the Warriors’ victory frenzy.

 

ESPN’s Mike Breen calls the final seconds of the Golden State Warriors’ historic 73rd victory and Mike Tirico frames Kobe’s final NBA game exit.

Related Articles
Exit mobile version