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Key Member of ESPN’s NBA Finals Broadcast Team to Miss Game 2 of Pacers-Thunder

Andy Nesbitt

Lisa Salters will not be on the sidelines for Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night.
Lisa Salters will not be on the sidelines for Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. / Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images
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The Oklahoma City Thunder will try to bounce back from a brutal loss when they host the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night.

The game will once again air on ABC but the ESPN broadcast team calling the game will look a little different as veteran sideline reporter Lisa Salters will miss the game as she deals with a personal matter, per Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports.

Mike Breen, Doris Burke and Richard Jefferson will be in their normal roles and joining them as the sideline reporter will be Jorge Sedano.

Salters's partner is Stephanie White, who is the head coach of the WNBA's Indiana Fever. She missed Saturday night's win over the Chicago Sky due to personal reasons.

Game 2 is at 8 p.m. ET.

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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