Newsday · Dec 22, 2020
New season, new setup for MSG and ESPN's Mike Breen
Mike Breen calls the 76ers-Celtics game at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for ESPN on March 21, 2019. Credit: ESPN Images/Ben Solomon
The challenge of calling NBA games on television in COVID-19 times can be daunting. But it does have its fans.
Take Holly, Mike Breen’s golden retriever. On Dec. 13, the Lakers and Clippers played a preseason game in Los Angeles, while Breen called the game off a monitor in his basement in Manhasset.
That meant a halftime detour that he does not commonly take on work nights, coming upstairs for a visit, still wearing his suit. Holly was waiting for him, and soon was enjoying having her belly scratched.
