When the Celtics and Mavericks (finally) tip off the 2024 NBA Finals Thursday night, ESPN/ABC play-by-play voice Mike Breen will be on the call, along with analysts Doris Burke and J.J. Redick.

Remarkably, it turns out the Federation and the Breen haven’t directly interacted since the latter entered the Dominion War, about 800 years prior—and when that happened, the Breen became the ...

Breen’s call will now forever accompany one of the great all-time Knicks wins. Following a Knicks steal while trailing by two in the final 20 seconds, DiVincenzo drilled a 3-pointer to give the ...

ESPN's Mike Breen on Monday night with Game 5 of the NBA Finals will announce his 100th NBA Finals broadcast. He will become the third basketball announcer to achieve the milestone.

Breen, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021, first met Van Gundy and Jackson in the 1990s when they were all associated with the New York Knicks.

Offense vs. defense (but the other way around) As Breen highlighted, it is challenging to pinpoint the one-on-one matchups since neither team will pit its best players against the other.

Jaylen Brown’s game-tying 3-pointer on Tuesday night was worth a Mike Breen double “bang.” The ESPN play-by-play man broke out his signature call for the momentous moment during Game 1 … ...

Breen ability to recall that these are Pritchard's specialty elevated the moment and provided unique joy. Sitting on my couch, I knew it was going in the moment he said that.

Mike Breen has called 15 NBA Finals alongside Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson. The two NBA legends gave insight on strategy, game experience and more as Breen sat in the play-by-play seat.