Warriors vs Cavaliers: Game 6 NBA Finals - 06.16.16 Full Highlights
CLEVELAND, Ohio Doris Burke said she felt "woefully underdressed" standing next to Craig Sager.
The longtime NBA sideline reporter never covered an NBA Finals until Thursday night. Wearing a popping blue and black jacket covered in a flower design, Sagerjoined Burke for Game 6 at The Q. Sager is battling leukemia and earlier this week agreed to a one-day deal to cover the Cavaliers" 115-101 winagainst the Golden State Warriors.
Sager normally works for TNT. He"s spent 34 years with the Turner networks, but began Thursday"s game covering the Warriors" bench.
He also interviewed Tyronn Lue after the third quarter and capped the night with LeBron James for a postgame chat.
Sager asked James numerous questions after a 41-point performance to push the Finals to a Game 7 that will be played Sunday night in Oakland, Calif.
James fired back one queryto Sager.
"First of all, let me ask you a question," James said. "How in the h**l do you go 30-plus years without getting a finals game? That don"t make no sense."
Sager was diagnosed in March 2014 with leukemia. He returned a year later, but revealed in April during an interview on HBO that his cancer was no longer in remission.
Sager will receive the Jimmy V Perseverance Award in July at The ESPYS.
Here"s some social media highlights of Sager"s first Finals game.
She knows her dad
J.R. Smith"s daughter, Demi, found herself with Jamie Foxx and a slew of children to join ESPN"s Lindsay Czarniak before Game 6.
Demi"s thoughts on her father"splay? Watch for yourself and enjoy.
Sorry, Mr. Russell
Mike Breen struck again. Amid a shot to the luxury suites, Breen pointed out Tracy McGrady and Mike Miller.
He omitted the Hall of Famer at the right.
Mark Jackson provided the save to acknowledge Bill Russell.
Early, late-night predictions
If you didn"t stay up till almost 1:30 a.m. watching SportsCenter"s postgame coverage, Chauncey Billups and Michael Wilbon gave their Game 7 predictions for Sunday night.
Both picked the Cavaliers.
Billups played on the road in an NBA Finals Game 7 against the San Antonio Spurs in 2005. His Detroit Pistons lost to the Spurs that year. He cited momentum as the reason for his choice.
Wilbon, the ESPN commentator and former Washington Post columnist, swayed from his original pick of the Warriors. His reason is James.
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