When the Celtics face the Hawks in Atlanta for Video games 3 and 4 of their Japanese Convention first-round playoff collection, an unfamiliar voice might be calling the play-by-play on NBC Sports activities Boston.
Latest circumstances and a scheduling quirk have led the regional broadcast house of the Celtics to hunt a fill-in announcer for the primary two highway video games.
Mike Gorman, the staff’s legendary play-by-play voice, lately had surgical procedure for a indifferent retina and isn’t cleared to fly.
Sean Grande, the staff’s radio play-by-play voice on the 98.5 The Sports activities Hub community, has moved to the tv aspect typically this season. Gorman in the reduction of his journey schedule considerably this season, and Grande moved from radio to TV seamlessly.
However Grande has a previous dedication to name Bellator MMA for Showtime and is unavailable for these two video games. He can be obtainable to maneuver to the TV aspect if the collection returns to Atlanta for Recreation 6.
Jon Wallach will deal with the radio name in Grande’s absence.
NBC Sports activities Boston is working to discover a fill-in for Video games 3 and 4. Brian Scalabrine, the colour analyst on the broadcasts, talked about on his SiriusXM present Thursday morning that he had reached out to Hornets voice Eric Collins about filling in.
Gorman hoped to go on the highway however isn’t fairly the place he must be but. He’ll name the house video games from the Backyard.
Recreation 3 additionally airs on ESPN, and Recreation 4 additionally shall be on TNT.
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