Sager To Work First NBA Finals

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – MAY 8: TNT NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager looks on before Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2016 NBA Playoffs on May 8, 2016 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Garrett Ellwood / Getty Images

CLEVELAND (AP) — Craig Sager is going to work his first NBA Finals game.

The longtime sideline reporter has been added to ESPN’s broadcast team for Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. Sager, who has worked for Turner Sports for 34 years, will share sideline reporting duties with Doris Burke on ABC’s broadcast.

Sager, who has long been one of the league’s most revered personalities, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2014. He says the invitation to join the broadcast “is a great honor.”

In a video released Wednesday by ESPN announcing the move, Burke told Sager: “Welcome to our team. It’s our honor.”