{"id":89984,"date":"2024-12-18T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=89984"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:50:31","slug":"legendary-hubie-brown-to-call-final-nba-game-february-9-on-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/18\/legendary-hubie-brown-to-call-final-nba-game-february-9-on-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Hubie Brown to Call Final NBA Game February 9 on ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89983\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89983\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hubie-Brown.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hubie-Brown.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hubie-Brown-300x219.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ESPN\/ABC commentator Hubie Brown is beginning his 30th year of covering the NBA playoffs. ESPN photo: Ben Solomon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hubie Brown, the legendary basketball coach and broadcaster, will call the final NBA game of his storied career on Sunday, February 9, 2025, @ 2PM ET on ABC. Brown will return to Milwaukee, Wis. where he began his professional coaching career as the assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks in 1972. The two-time NBA Coach of the Year will serve as broadcast analyst one final time as the Bucks host the Philadelphia 76ers. Mike Breen, a fellow Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame commentator, will provide play-by-play alongside his longtime colleague. The duo called the 2006 NBA Finals on ABC together.<\/p>\n<p>During the broadcast, ESPN and the NBA will honor and celebrate Brown&#8217;s history-making career, which includes 50 years in the NBA and 35 years as a national television and radio analyst. 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