Poof! Magic is again for a minimum of one night time.
Magic Johnson, who was introduced as a part of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” earlier than the season started, will now seem at Sport 1 of the NBA Finals when the Warriors host the Celtics on Thursday night time. Johnson relayed the information by way of tweet on Monday.
It is going to be Johnson’s second look of the season on the present.
Whereas Johnson didn’t point out it in his tweet, a supply mentioned the Lakers nice can be anticipated to be part of an alternate broadcast for Sport 1 during which the 75 years of the league will probably be celebrated.
Johnson appeared on “Countdown” in March, his one and solely different time earlier than Thursday. Final week, The Submit wrote about his vanishing act, quoting Dave Roberts, ESPN’s head of NBA and studio manufacturing, in a press release.
“There have been sudden scheduling conflicts as Magic continues to broaden his enterprise commitments,” Roberts mentioned. “Whereas our new ‘NBA Countdown’ crew has been distinctive this season, we've got an awesome relationship with Magic and the door is at all times open to work collectively.”
For the reason that story ran, the 2 sides found out a method to have Johnson for Sport 1 of the Finals.
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