ESPN NBA sideline reporter Lisa Salters will miss Game 2 of the 2025 NBA finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers (8:30 p.m., ABC) on June 8 due to a personal reason.
“Lisa is attending to a personal matter,” ESPN said in a statement. “We send her our best.”
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Jorge Sedano, who had been the sideline reporter for ESPN radio during the finals, will replace Salters. Vanessa Richardson steps in for him on the radio call.
Salters has been the lead NBA sideline reporter for ESPN/ABC’s broadcast of the finals since 2022 and covered the league for the network since 2005. She has been the sideline reporter for the network’s top NFL team since 2012 and currently works with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on “Monday Night Football” as the longest-tenured sideline reporter in “MNF” history.
Salters won her first Sports Emmy in the “Outstanding Personality/Reporter” category in 2023. She’s been with ESPN since 2000.
Stephanie White, Salters’ partner and head coach of the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, missed the Fever’s June 7 game against the Chicago Sky with what team called a “personal reason.”
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Lisa Salters misses NBA finals Game 2 broadcast on ABC
