Game Four of the NBA Finals had it all: great performances from huge stars, an historic comeback, and a seemingly endless mob of celebrities at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n
When OG Anunoby tipped in what would be the game-winning shot to finish off a 29-point turnaround and put the Knicks on the verge of their first title in more than 50 years, ESPN almost had too many great options for how to document the moment on air. In the end, after showing a replay of Anunoby\u2019s tip, the network leaned more toward the famous people sitting courtside than\u00a0toward the stars who had just finished the highly taxing game,\u00a0a decision that has already drawn<\/a>\u00a0criticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a new piece at Sportico<\/a>, ESPN\u2019s top NBA producer, Tim Corrigan, broke down the split-second decisions they made that created a live sports television moment that will certainly go down in history.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the balance of what\u2019s the arena feel like, what does every fan feel like who\u2019s experiencing this and, Oh, by the way, you have the biggest stars in the world, like Taylor Swift<\/a>,\u201d Corrigan told Sportico. \u201cTo see the enthusiasm, the excitement of what she\u2019s doing in that moment, and the other A-list stars \u2026 they\u2019re like everybody else in the building. They\u2019re not too cool for the moment. They are all about living in the moment, and so that\u2019s when it\u2019s the right time to bring them in.\u201d<\/p>\n