A few hundred feet from the door to Oracle Arena sat a cluster of air-conditioned production trucks, ringed by a fence and protected by tight security. This was the ESPN compound for Game 4 of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors. The same set-up will be used for Game 6.
The compound—as ESPN staffers call it—buzzed with activity. ABC holds the broadcast rights to the NBA Finals, and both ABC and ESPN are owned by the same parent company: Walt Disney. The ESPN team manages much of what ultimately appears on TV screens in the U.S. during the series, combining game film with crowd reactions, celebrity fan sightings, background stories on athletes, and B-roll footage.
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