Mike Gorman is hitting the road for the first time during the NBA Playoffs. After missing Games 3 and 4 as he recovered from eye surgery, a doctor cleared the NBC Sports Boston play-by-play man to travel to Atlanta with the Celtics for Game 6.
Celtics fans have heard Gorman call their favorite team’s games for the last 41 seasons. That was interrupted in February when he suffered a detached retina.
The games he missed were never about not being able to see the action. He has reportedly recovered well from surgery. Flying and the changes in pressure that come with it could have caused serious complications for him.
NBC Sports Boston took a very non-traditional approach to games 3 and 4. The network did not use a traditional play-by-play man on the broadcasts. Instead, two former Celtics players, Brian Scalabrine, and Eddie House, covered the game. Both men have served as analysts alongside Mike Gorman during the regular season.
