Also veering OT in a way, but ESPN traditionally spends way too much time focusing on the crowds at sporting events compared to other networks, and if last night's coverage of Game 2 is any indication, it's going to be even worse now in this semi post-COVID time now that fans are back, almost to normal. Showing shots of Suns fans after basically every time they scored was utterly obnoxious and I don't know why they think that's something people want to see. I'd be willing to bet TNT took about as many pan shots of the crowd in entire games as ESPN did in one quarter last night, and it's once again one of the many reasons why Turner's coverage is so much better.
This is one thing I haven't missed over the last 15 years - NBC always did crowd shots with a significant degree of moderation, and they did it in better ways as well I would argue - and don't find myself looking forward to with ESPN games in the future. Whether it's basketball or football or anything else, their game presentation utterly f*cking sucks.