{"id":621542,"date":"2026-02-28T05:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/621542\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:08:10","slug":"buzzer-derailed-donovan-mitchell-interview-pistons-cavs-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/621542\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzzer derailed Donovan Mitchell interview, Pistons-Cavs broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN touted Friday night\u2019s broadcast of the game between the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers as \u201cCavaliers-Pistons All-Access<\/a>,\u201d meant to provide immersive coverage of the NBA game.<\/p>\n

They had no idea how immersive they\u2019d get.<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell was chatting with Ryan Ruocco, Tim Legler, and Michael Malone from the bench when the buzzer at Little Caesars Arena started blaring. And it didn\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n

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The arena horn won\u2019t turn off in Detroit \ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com\/wRrWg3uCtQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The issue was, according to ESPN\u2019s Jorge Sedano, \u201ca complete malfunction\u201d that had impacted all of the arena\u2019s electric systems.<\/p>\n

As bad as everyone else felt, the guy tasked with turning the horn off felt worse.<\/p>\n

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Pistons tech guy is getting pissed<\/p>\n

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\u2014 CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social<\/a>) February 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When he and the arena staff finally turned the buzzer off, it elicited what was no doubt the loudest cheer of the evening.<\/p>\n

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They stopped the horn after about 12.5 minutes but they had to shut the scoreboard off to do it<\/p>\n

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\u2014 CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social<\/a>) February 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The area horn ended up going off for 12 and a half minutes, leaving the ESPN broadcasters fearing it could start buzzing again at any moment.<\/p>\n

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The area horn went off for 12.5 minutes during Cavs-Pistons \ud83d\ude05 pic.twitter.com\/ZqXA1MmJqB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As a precaution, the scorer\u2019s table went old-school for the rest of the game, using a handheld air horn. For the best, really.<\/p>\n

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Scoreboard has been rebooted but they don\u2019t want the horn to get stuck again so we\u2019re going old school<\/p>\n

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\u2014 CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social<\/a>) February 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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