 Nessler and Walton (eventually joined by Tom Tolbert on ABC) worked "NBA Wednesday" games most weeks during the 2002–03 season.For "NBA Friday", Mike Tirico and Tom Tolbert worked late night West Coast games while John Saunders and Sean Elliott did the early games.For the playoffs, ESPN added Jim Durham to its list of television play-by-play voices and used the ABC main team of Nessler, Walton and Tolbert for its coverage of the 2003 Eastern Conference Finals.