Denver Nuggets color analyst Scott Hastings has really appreciated his run of appearances on The Dan Patrick Show to talk about the team’s run to the NBA Finals.

Hastings joined DP on Monday ahead of Game 3 on Wednesday in Miami, and at the end of the conversation, Scott wanted to share his appreciation for Dan.

“I just wanted to say I miss you and I love you and I need you in my life,” Hastings said.

Patrick responded that the Nuggets just need to keep winning so they can keep checking in. Otherwise Dan said he’d be calling in to Polumbus, Hastings and Dover on Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM to talk NFL.

“I’m a frontrunner,” Patrick said. “If you guys don’t win, then I’ll be calling ya to talk about the Broncos.”

Hastings joked that he’d love to talk Broncos, because Lord knows they don’t talk enough Denver football on the show.

“I guarantee Fritzy has come to you a thousand times trying to get Broncos guests,” he said. “That ain’t gonna work.”

Who could have guessed that the moment that made the hair on the back of Heat fans’ arms stand up would be a pass that was never made? Maybe that isn’t true for everyone, but Mark Jackson said that the way Kevin Love reacted to realizing he missed the chance to hit Gabe Vincent in the corner for a wide open three pointer gave him goosebumps.

“I always like it when a person admits goosies and Mark Jackson yesterday, in front of millions on national television, admitted that when Kevin Love went over to hug Gabe Vincent for missing him wide open in the corner, he got the goosies,” Brendan Tobin said Monday afternoon on WQAM.

Jackson said that it stood out that Vincent didn’t pout and that Love did not get defensive. The pair hugged after the play. Jackson called it an example of the Miami Heat’s “winning mentality and outstanding culture”.

Jeff Van Gundy asked Jackson if he thought the Heat were overdoing it with the hug and if Jackson may have been being a little hyperbolic in his praise.

“No, it gave me goosebumps,” Jackson answered. “What is wrong with you?”

Brendan Tobin enjoyed seeing a member of the national media recognize that Heat Culture is about more than just winning games and series the team isn’t supposed to. It is built on recognizing how players up and down the roster can contribute all over the floor.

“You know what? I love it!” He said. “Gave me the goosies is too. Kevin Love – great locker room guy. Always there for support. I love Love.”

Changes at WJR means good news for sports fans in Detroit. Sean Baligian is back on the air in the Motor City. He will be hosting a one hour show weekday evenings at 6pm.

Baligian most recently was part of the station’s morning show with Paul W. Smith. He is a staple of Detroit sports talk though. He was heard on WDFN multiple times in his career. He also hosted the afternoon show at the short-lived Detroit Sports 105.1 and a digital show for the Woodward Sports Network

The new show will be a revival of Sportswrap. It is one of many changes coming to the WJR lineup.

On Facebook, Baligian expressed his excitement. He also revealed that the start date for the new show is June 20.

In addition to hosting shows, Sean Baligian can also regularly be heard calling college football games. He has been the play-by-play voice of the Wayne State for more than a decade.