New York Knicks

Kurt Rambis and Mike Breen use in-game interview to send love Craig Sager's way

Published Mar. 24, 2016 10:38 a.m. ET

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New York Knicks coach Kurt Rambis skipped an interview between the first and second quarter of Wednesday night's game against the Chicago Bulls, but it was all for a good cause.

ESPN announcer Mike Breen approached Rambis during the break, but in place of the usual interview, the pair took the time instead to send out their best wishes to ailing sideline reporter Craig Sager, who announced earlier this week that his cancer has returned.

At the break, @ESPN's Mike Breen & @NYKnicks Coach Kurt Rambis send their best wishes to Craig Sager. #SagerStrong https://t.co/h1GyKLIR97
— NBA (@NBA) March 24, 2016

Sager was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in April 2014. He received a bone marrow transplant from his son and has gone into remission twice, but the cancer is now back for the third time.

Sager said in an interview with HBO's "Real Sports" Tuesday that patients with his stage of the disease typically have three to six months to live, but he clarified Wednesday that doctors told him that the dim prognosis is for people who choose not to undergo further treatment. Sager is still undergoing treatment as he continues to battle his leukemia with every tool afforded to him by medical science.