Magic Johnson, left, shares a laugh with Marv Albert during preliminary basketball action between Brazil and Puerto Rico at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, in this Saturday, July 20, 1996, file photo. Marv Albert plans to retire following the NBA's Eastern Conference finals, ending a broadcasting career that has spanned nearly 60 years. “There is no voice more closely associated with NBA basketball than Marv Albert's,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement released Monday, May 17, 2021, by Turner Sports.

NEW YORK — From Michael Jordan soaring through the air to Willis Reed simply walking onto the court, Marv Albert supplied the sound that went with the sights.

Albert has called numerous sports during a Hall of Fame career that spans nearly 60 years, though he is mostly linked to basketball.

“There is no voice more closely associated with NBA basketball than Marv Albert's,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement released Monday by Turner Sports.

Albert plans to retire after calling the NBA's Eastern Conference finals, ending a career that began on the radio in 1963.