Chick Hearn broadcasted 3,338 consecutive Lakers games from November 21, 1965 to December 16, 2001.

1. Francis Hearn, nicknamed "Chick" Hearn, was a long-time play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers. His known for inventing now common phrases such as: slam dunk, air ball, and no harm, no foul. Starting on November 21, 1965 he broadcasted 3,338 consecutive Lakers games until December 16, 2001 when he underwent cardiac bypass surgery (A bit over 36 years). Most of Hearn's games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television.

Chick Hearn had some personal phrases now known as "Chickisms." Some examples of the best are:
-"20 foot lay-up": A jump shot by Jamaal Wilkes
-"They couldn't throw a pea into the ocean": The team's shooting is really awful.
and my personal favorite:
-"This game's in the refrigerator: the door is closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin'!": The game is over (or is out of hand).