NBA honors Craig Sager with $500,000 donation

The NBA continued honoring the memory of late TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager by donating $500,000 to the SagerStrong Foundation on Saturday night.

The league gave Sager a tribute following Houston Rockets' guard Eric Gordon's victory over Cleveland's Kyrie Irving in the 3-point contest.

TNT's Ernie Johnson came onto the court with Gordon, Irving and Kemba Walker. He said $10,000 would be donated to the cause for each shot they made in a minute.

TNT analyst Reggie Miller got involved by being accompanied to the court by All-Stars James Harden and DeMar DeRozan along with WNBA champion Candace Parker and actors, including Anthony Anderson and Michael B. Jordan.

Harden and DeRozan combined to make 13 3-pointers for $130,000. Johnson then offered to raise it to $500,000 if Stephen Curry made a halfcourt shot.

Curry missed but Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal lifted Sager's youngest son Ryan, in the air for a dunk to reach $500,000.

Sager died Dec. 15 at 65 following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Sager was annonced earlier Saturday as the Curt Gowdy Media Award winner by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.