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class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.4</span> <span>1979</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1979-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.5</span> <span>1980</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1981" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1981"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.6</span> <span>1981</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1981-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_years" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_years"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.7</span> <span>Later years</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_years-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1981–82" 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class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.7.4</span> <span>1984–85</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1984–85-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1985–86" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1985–86"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.7.5</span> <span>1985–86</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1985–86-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1986–87" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1986–87"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.7.6</span> <span>1986–87</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1986–87-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1988–89" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1988–89"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.7.7</span> <span>1988–89</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1988–89-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Other personalities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_personalities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_broadcasters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_broadcasters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>List of broadcasters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_broadcasters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Announcing_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Announcing_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Announcing teams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Announcing_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1981–1982" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1981–1982"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.1</span> 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Fishman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="#List_of_broadcasters">See the <i>broadcasters</i> section below</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">17</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Ted Shaker</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data">Michael Burks<br />Bob Dekas<br />Bob Mansbach<br />Robert D. Stenner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_arenas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association arenas">Various NBA arenas</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(game telecasts)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Carmen Abhold<br />Scott Carlson<br />Al Cialino<br />Terry Clark<br />Keith Dabney<br />Dan Flaherty<br />Mike Glenn<br />George Graffeo<br />Mike Harvey<br />Tim Maher<br />Michael Marks<br />Tom McCarthy<br />Jeffrey Pollack<br />George Rothweiler<br />Paul T. Sherwood<br />Fred Shimizu</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multi-camera_setup" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-camera setup">Multi-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">150 minutes or until end of game</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">October 20, 1973<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1973-10-20</span>)</span> –<br />June 14, 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1990-06-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBA on NBC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TBS" title="NBA on TBS">NBA on TBS</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">NBA on TNT</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>NBA on CBS</b></i> is the branding that is used for weekly broadcasts of <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) games produced by <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a>, the sports division of the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> television network in the United States. CBS aired NBA games from the <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74 NBA season</a> (when it succeeded <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC Sports</a> as the national broadcaster of the NBA) until the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90 NBA season</a> (when CBS was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC Sports</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_presentation">Early presentation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early presentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1970s, the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> television network aired <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA) games, specifically league's annual <a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Star_Game" title="ABA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>/selected playoff games.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> served as the CBS analyst on some ABA games alongside <a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on play-by-play. Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1970_ABA_Playoffs" title="1970 ABA Playoffs">1970 ABA Finals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1969–70 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Los_Angeles_Stars_season" title="1969–70 Los Angeles Stars season">Los Angeles</a>) was nationally televised by CBS<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on Saturday, May 23 at 3 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Time</a>. The broadcast was, however, <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(broadcasting)" title="Blackout (broadcasting)">blacked out</a> in Indiana. After that league's <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1972–73 season</a>, CBS lost its TV airing rights as they started airing NBA games in its <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74</a> season onward. </p><p>During CBS' first few years of covering the NBA, CBS was accused of mishandling their NBA telecasts.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the criticisms included CBS playing too much loud music, the lack of stability with the announcers,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> regionalizing telecasts (thus fragmenting the ratings even further), billing games as being between star players<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> instead of teams, and devoting too much attention to the <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">slam dunk</a> in <a href="/wiki/Instant_replay" title="Instant replay">instant replays</a>. Regular features included a <a href="/wiki/Pre-game_show" title="Pre-game show">pre-game show</a> that consisted of mini-teams of celebrities, and active and former NBA players competing against each other, and a halftime show called <i><a href="/wiki/H-O-R-S-E" class="mw-redirect" title="H-O-R-S-E">Horse</a></i>. </p><p>The NBA eventually took notice of the criticisms and managed to persuade CBS to eliminate its original halftime show. In its place, came human-interest shows about the players (similar to the ones seen on the network's <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> pre-game <i><a href="/wiki/The_NFL_Today" title="The NFL Today">The NFL Today</a></i>). There also was a possibility that CBS would start televising a single national game on Sunday afternoons. </p><p>Other adjustments that CBS made in hopes of improving its coverage included hiring reporter <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Hill" title="Sonny Hill">Sonny Hill</a> to cover the league on a full-time basis. CBS also put microphones and cameras on team huddles to allow viewers to see and hear coaches at work. Finally, CBS introduced a halftime segment called <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Red Auerbach</a> on Roundball</i>, featuring the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> coach. The segment intended to not only educate CBS' viewers about the complexities of the pro game but also to teach young players how to improve their skills. They also subtly introduced audiences to an <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association All-Star Game">all-star team</a> based on Auerbach's criteria such as screening and passing. In a <i>Red on Roundball</i> halftime segment that appeared on CBS' NBA telecasts in the <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74 season</a>, Auerbach and referee <a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a> discussed and demonstrated the practice of <a href="/wiki/Flop_(basketball)" title="Flop (basketball)">flopping</a> with obvious disapproval. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Grossman" title="Sandy Grossman">Sandy Grossman</a> was the chief director of broadcasting NBA games on CBS during the early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-Nyt_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nyt-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grossmann innovated using music at the break of basketball games, and after he played "<a href="/wiki/The_Hustle_(song)" title="The Hustle (song)">The Hustle</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Van_McCoy" title="Van McCoy">Van McCoy</a>, McCoy sent him a gold record in thanks of his promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ABC meanwhile, filled the void left by losing the NBA by <a href="/wiki/Counterprogramming_(television)" title="Counterprogramming (television)">counterprogramming</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Wide_World_of_Sports_(American_TV_program)" title="Wide World of Sports (American TV program)">Wide World of Sports</a></i> on Sundays<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> against CBS' NBA coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10/20/1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1973–74 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1973–74 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10/27/1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Buffalo_Braves_season" title="1973–74 Buffalo Braves season">Buffalo</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1973–74 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>2:00 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11/3/1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Capital_Bullets_season" title="1973–74 Capital Bullets season">Capital</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1973–74 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11/10/1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Kansas_City%E2%80%93Omaha_Kings_season" title="1973–74 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season">Kansas City-Omaha</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11/17/1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1973–74 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12/1/1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1973–74 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> @ Atlanta </td> <td>2:00 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1/6/1974 </td> <td>Phoenix @ <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1973–74 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1/13/1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1973–74 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> @ Atlanta </td> <td>12:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1/20/1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1973–74 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles</a> @ Milwaukee </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1/27/1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1973–74 New York Knicks season">New York</a> @ Atlanta </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/3/1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Capital_Bullets_season" title="1973–74 Capital Bullets season">Capital</a> @ Boston </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/10/1974 </td> <td>Los Angeles @ Chicago </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/17/1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1973–74 New York Knicks season">New York</a> @ Milwaukee </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/24/1974 </td> <td>Milwaukee @ <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Kansas_City%E2%80%93Omaha_Kings_season" title="1973–74 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season">K.C.-Omaha</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/3/1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">New York @ Boston</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/10/1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Los Angeles @ Boston</a> </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/17/1974 </td> <td>Milwaukee @ Chicago </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/24/1974 </td> <td>Atlanta @ Capital </td> <td>3:00 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/31/1974 </td> <td>New York @ Capital </td> <td>2:30 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Pat Summerall worked the <a href="/wiki/1974_Masters_Tournament" title="1974 Masters Tournament">Masters</a> for <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_on_CBS" title="PGA Tour on CBS">CBS</a> during the April 13–14 weekend in <a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 NBA Playoffs">1974</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">11/23/75 (regional telecasts) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1975–76 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1975–76 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">4 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1975–76 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12/7/75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1975–76 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> @ Seattle </td> <td>4:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>12/21/75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1975–76 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>4 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1/11/76 (regional telecast) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston @ Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1975–76 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1975–76 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City</a> </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1/25/76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Buffalo_Braves_season" title="1975–76 Buffalo Braves season">Buffalo</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1975–76 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1975–76 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1975–76 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City</a> </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/1/76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1975–76 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> @ Golden State </td> <td>3 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/3/76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1976 NBA All-Star Game">ALL-STAR GAME</a> (in Philadelphia) </td> <td>9 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/8/76 </td> <td>Buffalo @ Philadelphia </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/15/76 </td> <td>Los Angeles @ Washington </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2/22/76 - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles @ Seattle </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philadelphia @ Golden State </td> <td>4 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/29/76 </td> <td>Golden State @ Boston </td> <td>3 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/5/76 </td> <td>Golden State @ Los Angeles </td> <td>11:45 p.m. tape delay </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3/7/76 (regional telecasts) </td> <td>Milwaukee @ Kansas City </td> <td rowspan="2">3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>New York @ Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/14/76 </td> <td>Washington @ Boston </td> <td>3:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/21/76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1975–76 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> @ Seattle </td> <td>3:30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/28/76 </td> <td>Buffalo @ Washington </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4/4/76 - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td>Buffalo @ Boston </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philadelphia @ <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1975–76 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>4 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4/11/76 - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td>Boston @ Washington </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kansas City @ Buffalo </td> <td>4 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76 season</a>, CBS had asked the NBA to schedule both games on January 25, so they could choose which one to televise. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Slam_dunk_contest">Slam dunk contest</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Slam dunk contest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77 season</a>, the NBA's first after the <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA–NBA merger</a> brought four <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> teams into the league, CBS held a <a href="/wiki/NBA_Slam_Dunk_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Slam Dunk Contest">slam dunk contest</a> that ran during halftime of the <i>Game of the Week</i> telecasts. <a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a> was the host of this particular competition. The final, which pitted <a href="/wiki/Larry_McNeill" title="Larry McNeill">Larry McNeill</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> against eventual winner <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Hillman" title="Darnell Hillman">Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>, took place during Game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977 NBA Finals</a>. At the time of the final, Hillman's rights had been traded to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a>, but he had not yet signed a contract. Since he was not officially a member of any NBA team, instead of wearing a jersey, he competed in a plain white tank top. Then for the post-competition interview, Hillman donned a shirt with the words "Bottle Shoppe" – the name of an <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> liquor store, which is still in existence, and was the sponsor of a city parks softball league team for which Hillman played left field (and the only team he was a member of at the time).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other players to compete in the slam dunk tournament included <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">George Gervin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>. CBS, anxious for star power, also gave <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">David Thompson</a> the opportunity to be eliminated three times.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>12/25/76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1976–77 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1976–77 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City</a> </td> <td>12:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1/9/77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Los Angeles @ Detroit</a> </td> <td>noon. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1/16/77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1976–77 New York Knicks season">New York</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1976–77 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">4:00 (regional coverage) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1976–77 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1976–77 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1/23/77 </td> <td>Seattle @ <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1976–77 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td> <td>4:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1/30/77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1976–77 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> @ Seattle </td> <td>4:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/6/1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1976–77 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles</a> @ <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/6/77 </td> <td>Denver @ Phoenix </td> <td>4 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2/20/1977 </td> <td>Los Angeles @ <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1976–77 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> </td> <td>1:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1976–77 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> @ Golden State </td> <td>4 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2/27/77 </td> <td>Philadelphia @ Seattle </td> <td>4:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/6/77 </td> <td>Chicago @ Golden State </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/13/77 </td> <td>Washington @ Golden State </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/20/77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> @ Phoenix </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3/27/77 </td> <td>Golden State @ Denver </td> <td>4:45 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="H-O-R-S-E_Competition">H-O-R-S-E Competition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: H-O-R-S-E Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78 season</a>, CBS held a H-O-R-S-E competition at halftime of the <i>Game of the Week</i> telecasts. Again, Don Criqui hosted with Mendy Rudolph officiating. 32 players, including <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a>, George Gervin, <a href="/wiki/JoJo_White" class="mw-redirect" title="JoJo White">JoJo White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Paul Westphal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a>, competed in a round-robin single-elimination tournament each week. Barry was eliminated in the first round by <a href="/wiki/Earl_Tatum" title="Earl Tatum">Earl Tatum</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. Maravich and Westphal made it to the final, which was scheduled to take place at halftime of Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978 NBA Finals</a>. However, Maravich was injured and unavailable, so CBS instead had Westphal shoot a free-throw against "Bag-Man" (who was Rick Barry, who was on the announcing team, wearing a paper sack over his head). Westphal, with a bag over his head as well, made the free throw while Barry missed, and CBS awarded him the trophy. </p> <ul><li>Among the games aired this season included <ul><li>10/28/1977 Philadelphia 76ers vs. Portland Trail Blazers 11:30 p.m.</li> <li>12/25/1977 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Braves 12:40 p.m.</li> <li>1/8/1978 (regional telecast) New Orleans Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers 6:45 p.m.</li> <li>1/8/1978 (regional telecast) Los Angeles Lakers vs. Indiana Pacers 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>1/8/1978 (regional telecast) Chicago Bulls vs. Denver Nuggets 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>1/8/1978 (regional telecast) Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>1/15/1978 (regional telecast) Portland Trail Blazers vs. Boston Celtics 1 p.m.</li> <li>1/15/1978 (regional telecast) Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons 1 p.m.</li> <li>1/22/1978 (regional telecast) New York Knicks vs. Denver Nuggets</li> <li>1/22/1978 (regional telecast) Detroit Pistons vs. New Orleans Jazz</li> <li>1/29/1978 (regional telecast) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>1/29/1978 (regional telecast) Los Angeles Lakers vs. Washington Bullets 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>1/29/1978 (regional telecast) Philadelphia 76ers vs. Denver Nuggets 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>2/5/1978 The NBA All-Star Game 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>2/12/1978 (regional telecast) New York Knicks vs. New Jersey Nets 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>2'19'1978 (regional telecast) New Orleans Jazz vs. Washington Bullets</li> <li>2/26/1978 (regional telecast) Milwaukee Bucks vs. New Orleans Jazz</li> <li>2/26/1978 (regional telecast) Portland Trail Blazers vs. Chicago Bulls</li> <li>3/5/1978 (regional telecast) New Orleans Jazz vs. Detroit Pistons</li> <li>3/5/1978 (regional telecast) New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics</li> <li>3/12/1978 (regional telecast) Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics</li> <li>3/19/1978 (regional telecast) New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>3/26/1978 (regional telecast) Portland Trail Blazers vs Philadelphia 76ers</li> <li>4/2/1978 (regional telecast) New York Knicks vs Washington Bullets 1:45 p.m.</li> <li>4/8/1978 New York Knicks vs Buffalo Braves</li> <li>4/9/1978 (regional telecast) Buffalo Braves vs Boston Celtics</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tape_delay_and_playoff_scheduling">Tape delay and playoff scheduling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tape delay and playoff scheduling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1975</a> to <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a>, CBS aired all <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> games <a href="/wiki/Live_television" title="Live television">live</a> (usually during the afternoon); live NBA Finals game coverage on the network resumed in <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1982</a>. During this era, CBS aired weeknight playoff games from earlier rounds on <a href="/wiki/Tape_delay_(broadcasting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tape delay (broadcasting)">tape delay</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at 11:30 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Time</a> (airing games live when the game site was in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific Time Zone</a>). CBS continued this practice until at least the mid-1980s. </p><p>CBS did not want sportscasters to give the final score on the late-evening newscasts aired by its local affiliates. The network preferred the games to not be over by that time if they were going to be aired on tape later that night. Most CBS games were either 8:30 or 9 p.m. local starts. For instance, CBS aired Games 1–3 of the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 NBA Playoffs">1981 Western Conference finals</a>, between the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Kings">Kansas City Kings</a>. Ironically, both Western Conference teams finished the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">regular season</a> with a record 40–42, instead of the Eastern Conference finals between the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> (both teams finished with a 62–20 record). </p><p><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">1986</a> was the last year that CBS aired an NBA playoff game on tape delay. The network's final delayed playoff broadcast was Game 3 (on May 16) of the Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>. The game aired at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time after having a 9:30 p.m. tip. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preemptions">Preemptions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Preemptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the NBA's lack of widespread popularity nationwide in the 1970s and early 1980s, the network tinkered with the league's schedule. However, individual CBS affiliates did as much tinkering, with many outright refusing to air NBA programming during much of CBS' partnership with the league. </p><p><a href="/wiki/WCPO" class="mw-redirect" title="WCPO">WCPO</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, a CBS affiliate during the <i>NBA on CBS</i> era, did not carry many regular season games in the 1970s, deciding to run movies and other programming instead. The city had lost the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Royals">Cincinnati Royals</a> when they moved to <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a> in 1972; Cincinnati has not had an NBA team since. As an <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate post-1996, WCPO has carried that network's regular season (and playoffs) since <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a> gained broadcast rights to the NBA in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002</a>. Other markets that hardly aired NBA games during the early half of the CBS era included <a href="/wiki/WMAR-TV" title="WMAR-TV">Baltimore</a> and, infamously, <a href="/wiki/WAGA-TV" title="WAGA-TV">Atlanta</a> (which had, and still has, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">a team</a>). </p><p>All through the 1980s when CBS broadcast NBA basketball games on Sunday afternoons, those games were pretty much a no-show in <a href="/wiki/The_Carolinas" class="mw-redirect" title="The Carolinas">the Carolinas</a>. <a href="/wiki/WBTV" title="WBTV">WBTV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, <a href="/wiki/WFMY-TV" title="WFMY-TV">WFMY</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a>, <a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">WTVD</a> (now an ABC owned-and-operated station) in <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW</a> in <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a> refused to show any of the games. They instead opted for old movies, and off-net repeats mostly. <a href="/wiki/WLTX" title="WLTX">WLTX</a> in <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a> did air a full schedule of NBA games, and low-powered indie Ch. 62 in <a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a> did take the games instead of <a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">WTVD</a> (other indies in the state didn't bother with them though). Ironically, toward the end of the NBA's partnership with CBS, the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> would make their debut, citing the sport's popularity in the Carolinas as a reason for expansion. </p><p>The ABC-<a href="/wiki/ABC_Owned_Television_Stations" title="ABC Owned Television Stations">owned</a> or <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABC_television_affiliates_(by_U.S._state)" title="List of ABC television affiliates (by U.S. state)">affiliated</a> stations (<a href="/wiki/WMAR-TV" title="WMAR-TV">WMAR</a>, <a href="/wiki/WCPO-TV" title="WCPO-TV">WCPO</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">WTVD</a>) now cleared all sports programming, including the NBA, in their partnership with the network. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Scheduling_history_overview">Scheduling history overview</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scheduling history overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:left;"> <caption><b>CBS scheduling tote boards</b><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:35px;"><b>Game</b> </td> <td style="width:35px;"><b>Day</b> </td> <td style="width:50px;"><b>Date</b> </td> <td style="width:120px;"><b>Status</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#efefef;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="4"><b>1979 NBA Final</b> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">1 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 20 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">2 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Thursday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 24 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Tape delay </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">3 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 27 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">4 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Tuesday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 29 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live to Eastern/<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central zones</a>, tape delay to <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">Mountain</a>/Pacific zones (11:30 p.m. Eastern Time start) </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">5 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Friday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">June 1 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live (9 p.m. Eastern Time start) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#efefef;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="4"><b>1980 Eastern Conference Final</b> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">1 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Friday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 18 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">No broadcast </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">2 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 20 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">3 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Wednesday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 23 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">No broadcast </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">4 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Thursday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 24 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">No broadcast </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">5 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 27 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#efefef;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="4"><b>1980 Western Conference Final</b> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">1 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Tuesday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 22 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">No broadcast </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">2 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Wednesday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 23 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live to Eastern/Central zones, tape delay elsewhere </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">3 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Friday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 25 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live to Eastern/Central zones, tape delay elsewhere </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">4 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 27 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">5 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Wednesday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">April 30 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live to Eastern/Central zones, tape delay elsewhere </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#efefef;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="4"><b>1980 NBA Final</b> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">1 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 4 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">2 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Wednesday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 7 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live to Eastern/Central zones, tape delay elsewhere </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">3 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Saturday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 10 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">4 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 11 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">5 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Wednesday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 14 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Live to Eastern/Central zones, tape delay elsewhere </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;"> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;line-height:110%">6 </td> <td style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Friday </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">May 16 </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Affiliates had choice to show live or tape delay </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="1976">1976</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1976"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976 NBA Finals</a> had three straight off days between the Sunday afternoon opener and Game 2 the following Thursday night due to CBS' concern with low <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a> for professional basketball. The 1975–76 network television season (as well as May sweeps) ended after Wednesday, May 26 (with weekend afternoon games not factored into the prime-time ratings). Accordingly, CBS allowed Game 1 to be played on Sunday afternoon since the ratings would not count, but would not permit Game 2 to be played <a href="/wiki/Live_television" title="Live television">live</a> in prime time unless the NBA waited until Thursday evening. </p><p>For Game 3 of the Finals, CBS forced the NBA to start the game in <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a> at 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on a Sunday morning. This was done to accommodate a golf telecast that afternoon. Many local clergymen were outraged, as attendance at Sunday church services was drastically reduced that day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="1977">1977</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1977"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1977</a>, CBS' NBA schedule was composed of six regionalized telecasts on Sundays. Not only that, the network would air one national game if they felt that the match-up itself warranted national coverage. CBS also could stage doubleheaders and switch from a one-sided game to a close one. During this period, the network stopped airing any games during prime time before the NBA Finals. Instead, CBS started airing several <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast</a> games at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time. </p><p>For most of the early years, the NBA tried to assist CBS by allowing the network to choose any game it wanted to broadcast. But too often, these involved smaller-market teams (such as the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>) that were in the playoffs or had won the championship. </p><p>CBS wanted the NBA to start Game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">Finals</a> at 10:30 local time on Sunday morning to accommodate a <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_on_CBS" title="PGA Tour on CBS">golf telecast</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kemper_Open" title="Kemper Open">Kemper Open</a> (similar to 1976). This time, the NBA refused and CBS agreed to a noon start in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>. Even though this was the Finals' clinching game, CBS cut away from its NBA coverage very quickly after the game ended, skipping the trophy presentation in the Trail Blazers' locker room to instead televise the golf tournament. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="1978">1978</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1978"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1978, <a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_NBC" class="mw-redirect" title="College Basketball on NBC">NBC</a> aired Saturday afternoon college basketball games, while CBS aired NBA doubleheaders on Sunday afternoons, and most <a href="/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent station (North America)">independent stations</a> aired local professional and college games. CBS started to fear that their ratings suffered as a result of too many basketball games being aired on television at once. As an experiment of sorts, the network decided to air the first two games of the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 NBA Playoffs">Conference finals</a> at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="1979">1979</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1979"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NBA Playoffs">1979 NBA Playoffs</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a>, Games 2 and 5 of the Eastern Conference finals were televised live, while Game 7 was broadcast on tape delay. Games 3 and 6 of the Western Conference finals aired live, while Games 2, 5, and 7 were televised via tape delay. Games 6 and 7 of the <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979 NBA Finals</a> would have been televised live (at 3:30 p.m. on a Sunday and then 9 p.m. on the following Tuesday), but were unnecessary. However, Game 2 of the Finals was aired on tape delay while <a href="/wiki/List_of_CBS_television_affiliates_(by_U.S._state)" title="List of CBS television affiliates (by U.S. state)">CBS affiliates</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">DC area</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Northwest" title="Pacific Northwest">Pacific Northwest</a> telecast the game live. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="1980">1980</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1980"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–1980 season</a>, the network's NBA ratings had bottomed, with a regular season rating for the broadcasts at 6.4. By this time, the network had eliminated its regional coverage and only used two play-by-play announcers (<a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a>) and three color commentators (<a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rod_Hundley" class="mw-redirect" title="Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a>, who teamed with Musburger and Rick Barry, who teamed with Bender); CBS felt that showing an NBA Finals game was not worth pre-empting their Friday night lineup (the smash hit <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i> in particular) during May <a href="/wiki/Sweeps" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweeps">sweeps</a> (although the <a href="/wiki/Who_Shot_J.R.%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Who Shot J.R.?">iconic episode</a> in which <a href="/wiki/J.R._Ewing" class="mw-redirect" title="J.R. Ewing">J.R. Ewing</a> was shot aired on March 21, 1980, and <i>Dallas</i> was already in summer reruns). The consensus was that a basketball game in prime time would have drawn fewer viewers. As a result, CBS used to regularly run NBA games in the 11:30 p.m. time slot (then occupied by <i><a href="/wiki/The_CBS_Late_Movie" title="The CBS Late Movie">The CBS Late Movie</a></i>). For the <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a> and <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981 NBA Finals</a>, CBS scheduled Games 3 and 4 on back-to-back days (Saturday and Sunday) to avoid an extra tape delay game. </p><p>When it came time for CBS to broadcast Game 6 of the 1980 Finals (on Friday, May 16), the network gave its affiliates the option of either airing the game live or on tape delay (in fact, <a href="/wiki/WAGA-TV" title="WAGA-TV">WAGA-TV</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> [home of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Hawks</a>, and now a Fox owned-and-operated station] did not carry the <i>NBA on CBS</i> for numerous year and this game was no exception; ironically, thanks to an independent station picking it up, Atlanta was the only market outside of Philadelphia in the Eastern, Central and Mountain time zones to air it live). If the affiliate chose to air the game later that night, then the prime schedule would consist of reruns of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredible_Hulk_(1978_TV_series)" title="The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)">The Incredible Hulk</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dukes_of_Hazzard" title="The Dukes of Hazzard">The Dukes of Hazzard</a></i> and <i>Dallas</i> (CBS, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> and ABC ended the 1979–80 seasons in late March and early April in anticipation of a <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild" title="Screen Actors Guild">Screen Actors Guild</a>, which came to fruition in July 1980). The clinching Game 6 of the 1980 Finals between the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> and <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a> was, most notably, aired live in the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Los Angeles, Portland, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco</a> markets; CBS stations in the latter three markets were able to air the game live and still show most of the CBS prime schedule since the game tipped at 6 p.m. Pacific Time. Otherwise, most CBS affiliates chose to air Game 6 on tape delay. </p><p>The reason for this scheduling dilemma was the fact that the NBA had opted to start the regular season earlier. Starting in the mid-1970s, the NBA had pushed back the start of the regular season, resulting in it ending increasingly later (for example, April 6 in <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1975</a>, April 11 in <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1976</a>). Before that, the regular season had always ended in late March. For the 1979–1980 and 1980–1981 seasons, the NBA reverted to the earlier practice, with the season ending respectively on March 30, 1980, and March 29, 1981 (both falling on a Sunday). That meant that the Finals in those years began in the first week of May rather than the end of May, and as a result, the weeknight games were played during May ratings sweeps.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, weeknight games held on the West Coast started at 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time, which was 11:30 p.m. in the Eastern Time Zone; those games could be shown live. However, non-West Coast weeknight games required tape-delay, to be shown at 11:30 p.m. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10-12-79 (Friday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Clippers_rivalry" title="Lakers–Clippers rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Diego Clippers</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">12-25-79 (Tuesday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1979–80 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> </td> <td>12:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-20-80 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1979–80 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Noon </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1-27-80 (Sunday) - regional action </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1979–80 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1979–80 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_San_Diego_Clippers_season" title="1979–80 San Diego Clippers season">San Diego Clippers</a> vs. Boston<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-3-80 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1980 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ Landover, MD (West vs East) </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-10-80 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-17-80 (Sunday) </td> <td>Boston vs. Seattle<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:45 pm </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2-24-80 (Sunday) - regional action </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1979–80 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1979–80 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>San Diego Clippers vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1979–80 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3-2-80 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1979–80 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Milwaukee vs. San Diego Clippers </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-9-80 (Sunday) </td> <td>Philadelphia vs. San Antonio<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">3-16-80 (Sunday) - regional action </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1979–80 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> vs. Washington<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="3">2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phoenix vs. Los Angeles Lakers </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kansas City vs. Milwaukee </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-21-80 (Friday) </td> <td>Phoenix vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-23-80 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1979–80 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-28-80 (Friday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Clippers_rivalry" title="Lakers–Clippers rivalry">San Diego vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-30-80 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston vs. Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="1981">1981</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1981"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1980–1981 season was arguably the rock bottom point of the tape delay era for CBS. CBS aired four of the six <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">Finals</a> games on tape delay and six of nine during the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference finals">Conference finals</a>. Just like the previous year, CBS scheduled Games 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals without an off-day to avoid yet another tape-delayed game. CBS wanted the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NBA)" title="Pacific Division (NBA)">Pacific teams</a> to advance in the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 NBA Playoffs">playoffs</a> so that they could show live games at 11:30 p.m. on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">Eastern U.S.</a>; however, the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1980–81 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> and <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1980–81 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> were upset in Round 1, while the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> were upset in Round 2. This left two teams located in the Central Time Zone, the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1980–81 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> and <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1980–81 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City Kings</a> (both with 40–42 regular season records), to play in the Western Conference finals. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10-10-80 (Friday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1980–81 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1980–81 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">12-25-80 (Thursday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">Boston vs. New York Knicks</a> </td> <td>12:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-18-81 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1-25-81 (Sunday) - regional action </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1980–81 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">12 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Seattle vs. <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1980–81 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-1-81 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1981 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ Cleveland (West vs East) </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-8-81 (Sunday) </td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2-22-81 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1980–81 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philadelphia vs. Phoenix </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3-1-81 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Philadelphia vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phoenix vs. Los Angeles Lakers </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3-8-81 (Sunday) - regional action </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1980–81 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1980–81 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> vs. Philadelphia </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3-15-81 (Sunday) - regional action </td> <td>Philadelphia vs. New York Knicks </td> <td rowspan="2">1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chicago vs. <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1980–81 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City Kings</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-22-81 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston vs. Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-27-81 (Friday) </td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. Seattle </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-29-81 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Philadelphia vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Later_years">Later years</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NBA responded to CBS' actions by returning to a schedule that started later – usually the last weekend in October – and ended in mid-to-late-April, resulting in the NBA Finals ending after sweeps. In the 1979–1980 and 1980–1981 seasons, the NBA had experimented with ending the regular season at the end of March, thereby ensuring that the Finals were played in early to mid May; starting with the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–1982 season</a>, a late April regular-season finale was held, resulting in the finals starting in late May and stretching into June (for example, while the 1980 Finals were slated for May 4 to 18 if they went seven games, and the 1981 Finals for May 5–17, the 1982 Finals were scheduled for May 27 to June 10). </p><p>While CBS would stop tape delaying its game broadcasts after the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981 NBA Finals</a>, many first-round playoff games were not nationally televised (and would not become so until <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 NBA Playoffs">1995</a>). During this era, CBS typically provided regional coverage of two games in a late Sunday afternoon time slot during the first three weekends of the playoffs. In <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">1986</a>, CBS provided regional coverage of the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference finals games on May 18. This would be the last time that any NBA Conference finals game was not nationally televised. </p><p>During the 1980s, CBS showed a mixture of NBA and <a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_CBS_Sports" title="College Basketball on CBS Sports">college basketball</a> games during the regular season. Each March, CBS would essentially suspend its NBA coverage during the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA men's basketball tournament</a>. CBS typically showed a few regular season NBA games in the weeks after the <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">NFL season</a> ended, before March Madness and several weekends leading into the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Playoffs">playoffs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="1981–82"><span id="1981.E2.80.9382"></span>1981–82</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1981–82"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CBS would reserve a <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NBA Playoffs">playoff</a> game with an early start (such as Game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Eastern_Conference_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Eastern Conference finals">Eastern Conference finals</a>) for tape delay, preventing <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_USA" title="NBA on USA">USA Network</a> from televising it live. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">'82 Finals</a> marked the first time since 1978 that all of the games aired live in their entirety; As a compromise between CBS and the NBA, the season returned to late October after starting it in early October the previous two seasons, meaning that the championship series started after the conclusion of May sweeps. Also, <a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> served as anchor for Game 1 in Philadelphia, but had to anchor Games 2 and 5 from New York, because he hosted <i><a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports_Spectacular" title="CBS Sports Spectacular">CBS Sports Sunday</a></i>. So anchoring the coverage in Musburger's absence were <a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a> (Games 2–4) and <a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(radio_and_television_personality)" title="Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)">Pat O'Brien</a> (Game 5). </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10-30-81 (Friday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1981–82 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">12-25-81</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1981–82 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-17-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1981–82 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-22-82 (Friday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Detroit vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-24-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1981–82 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1981–82 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>noon. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-31-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ East Rutherford, NJ (West vs East) </td> <td>3 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-7-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-14-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-21-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1981–82 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> vs. Philadelphia </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-28-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> vs. Boston </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-7-82 (Sunday) </td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-14-82 (Sunday) </td> <td>Phoenix vs. Boston </td> <td>12 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-28-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Philadelphia vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-2-82 (Friday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4-4-82 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockets%E2%80%93Spurs_rivalry" title="Rockets–Spurs rivalry">Houston vs. San Antonio</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Portland vs. Los Angeles Lakers </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-11-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston vs. Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-16-82 (Friday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1981–82 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> vs. Los Angeles Lakers<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4-18-82 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td>Milwaukee vs. Philadelphia </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Portland vs. Los Angeles Lakers </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="1982–83"><span id="1982.E2.80.9383"></span>1982–83</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1982–83"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83 season</a>, CBS significantly reduced the number of regular season broadcasts from 18 to four.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rationale was that <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> networks (namely, the <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_USA" title="NBA on USA">USA Network</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a>) were carrying a large number of regular season games (at least 40 each). In return, CBS executives believed that the public was being oversaturated with NBA coverage. </p><p>CBS added two broadcasts in November near the end of the <a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> players' strike. The 57-day walkout ended on November 16, and games resumed five days later. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>11-7-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>11-14-82 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1982–83 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-30-83 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers @ Boston</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-13-83 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ LA (East vs West) </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-6-83 (Sunday) </td> <td>Philadelphia vs. <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1982–83 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>oon </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-15-83 (Friday) </td> <td>Seattle vs. <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td>11:30 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-17-83 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Philadelphia vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="1983–84"><span id="1983.E2.80.9384"></span>1983–84</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 1983–84"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84 season</a>, CBS would televise just ten (out of 170 nationally) regular season games. Meanwhile, CBS televised about 16 <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 NBA Playoffs">playoff</a> games. 1984 featured an increase to 47 nationally televised playoff time slots (43 national games plus 8 regional games in four windows). </p><p>Also, in 1984, <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a>' <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a> (the then wife of lead <i>NBA on CBS</i> play-by-play announcer <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a>) became the first woman to cover an <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10-29-83 (Saturday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockets%E2%80%93Spurs_rivalry" title="Rockets–Spurs rivalry">San Antonio vs. Houston</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">12-25-83 (Sunday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knicks%E2%80%93Nets_rivalry" title="Knicks–Nets rivalry">New Jersey Nets vs. New York Knicks</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-15-84 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1983–84 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1983–84 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-29-84 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1984 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ Denver (East vs West) </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-12-84 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Philadelphia vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-26-84 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1983–84 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-4-84 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4-8-84 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td>Philadelphia vs. <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1983–84 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1983–84 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="1984–85"><span id="1984.E2.80.9385"></span>1984–85</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 1984–85"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 12, 1985, during halftime of the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1984–85 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>–<a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a> <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_playoffs" title="1985 NBA playoffs">playoff game</a>, CBS televised the first <a href="/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery" title="NBA draft lottery">NBA draft lottery</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10-27-84 (Saturday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1984–85 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">12-25-84 (Tuesday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1984–85 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-13-85 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-20-85 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston vs. Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-10-85 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ Indianapolis (West vs East) </td> <td>1:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-17-85 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-24-85 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1984–85 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4-7-85 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">New York Knicks vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> vs. Los Angeles Lakers </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="1985–86"><span id="1985.E2.80.9386"></span>1985–86</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1985–86"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1986 was the last time CBS aired an <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">NBA playoff</a> game on tape delay, Game 3 of the Western Conference finals between the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, which was held on May 16 of that year. The game aired at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time following a 9:30 p.m. tip. Also in 1986, CBS provided regional coverage of the Eastern Conference and Western Conference finals games on May 18. As previously mentioned, this was the last time that any NBA Conference finals game was not nationally televised. </p><p>As was the case in <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>, Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986 NBA Finals</a> was on <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a> afternoon. Game 3 of the NBA Finals in <a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Church_Central_Campus" title="Lakewood Church Central Campus">Houston</a> was played during the midst of an electrical storm that knocked the picture out for approximately the first six minutes of the fourth quarter. Although the video was already on the fritz towards the end of the third, CBS announcer <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> waited for nearly three minutes before adjusting to a radio play-by-play. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10-26-85 (Saturday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1985–86 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1985–86 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">12-25-85 (Wednesday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">Boston vs. New York Knicks</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-19-86 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-26-86 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Philadelphia vs. Boston</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-9-86 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ Dallas (East vs West) </td> <td>1:45 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-16-86 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-23-86 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1985–86 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-2-86 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Celtics–Pistons rivalry">Detroit vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-9-86 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1985–86 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana</a> vs. Philadelphia </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4-6-86 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston vs. Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1985–86 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="1986–87"><span id="1986.E2.80.9387"></span>1986–87</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1986–87"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NBA Playoffs">1987</a>, CBS provided prime-time coverage for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, marking the network's first pre-Finals prime-time playoff telecast since <a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 NBA Playoffs">1975</a>. CBS was able to do this because the NBA decided to push the Finals back from late May until early June. With the Finals starting a week later, the awkward long pauses between Games 1 and 2 were no longer required. Because of this, instead of Game 2 of the Finals being shown on the first night after the sweeps ended, CBS could show Game 6 of the conference finals. </p><p>Also in 1987, the <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> hit a then-record rating of 15.9. <a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a> was the sideline reporter for Games 3 and 4 (the latter being the <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic</a> junior skyhook game) of the Finals because <a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat O'Brien (television)">Pat O'Brien</a> attended the birth of his son, Sean Patrick. O'Brien called Games 1, 2, 5, and 6. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>11-1-86 (Saturday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1986–87 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">12-25-86 (Thursday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Bulls–Knicks rivalry">Chicago vs. New York Knicks</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-18-87 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1986–87 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-24-87 (Saturday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1986–87 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-25-87 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Philadelphia vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-1-87 (Sunday) </td> <td>Houston vs. <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-8-87 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All Star Game</a> @ Seattle (East vs. West) </td> <td>3 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-15-87 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-1-87 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> vs. Houston<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-8-87 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Celtics–Pistons rivalry">Boston vs. Detroit</a> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4-5-87 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston vs. Philadelphia</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1986–87 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-19-87 (Sunday) </td> <td>Atlanta vs. Boston </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="1988–89"><span id="1988.E2.80.9389"></span>1988–89</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1988–89"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the late 1980s, CBS was telecasting 15 or 16 regular season games<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> per year. In <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NBA Playoffs">1989</a> alone, only 13 of the 24 playoff games (Games 1–3, specifically) in Round 1 aired on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TBS" title="NBA on TBS">TBS</a> or CBS (for example, none of the four games from the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1988–89 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> first-round series appeared on national television). Notably, Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NBA Playoffs">1989 playoff series</a> between the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1988–89 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> (featuring <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>'s now famous game-winning, last-second <a href="/wiki/The_Shot" title="The Shot">shot</a> over <a href="/wiki/Craig_Ehlo" title="Craig Ehlo">Craig Ehlo</a>) was not nationally televised. The CBS-affiliated stations in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/WTKR" title="WTKR">WTKR</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a>, <a href="/wiki/WTVR-TV" title="WTVR-TV">WTVR-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a> and <a href="/wiki/WDBJ" title="WDBJ">WDBJ</a> in <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke</a>) elected to show the first game of a second round series between Seattle and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Lakers</a>. </p><p>Meanwhile, many CBS affiliates on the West Coast (such as <a href="/wiki/KCBS-TV" title="KCBS-TV">KCBS-TV</a> in Los Angeles and <a href="/wiki/KPIX-TV" title="KPIX-TV">KPIX-TV</a> in San Francisco) were able to broadcast at least a portion of the Chicago-Cleveland game. In Los Angeles, the hometown Lakers finished their game (started at the same time as the Chicago-Cleveland game) just in time for CBS to switch to the Chicago-Cleveland game, where, as it happened, Jordan made his game-winner. The <i><a href="/wiki/Portland_Oregonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Oregonian">Portland Oregonian</a></i> criticized CBS for its decision to show Game 1 of the second round Seattle-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> series in Portland on <a href="/wiki/KOIN" title="KOIN">KOIN</a> rather than that game. Furthermore, CBS only broadcast the fifth game of the first-round series between <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1988–89 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> nationally. The nationally televised Atlanta-Milwaukee game aired at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, while the regionally televised Chicago-Cleveland and Seattle/L.A. Lakers games aired at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. </p><p>Perhaps even more confusing, both Game 5 sites (<a href="/wiki/Coliseum_at_Richfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Coliseum at Richfield">Coliseum at Richfield</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omni_Coliseum" title="Omni Coliseum">Omni Coliseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>) were in the Eastern Time Zone, so differing local start times were not a factor. Previously, CBS aired Game 2 of the Chicago-Cleveland series nationally, while relegating Game 2 of the Atlanta-Milwaukee series to TBS. CBS used its primary announcing team, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a> to call the latter game. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>11-26-88 (Saturday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit</a> </td> <td>8:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">12-25-88 (Sunday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1988–89 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-15-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1988–89 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-22-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Celtics–Pistons rivalry">Detroit vs. Boston</a> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-29-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1988–89 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-5-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Bulls–Pistons rivalry">Chicago vs. Detroit</a> </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-12-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> @ Houston (East vs. West) </td> <td>3:15 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-19-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-20-89 (Monday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1988–89 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1988–89 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-26-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">Boston vs. New York Knicks</a> </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-5-89 (Sunday) </td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-12-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1988–89 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> vs. Boston </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-2-89 (Sunday) </td> <td>Boston vs. Cleveland </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-9-89 (Sunday) </td> <td>Chicago vs. <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>12:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-16-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Cavaliers_rivalry" title="Bulls–Cavaliers rivalry">Chicago vs. Cleveland</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-23-89 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> vs. Los Angeles Lakers </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resurgence_of_the_NBA">Resurgence of the NBA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Resurgence of the NBA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Popular belief holds that the peak era of the <i>NBA on CBS</i> occurred from <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1984</a> to <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a>. During this period, CBS' NBA coverage was the beneficiary of a new era in the league that would forever link two of the game's greatest players, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>. Bird and Johnson entered the NBA (coming off playing against each other in the highest-rated <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament#Final_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship</a> of all time), respectively playing for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers and Celtics, two iconic teams in large television markets, rose to prominence during the period; many credit the theatrics of Bird and Johnson with boosting the overall popularity of the NBA (especially during the tape delay era of NBA telecasts). Within three years of Johnson and Bird entering the league, the NBA had a <i>Game of the Week</i> on CBS, and ratings for Finals games approached levels rivaling those of the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>. </p><p>Before the Bird/Magic era, CBS used to televise approximately five to seven games regionally per week in a doubleheader format (1:45 and 4 p.m. Eastern Time) on Sundays. <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Ratings</a> for regional were far outdrawn by <a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_NBC" class="mw-redirect" title="College Basketball on NBC">NBC's college basketball coverage</a> and <a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Superstars_(American_TV_program)" title="Superstars (American TV program)">Superstars</a></i> program. After ratings bottomed out in 1980 and 1981, coinciding with CBS airing tape-delayed coverage, the network decided to scrap the regional telecasts. In its place, CBS sold the marquee players and teams (for example, "Julius Erving and the Philadelphia 76ers", "Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics" or "Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers") for a "<i>Game of the Week</i>" broadcast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memorable_moments">Memorable moments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Memorable moments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During its tenure as the NBA's broadcast network partner, CBS aired notable Finals series between the <a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakers–Celtics rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics</a>, as well as both championships won by the "Bad Boy"-era <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings">Ratings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">National Basketball Association on television</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals television ratings</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1976</a>, CBS' regular season ratings earned an abysmal (by the standards of the time) 26 share on Sunday afternoons. In 1978, the deciding game of the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> ranked 442nd out of 730 shows from September 1, 1977, to August 31, 1978. The next highest-rated <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 NBA Playoffs">playoff</a> game in prime time only ranked 619th. </p><p>CBS' NBA ratings were also extremely low during the early part of the 1980s. In 1980, the 26 share from 1976 had fallen to 18%. Ratings fell to a level where, as mentioned before, CBS began airing games on tape delay. The <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981 NBA Finals</a> set the standard for futility, with an average rating of 6.7, the lowest in NBA history until the <a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003 NBA Finals</a> averaged a 6.5 on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a>. </p><p>With the rebirth of the <a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakers–Celtics rivalry">Lakers–Celtics rivalry</a>, ratings improved, especially in the three NBA Finals that the two teams played in. Between <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981</a> and <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a>, ratings for CBS' NBA telecasts rose by 12%. CBS' highest-rated NBA game (and the only NBA game that scored more than 20 rating points for the network) was Game 7 of the <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988 NBA Finals</a> between the Lakers and the Detroit Pistons. By the end of its coverage, CBS' NBA ratings had been mostly respectable, with the lowest-rated Final after <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a> scoring 12.3 (three times), a mark higher than any NBA Final since <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_end_of_The_NBA_on_CBS">The end of <i>The NBA on CBS</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: The end of The NBA on CBS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 9, 1989, the NBA and <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC</a> reached an agreement on a four-year, US$600 million contract (beginning in the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91 season</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NBA's popularity was skyrocketing by the late 1980s and <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_the_NBA" title="Commissioner of the NBA">Commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">David Stern</a> wanted more exposure. This meant that he wanted more than 15 games a year shown on network television. However, CBS didn't have the room to broadcast double and triple headers every Sunday like NBC could because of their <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">NFL</a> and <a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_CBS" class="mw-redirect" title="College Basketball on CBS">college basketball</a> coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, CBS had recently signed deals with <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_CBS" title="Major League Baseball on CBS">Major League Baseball</a> and the <a href="/wiki/CBS_Olympic_broadcasts" title="CBS Olympic broadcasts">Winter Olympics</a>, making it even more difficult to accommodate the NBA's request for more over the air telecasts. All in all, CBS was pretty much destined to cut ties with the NBA by 1990. </p><p>From 1986 to its final year in 1990, CBS paid about US$47 million per year for the NBA broadcast contract. The final NBA game that CBS televised to date was Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> between the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1989–90 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a> and <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1989–90 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> on June 14, 1990. The Pistons won 92–90 to clinch their second consecutive <a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry O'Brien Trophy">NBA Championship</a>. </p><p>As the soundtrack for their goodbye montage, CBS used "<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Waltz_(1978_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Last Waltz (1978 album)">The Last Waltz</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">The Band</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a>'s rendition of "<a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">The Star-Spangled Banner</a>" from the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983 NBA All-Star Game</a>, ending <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a>' relationship with the NBA after 17 years. </p><p>CBS broadcast all five NBA Finals involving Larry Bird, all four NBA Finals involving Julius Erving, nine of the ten involving <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> (the <a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971 NBA Finals</a> were on ABC), and eight of the nine NBA Finals involving Magic Johnson (the <a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">following year's Finals</a> were Johnson's last, Michael Jordan's first, and the first to be broadcast by NBC).<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the closing montage, CBS's final NBA game broadcast ended with this sign-off by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Well, I guess now the time has come. This is our last game as many of you may know. And it's really the end of a 17-year love affair between CBS and the NBA. For every member of our broadcast team and I mean technicians, and cameramen, production people, the terrifically talented folks in the truck, where it all happens, and of course...the commentators, this has been an extraordinary experience. We've witnessed the careers of Julius Erving, and Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson. We've seen Michael Jordan take flight. All the players actually...fired the imagination not only for an entire generation of NBA fans but for all of us at CBS. We know we leave the NBA in good hands. But to <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Robinson (basketball)">David Robinson</a>, to all the players, coaches...and you the viewers, we're going to miss all of you. So long!</p></blockquote><p>1989-90 regular season </p><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time (North America)">EST</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>11-25-89 (Saturday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1988–89 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>12-25-89 (Monday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1988–89 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1-21-90 (Sunday) - <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Double Header</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Bulls–Knicks rivalry">New York Knicks vs. Chicago</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-28-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1989–90 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1989–90 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>12:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-4-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1989–90 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1989–90 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-11-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> at Miami (West vs East) </td> <td>3 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-18-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston vs. Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Day" title="Presidents' Day">2-19-90 (Monday)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1989–90 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1989–90 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>1:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-25-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1989–90 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1989–90 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-4-90 (Sunday) </td> <td>Chicago vs. <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1989–90 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>2 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-11-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1989–90 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-1-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1989–90 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a> vs. Los Angeles Lakers </td> <td>3:30 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-8-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1989–90 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1989–90 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>noon </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-15-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">New York Knicks vs. Boston</a><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-22-90 (Sunday) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston vs. Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1 p.m. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Future">Future</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2007, the NBA renewed its television contract with <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>, making ABC the broadcast television home of the NBA through 2016. On October 6, 2014, ESPN and the NBA renewed their agreement through 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CBS has implied that it is unlikely to bid on further sports rights beyond those it already holds, including the NBA, because of the extensive investment it has made into its existing sports portfolio (especially <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 30, 2012, the <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports_Network" title="CBS Sports Network">CBS Sports Network</a> signed a deal with the <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League" title="NBA G League">NBA Development League</a> to televise 12 regular games, as well as the 2013 NBA D-League Playoffs and Finals.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 22, 2019, CBS Sports Network signed a deal with the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a> (WNBA) to televise 40 regular season games.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Announcers">Announcers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Announcers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brent_Musburger">Brent Musburger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Brent Musburger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Musburger was involved in every NBA Finals (either as a play-by-play announcer or as a host) from <a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a> to <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a> (with 1981 being the lone exception), and was the lead voice for NBA games on CBS for much of that period. From <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975</a> to <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a>, Musburger worked with a variety of <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">analysts</a> for regular season games (including <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a>, Mendy Rudolph, <a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Hot Rod Hundley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a> and Rick Barry). Musburger called Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976 NBA Finals</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Rick Barry and sideline reporters Mendy Rudolph and Sonny Hill. After 1980, Musburger became the lead studio host and secondary play-by-play announcer. With the latter role, Musburger worked alongside <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a> (1983–1984), Hubie Brown (1985), Billy Cunningham (1986–1987), Tom Heinsohn (1988) and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a>(1989), and called the other conference final not assigned to <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a>'s team on CBS from 1983 to 1989. Musburger was fired from CBS following the <a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game</a>, a few months before its contract with the NBA ended. However, he later resumed calling NBA games on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN_Radio" title="NBA on ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a> and later with <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a> through 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dick_Stockton">Dick Stockton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Dick Stockton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dick Stockton<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the lead voice of <i>The NBA on CBS</i> from <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981</a> to <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1990</a>. After CBS failed in an attempt to compete with <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports" title="NBC Sports">NBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> announcing team of <a href="/wiki/Dick_Enberg" title="Dick Enberg">Dick Enberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">Al McGuire</a> with Gary Bender (who was subsequently "promoted" to a play-by-play position on <a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_CBS" class="mw-redirect" title="College Basketball on CBS">CBS' newly acquired college basketball package</a>), Rick Barry and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>, Stockton became the voice of the NBA. Working with Tom Heinsohn (who was criticized<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the media and viewers for being too biased to the Boston Celtics, a team he once played for and later coached) from <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983</a> to <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a>, Stockton called some of the most memorable NBA Finals in league history. In <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a> and <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a>, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics played each other in the NBA Finals, and Stockton's broadcasts became the highest rated in NBA history at that time. </p><p>Stockton would call the NBA Finals through the rest of the 1980s and in <a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a> as well, working the <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988 NBA Finals</a> with Billy Cunningham and the <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a> and 1990 NBA Finals with Hubie Brown (after Cunningham left CBS Sports to accept a management job with the new <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>). After CBS' run with the NBA ended, Brown moved to <a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_States)" title="TNT Sports (United States)">Turner Sports</a> to fill the same role. Stockton would not call another NBA game until <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995</a>, when he also joined Turner. Stockton and Brown would occasionally be paired together on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TBS" title="NBA on TBS">TBS</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a> until <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002</a>, when Brown was hired to coach the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>. Stockton continued to call NBA games with Turner until 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_personalities">Other personalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Other personalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CBS employed many NBA greats during its 17 years as the lead network carrier; Bill Russell was an analyst for several years, mainly in the 1970s and early 1980s. <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a> was an analyst during CBS' inaugural year in <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–1974</a>, and was fired during that year's playoffs due to what CBS considered a lackluster performance. He was replaced by another NBA great, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who held a fairly consistent role with CBS through the 1970s and early 1980s, including calling several NBA Finals. <a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a>, best known from the <i><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBA on NBC</a></i>, was part of CBS' broadcast teams, partnering with Don Criqui in <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–1976</a> and <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–1977</a>. </p><p>During Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981 NBA Finals</a>, CBS posted an old photo of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>, who was on the announcing team with Gary Bender and Rick Barry, on the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Olympic team</a>. Bender asked Barry, "Who do you think that is in the picture?" Barry answered: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>I don't know, it looks like some fool with that big watermelon grin back there!</i><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Some considered Barry's comments to be racially insensitive. Barry was adamant that they were taken out of context, but CBS did not renew his contract for the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">subsequent season</a>. Russell stayed on with new play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton for two seasons before giving way to former Celtics teammate Tom Heinsohn<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the 1983–84 season. </p><p>CBS often used the same analysts for both the <a href="/wiki/NBA_playoffs" title="NBA playoffs">NBA playoffs</a> and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship</a>. Tom Heinsohn, Billy Cunningham,<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Hubie Brown all worked NCAA Regional rounds during years when they also served as the lead NBA analyst for CBS. Billy Packer worked NBA playoff games in <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NBA Playoffs">1987</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 NBA Playoffs">1988</a>, while he was CBS' lead college basketball analyst. </p><p>As previously mentioned, during the <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984 NBA Finals</a>, Lesley Visser (wife of lead <i>NBA on CBS</i> play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton) became the first woman to cover an NBA Finals. She joined CBS Sports part-time in 1984 before joining full-time in 1987. When she was part-time with CBS, she still worked for the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Globe">Boston Globe</a></i>, as she had many diverse assignments with the newspaper. Visser became the first female NBA beat writer in 1976, when she was assigned to cover the Boston Celtics. Visser resigned from the <i>Globe</i> in late 1988. </p><p>While Brent Musburger did host most of CBS' NBA Finals pregame and halftime programs, <a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat O'Brien (television)">Pat O'Brien</a><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hosted a pregame show during the earlier rounds of the playoffs called <i>The Basketball Show</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Brien, working with analyst Bill Raftery, also hosted the <i><a href="/wiki/Prudential_Financial" title="Prudential Financial">Prudential</a> At The Half</i>. When Musburger left CBS Sports in April 1990, O'Brien took over the <a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> (the last that CBS did) hosting duties full-time. In <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a> and <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a>, Pat O'Brien filled-in for Brent Musburger (who was busy covering the <a href="/wiki/College_World_Series_on_CBS" title="College World Series on CBS">College World Series</a> for CBS) as the NBA Finals anchor for Game 2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_broadcasters">List of broadcasters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: List of broadcasters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">List of NBA Finals broadcasters</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters</a></div> <table style="width:75%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlsie_Cantey" title="Charlsie Cantey">Charlsie Cantey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Chastain" title="Jane Chastain">Jane Chastain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irv_Cross" title="Irv Cross">Irv Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="20%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Terry Dischinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Doucette" title="Eddie Doucette">Eddie Doucette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Gross&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerry Gross (page does not exist)">Jerry Gross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Hill" title="Sonny Hill">Sonny Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Hundley" class="mw-redirect" title="Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Jones (basketball)">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="20%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Karvellas" title="Jim Karvellas">Jim Karvellas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Kelly (sportscaster)">Jim Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_McGlocklin" title="Jon McGlocklin">Jon McGlocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Jeff Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Musser" title="Andy Musser">Andy Musser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nantz" title="Jim Nantz">Jim Nantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat O'Brien (television)">Pat O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Patrick" title="Mike Patrick">Mike Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="20%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ramsey" title="Cal Ramsey">Cal Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell (basketball)">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Cazzie Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Ryan_(sportscaster)" title="Tim Ryan (sportscaster)">Tim Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Shackelford" title="Lynn Shackelford">Lynn Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_%22The_Greek%22_Snyder" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder">Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Steele" title="Larry Steele">Larry Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Whitaker_(sportscaster)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Whitaker (sportscaster)">Jack Whitaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Announcing_teams">Announcing teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Announcing teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1981–1982"><span id="1981.E2.80.931982"></span><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–1982</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 1981–1982"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li>Frank Glieber and Hubie Brown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Kelly (sportscaster)">Jim Kelly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Doucette" title="Eddie Doucette">Eddie Doucette</a> and Kevin Loughery<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1982–1983"><span id="1982.E2.80.931983"></span><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–1983</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 1982–1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and Bill Russell</li> <li>Brent Musburger and Kevin Loughery</li> <li>Frank Glieber and Doug Collins</li> <li>Jim Kelly and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1983–1984"><span id="1983.E2.80.931984"></span><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–1984</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 1983–1984"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1984–1985"><span id="1984.E2.80.931985"></span><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–1985</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 1984–1985"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn</li> <li>Brent Musburger and <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li>Gary Bender and Doug Collins</li> <li>Frank Glieber and James Brown<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1985–1986"><span id="1985.E2.80.931986"></span><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–1986</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 1985–1986"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn</li> <li>Brent Musburger and Billy Cunningham</li> <li>Gary Bender and Hubie Brown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nantz" title="Jim Nantz">Jim Nantz</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_Patrick" title="Mike Patrick">Mike Patrick</a> and Doug Collins</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <p>Jim Nantz called three games for CBS, all regional telecasts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1986–1987"><span id="1986.E2.80.931987"></span><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–1987</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: 1986–1987"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn</li> <li>Brent Musburger and Billy Cunningham</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a> and Hubie Brown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brant" title="Tim Brant">Tim Brant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a></li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1987–1988"><span id="1987.E2.80.931988"></span><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–1988</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: 1987–1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham</li> <li>Brent Musburger and Tom Heinsohn</li> <li>Verne Lundquist and Hubie Brown</li> <li>Tim Brant and Billy Packer</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1988–1989"><span id="1988.E2.80.931989"></span><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–1989</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: 1988–1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and Hubie Brown</li> <li>Brent Musburger and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li> <li>Verne Lundquist and Tom Heinsohn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1989–1990"><span id="1989.E2.80.931990"></span><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–1990</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: 1989–1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Dick Stockton and Hubie Brown</li> <li>Verne Lundquist and <a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>James Brown and Tom Heinsohn</li> <li>Greg Gumbel and Quinn Buckner</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right;"> <caption><b>CBS NBA Final announcers</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Year</b> </td> <td><b>Play-by-Play</b> </td> <td><b>Color</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222183055/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19891990.html">1990</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Hubie Brown </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222151438/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19881989.html">1989</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222173733/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19871988.html">1988</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110622091755/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19861987.html">1987</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120629214853/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19851986.html">1986</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Tom Heinsohn </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222182931/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19841985.html">1985</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Tom Heinsohn </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222154823/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19831984.html">1984</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Tom Heinsohn </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222163548/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19821983.html">1983</a> </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell (basketball)">Bill Russell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222185017/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19811982.html">1982</a> </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Dick Stockton </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Bill Russell </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222181104/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19801981.html">1981</a> </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Gary Bender </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Bill Russell and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222145633/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19791980.html">1980</a> </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Hundley" class="mw-redirect" title="Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a> and Bill Russell </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120619190040/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19781979.html">1979</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Brent Musburger </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Rick Barry and Rod Hundley </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222184752/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19771978.html">1978</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Brent Musburger </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Rick Barry and <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223215047/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19761977.html">1977</a> </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> </td> <td style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Jones (basketball)">Steve Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222183120/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19751976.html">1976</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Brent Musburger </td> <td style="line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a> and Rick Barry </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120222163648/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19741975.html">1975</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Brent Musburger </td> <td style="line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:11px; background:#f9f9f9;"> <td style="line-height:110%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120406075749/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19731974.html">1974</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a> </td> <td style="line-height:110%">Rick Barry and Rod Hundley </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christmas_Day_broadcasters">Christmas Day broadcasters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Christmas Day broadcasters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CBS broadcast a <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA on Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a> game each year from <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975</a> to <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989</a> with the exception of <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982</a>. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Year</b> </td> <td><b>Teams</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">Play-by-play</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">Color commentator(s)</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1975–76 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City</a> at <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1975–76 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1976–77 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> at <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1976–77 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City</a> </td> <td>Don Criqui </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1977–78 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> at <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1977–78 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>Don Criqui </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Jones (basketball)">Steve Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1978–79 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> at <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1978–79 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> at <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1979–80 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Hundley" class="mw-redirect" title="Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">Boston vs. New York</a> </td> <td>Gary Bender </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> at <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1981–82 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell (basketball)">Bill Russell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knicks%E2%80%93Nets_rivalry" title="Knicks–Nets rivalry">New Jersey vs. New York</a> </td> <td>Dick Stockton </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1984</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> at <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1983–84 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>Dick Stockton </td> <td>Tom Heinsohn </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1985</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Celtics–Knicks rivalry">Boston vs. New York</a> </td> <td>Dick Stockton </td> <td>Tom Heinsohn </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Bulls–Knicks rivalry">Chicago vs. New York</a> </td> <td>Dick Stockton </td> <td>Tom Heinsohn </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> at <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1986–87 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td> <td>Dick Stockton </td> <td>Billy Cunningham </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> at <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1988–89 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a> </td> <td>Dick Stockton </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1989–90 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a> at <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td> <td>Dick Stockton </td> <td>Hubie Brown </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theme_music">Theme music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Theme music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through the 1973–74 to 1975–76 seasons, as well as for most of the 1978–79 season, the <a href="/wiki/Theme_music" title="Theme music">theme music</a> for <i>The NBA on CBS</i> incorporated lyrics; "<a href="/wiki/Last_Night_(Mar-Keys_composition)" title="Last Night (Mar-Keys composition)">Last Night</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Mar-Keys" title="The Mar-Keys">The Mar-Keys</a> was used roughly around 1975–76 as the play-by-play announcer would give a preview to the featured game.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1977, CBS used an alternate opening showing a montage of still pictures of current NBA star athletes with music (similar to the music used by the network for its <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">NFL coverage</a> at that time) accompanying it. In 1980, CBS used rotoscoped animation in silhouette of one player shooting a jumpshot and the ball in mid-air rolling all the NBA teams as it spun in the air, set to <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a>–<a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">pop</a>–<a href="/wiki/Moog_Music" title="Moog Music">moog</a> music. During the 1978–79 season, the music for the highlights was "<a href="/wiki/Chase_(composition)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chase (composition)">Chase</a>", composed by <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" title="Giorgio Moroder">Giorgio Moroder</a> as the theme for the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i>. The opening guitar and horn riff of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a> hit "<a href="/wiki/Alive_Again_(Chicago_song)" title="Alive Again (Chicago song)">Alive Again</a>" were used for the highlights prior to the opening animation during the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons. </p><p>By the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983 NBA Finals</a>, the opening sequence was set in a primitive computer-generated montage of basketball action inside a virtual arena that was similar in resemblance to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>. This opening sequence (which was usually intertwined by a montage of live basketball action complete with narration) was created by Bill Feigenbaum, who also created a similar open for <i>The NFL Today</i> used around the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This opening melody (mostly consisting of an uptempo series of four notes and three <a href="/wiki/Bar_(music)" title="Bar (music)">bars</a> each) from <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a> to <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1988</a> was composed by Allyson Bellink<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is generally considered to be the most familiar theme music that <i>The NBA on CBS</i> used. </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989 NBA Finals</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CBS completely revamped the opening montage. The computer-generated imagery (once again set in and around a virtual arena) was made to look more realistic (live-action footage was incorporated in the backdrops). Also, the familiar theme music was rearranged<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to sound more intricate and to have a more emotional impact, along the lines of the network's later <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_CBS" title="Major League Baseball on CBS">World Series</a> coverage. Between the 1989 NBA Finals and the <a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990 NBA Finals</a>' intros, the theme music was slightly revised; the 1989 Finals intro incorporated more of a guitar riff, while the 1990 Finals intro featured a little more usage of trumpets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On-screen_graphics">On-screen graphics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: On-screen graphics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the late 1980s, the time and score graphic<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> appeared at the bottom of the screen after each score for only a few seconds, and when the shot clock was running down CBS provided a small blue graphic in the left portion of the screen that showed the clock running out. Also, when the game clock ran inside of two minutes, CBS would display the clock in the lower right-hand portion of the screen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Miscellaneous_coverage">Miscellaneous coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CBS_Radio's_coverage"><span id="CBS_Radio.27s_coverage"></span>CBS Radio's coverage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: CBS Radio's coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From roughly the <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_NBA_season" title="1963–64 NBA season">1963–64</a> through the <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_NBA_season" title="1965–66 NBA season">1965–66</a> seasons, the <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Radio Network">CBS Radio Network</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> broadcast NBA games with commentators Jerry Gross and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Buck" title="Jack Buck">Jack Buck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WNBA_on_CBS"><i>WNBA on CBS</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: WNBA on CBS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 22, 2019, CBS Sports Network and the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">WNBA</a> struck a deal<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to televise 40 games in primetime and on weekends during the <a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_season" title="2019 WNBA season">2019 season</a>. The games broadcast on CBS from local broadcasts already airing on the WNBA's streaming site, <a href="/wiki/NBA_League_Pass#WNBA_Season_Pass" title="NBA League Pass">WNBA League Pass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 19, 2021, CBS broadcast<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a WNBA game between the <a href="/wiki/2021_Connecticut_Sun_season" title="2021 Connecticut Sun season">Connecticut Sun</a> and <a href="/wiki/2021_Chicago_Sky_season" title="2021 Chicago Sky season">Chicago Sky</a><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Byington" title="Lisa Byington">Lisa Byington</a> providing the play-by-play and <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Lisa Leslie</a> providing analysis. On June 26, 2021, CBS broadcast a game between the <a href="/wiki/2021_Washington_Mystics_season" title="2021 Washington Mystics season">Washington Mystics</a> and <a href="/wiki/2021_Dallas_Wings_season" title="2021 Dallas Wings season">Dallas Wings</a>. The two games on CBS on June 19 and 26 averaged about 427,000 and 567,000 viewers<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively. </p><p>Initially, most games were broadcast via clean feeds provided by the league and the home team's regional broadcaster. Beginning in the 2024 season, the games carried on the CBS network are now produced in-house by CBS Sports, with the clean feed productions now used solely for games on CBS Sports Network.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="margin:1em auto;"> <caption><b>Games televised / television contracts per season (CBS)</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Season</b> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td style="background:#8BB5D9;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Games</b> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">40 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">37 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">40 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">40 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">40 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">38 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">36 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">40 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">40 </td> <td style="background:#D0E7FF;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%"><b>26</b> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">32 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">32 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">33 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">38 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">42 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%">36 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCCC;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%"><b>45</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Contracts</b> </td> <td style="background:#FFE6BD;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>27 million/3 years </td> <td style="background:#FFE6BD;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>21 million/2 years </td> <td style="background:#FFE6BD;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>74 million/4 years </td> <td style="background:#FFE6BD;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>91.9 million/4 years </td> <td style="background:#FFE6BD;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%" colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>173 million/4 years </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NBA_on_CBS&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DBSForums.com&rft.atitle=1983%E2%80%93%2784&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dbsforums.com%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowpost.php%3Fp%3D4629222%26postcount%3D18&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=4629224&postcount=19">"1984–'85"</a>. <i>DBSForums.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DBSForums.com&rft.atitle=1984%E2%80%93%2785&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dbsforums.com%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowpost.php%3Fp%3D4629224%26postcount%3D19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=4629225&postcount=20">"1985–'86"</a>. <i>DBSForums.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DBSForums.com&rft.atitle=1985%E2%80%93%2786&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dbsforums.com%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowpost.php%3Fp%3D4629225%26postcount%3D20&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=4629264&postcount=24">"1986–'87"</a>. <i>DBSForums.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DBSForums.com&rft.atitle=1986%E2%80%93%2787&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dbsforums.com%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowpost.php%3Fp%3D4629264%26postcount%3D24&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=4629358&postcount=30">"1987–'88"</a>. <i>DBSForums.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DBSForums.com&rft.atitle=1987%E2%80%93%2788&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dbsforums.com%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowpost.php%3Fp%3D4629358%26postcount%3D30&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=4629369&postcount=31">"1988–'89"</a>. <i>DBSForums.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DBSForums.com&rft.atitle=1988%E2%80%93%2789&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dbsforums.com%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowpost.php%3Fp%3D4629369%26postcount%3D31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=4629382&postcount=35">"1989–'90 (The Final Season)"</a>. <i>DBSForums.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DBSForums.com&rft.atitle=1989%E2%80%93%2790+%28The+Final+Season%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dbsforums.com%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowpost.php%3Fp%3D4629382%26postcount%3D35&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/amd0039">"The NBA on Network Television: Historical Analysis"</a>. <q>Leggett also cited as an example of NBA problems the fact that the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, WAGA-TV, did not carry any NBA games and hadn't for the previous five years. This occurred despite the fact the city had an NBA franchise in the Atlanta Hawks.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+NBA+on+Network+Television%3A+Historical+Analysis&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.fcla.edu%2Ffcla%2Fetd%2Famd0039&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/06/25/the-cleanup-hitters-by-sweeping-up-the-tv-sports-market-neal-pilson-left-and-his-boss-laurence-tisch-could-make-cbs-a-very-big-winner-or-a-very-big-loser">"THE CLEANUP HITTERS"</a>. <i>Sports Illustrated</i>. June 25, 1990.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sports+Illustrated&rft.atitle=THE+CLEANUP+HITTERS&rft.date=1990-06-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvault.si.com%2Fvault%2F1990%2F06%2F25%2Fthe-cleanup-hitters-by-sweeping-up-the-tv-sports-market-neal-pilson-left-and-his-boss-laurence-tisch-could-make-cbs-a-very-big-winner-or-a-very-big-loser&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEexi0iSm2U"><span class="plainlinks">1979: Los Angeles Lakers @ San Diego Clippers</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBbc9MnbD90"><span class="plainlinks">#FirstGame - Magic Johnson - LA Lakers vs San Diego Clippers (12/10/1979)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzdYXhOybe0"><span class="plainlinks">Boston Celtics vs Seattle Supersonics (20/01/1980)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsRdfU6dxs0"><span class="plainlinks">1980-01-27 San Diego Clippers vs Boston Celtics(Rookie Bird with a big game)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrgHEeJl2Bg"><span class="plainlinks">NBA 1980.02.17 Seattle Supersonics vs. Boston Celtics 1/2</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz4D1ma33as"><span class="plainlinks">NBA 1980.03.09 San Antonio Spurs vs. Philadelphia 76ers (Iceman vs. Dr. J) 1/2</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEMTdOhmjcw"><span class="plainlinks">NBA 1980.03.16 Washington Bullets vs. New York Knicks 1/2</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR27QqTMulM"><span class="plainlinks">NBA 1980.03.28 Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Diego Clippers</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ab_0-pF_w"><span class="plainlinks">NBA 1981.10.30 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets 2/2</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5lGYAy66nY"><span class="plainlinks">1982-04-16 Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuckler2020" class="citation news cs1">Buckler, Matt (January 2, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.journalinquirer.com/opinion/bucklers_airtime/stern-remembered-for-rebuilding-nba-on-tv/article_3f40b0c0-2d96-11ea-9746-4730bb304cfe.html">"Stern remembered for rebuilding NBA on TV"</a>. <i>Journal Inquirer</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+Inquirer&rft.atitle=Stern+remembered+for+rebuilding+NBA+on+TV&rft.date=2020-01-02&rft.aulast=Buckler&rft.aufirst=Matt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalinquirer.com%2Fopinion%2Fbucklers_airtime%2Fstern-remembered-for-rebuilding-nba-on-tv%2Farticle_3f40b0c0-2d96-11ea-9746-4730bb304cfe.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN5gCHvC7n0"><span class="plainlinks">NBA 1983.10.29 Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs 1/2</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrbB5q4Wyrg"><span class="plainlinks">New York Knicks vs New Jersey Nets (25/12/1983)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQrtiVuzNOs"><span class="plainlinks">NBA Pistons @ Lakers 1984 03 04 [Full game]</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQqdfPcxWXk"><span class="plainlinks">NBA 1984.10.27 Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_F_THp2xKg"><span class="plainlinks">1985 Los Angeles Lakers @ Detroit Pistons 1-13-1985 Isaiah Thomas=Big Game</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfVHwp2laK8"><span class="plainlinks">Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers (17/02/1985)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOsPhOVd3kI"><span class="plainlinks">1985-12-25 Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CUCvH5DJck"><span class="plainlinks">Pistons x Lakers 19/01/86</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqNMBWQoqJw"><span class="plainlinks">1986 Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics 1/26/86 Barkley+ Bird= Big games!</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR6-v3kXOZk"><span class="plainlinks">Philadelphia 76ers - Los Angeles Lakers (23.02.1986)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DAWRe6zE4Y"><span class="plainlinks">NBA on CBS - Chicago Bulls @ NY Knicks, December 25, 1986</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GECQQfTVK7Q"><span class="plainlinks">New York Knicks vs Chicago Bulls (25/12/1986)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EHRXon33nQ"><span class="plainlinks">Boston Celtics vs Houston Rockets (18/01/1987)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOguMj2gVmE"><span class="plainlinks">Dallas Mavericks - L.A.Lakers (24.01.1987)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBfe44yhAM"><span class="plainlinks">1987 Houston Rockets @ Atlanta Hawks 2/1/87 Twin Towers Dominique Wilkins</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SolDjsW_Yd0"><span class="plainlinks">1987 Boston Celtics @ Los Angeles Lakers 2/15/87 Larry Bird Magic Johnson Kareem NBA</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRPD_DUy7pE"><span class="plainlinks">Philadelphia 76ers vs Houston Rockets, March 1, 1987</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjtbQyxg54"><span class="plainlinks">Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers, April 5, 1987</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> 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Heinsohn also was criticized for his distinctive New Jersey accent and what some felt was his curious use of the English language.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=THE+NBA+ON+NETWORK+TELEVISION%3A+HISTORICAL+ANALYSIS&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fetd.fcla.edu%2FUF%2Famd0039%2Fthesis.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANBA+on+CBS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/amd0039">"THE NBA ON NETWORK TELEVISION: HISTORICAL ANALYSIS"</a>. <q>In examining coverage of the NBA during the 1970s, the researcher found that the play-by-play announcer dominated the discussion during the games, with the color analyst speaking occasionally to comment on a replay or an important situation he had picked up. For example, during the 1976 Greatest Games telecast of the Celtics-Suns NBA Finals, color analyst Rick Barry noted that when a player had the ball and was running upcourt, he always had to be careful with an opposing player pursuing him. Barry made this point when Boston guard Jo Jo White knocked the ball away from a Phoenix player from behind as the player ran upcourt. Barry was another in the long line of player-analysts, though his career was not quite finished in 1976 when he joined CBS play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger for the Finals telecast. Barry, one of the greatest players in NBA history, was also one of the most disliked players in the league—by his own teammates as well. His reputation as a perfectionist and his sharp tongue were perfectly suited for analyzing NBA action. When a player made a mistake, Barry usually had a remark about it. 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Andariese" title="John Andariese">John Andariese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Terry Dischinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_McGlocklin" title="Jon McGlocklin">Jon McGlocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Jeff Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ramsey" title="Cal Ramsey">Cal Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Cazzie Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Shackelford" title="Lynn Shackelford">Lynn Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Steele" title="Larry Steele">Larry Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlsie_Cantey" title="Charlsie Cantey">Charlsie Cantey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Chastain" title="Jane Chastain">Jane Chastain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irv_Cross" title="Irv Cross">Irv Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Hill" title="Sonny Hill">Sonny Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Jiggetts" title="Dan Jiggetts">Dan Jiggetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(radio_and_television_personality)" title="Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)">Pat O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a 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All-Star Game">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1979 NBA All-Star Game">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1980 NBA All-Star Game">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1981 NBA All-Star Game">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1984 NBA All-Star Game">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons#1979.E2.80.931994:_The_Bad_Boys_era" title="Detroit Pistons">The Bad Boys</a>" <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Jordan_Rules" title="Jordan Rules">Jordan Rules</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals#Game_5" title="1976 NBA Finals">The Greatest Game Ever Played</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Shot" title="The Shot">The Shot</a>" </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Rivalries" scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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