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Michael Jordan, who, starting the year after CBS ended involvement with the league, would dominate the NBA in a way that neither Bird or Magic had.
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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 Dick
Stockton waited for nearly three minutes before adjusting to a
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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
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executed the "Baseline Move", a behind-the-board reverse layup that seemed to defy gravity. Play-by-play announcer Brent
Musburger has noted that Erving made such moves almost routine in his ABA days—but the ABA had no national TV contract in those days. This Game 4 move, played to a national
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Atlanta) 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, Dick Stockton and
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markets; CBS stations in the latter three markets were able to air the game live and still show most of the CBS prime time schedule since the game tipped at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Otherwise, most CBS affiliates chose to air Game 6 on tape delay.
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drew a 6.5 rating. Due to this, the 1981 Finals were the last to be broadcast on tape-delay, with weeknight games airing after the late local news in most cities. Games 3 and 4 were played back-to-back on
Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, to give
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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
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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
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nationally. The nationally televised Atlanta-Milwaukee game aired at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, while the regionally televised Chicago-Cleveland and Seattle/L.A. Lakers games aired at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
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was the sideline reporter for Games 3 and 4 (the latter being the Magic junior skyhook game) because Pat O'Brien attended the birth of son Sean Patrick. O'Brien called Games 1, 2, 5 and 6.
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drew only 6.5 percent of American television households. Four games of the 1981 series (Games 1, 2, 5 and the climatic Game 6) were telecast on tape delay outside of Boston and Houston.
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during the Finals, was not renewed. Russell would remain the main color analyst for the next two years alongside newly promoted main play-by-play commentator
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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
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922:hit a then-record rating of 15.9.
745:for regional were far outdrawn by
557:, the announcers (Greg Gumbel and
14:
747:NBC's college basketball coverage
549:, which lasted only two seasons.
388:were upset in Round 1, while the
337:, USA televised two NBA games on
2948:College Basketball on TNT Sports
1306:Taaffe, William (May 16, 1983).
1243:Taaffe, William (May 16, 1983).
1172:List of NBA on ESPN broadcasters
474:As previously mentioned, before
128:) and three color commentators (
4162:List of NBA Finals broadcasters
844:, CBS televised the first ever
1202:NBA on television in the 2010s
1197:NBA on television in the 2000s
1192:NBA on television in the 1990s
1187:NBA on television in the 1970s
1182:NBA on television in the 1960s
1177:NBA on television in the 1950s
91:, most NBA regular season and
1:
4011:NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC
2118:The Greatest Game Ever Played
1284:1982–'83 NBA Announcing Crews
87:held rights to broadcast the
4448:1980s in American television
4103:NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad
1381:. Sep 25, 1988. p. 12D.
240:, Los Angeles, Portland and
99:only aired single games or
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4018:NBA Sunday Showcase on ABC
1334:February 23, 2008, at the
142:in particular) during May
77:Turner Broadcasting System
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4044:Grantland Basketball Hour
2228:College Basketball on USA
1492:College Basketball on CBS
1268:1984 MIL BOS Game 2 Intro
1116:to call the latter game.
565:" that was played on the
459:: The series between the
28:aired NBA games from the
3889:NBA owned & operated
3854:Cable/Streaming partners
2478:Atlanta Hawks announcers
1245:"The Good, Bad And Ugly"
1221:Sarmento, Mario (1998).
4116:NBA.com Fantasy Insider
2862:Celtics–Pistons rivalry
1379:St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1364:Richmond Times-Dispatch
775:(the then wife of lead
1083:series in Portland on
658:networks (namely, the
561:) danced to the song "
386:Portland Trail Blazers
4287:NBA Finals TV ratings
4150:Broadcasters by event
2166:76ers–Celtics rivalry
1514:NBA Finals TV ratings
1101:Coliseum at Richfield
1073:his game winner. The
818:games as well as the
567:public address system
555:Madison Square Garden
2943:NBA All-Star Weekend
2452:NBA All-Star Weekend
1318:on October 25, 2012.
1295:NBA Announcing Crews
1125:College World Series
899:radio play-by-play.
274:The Dukes of Hazzard
209:The Dukes of Hazzard
107:Year-by-year summary
4028:News and highlights
3919:Television programs
3309:Rosalyn Gold-Onwude
1409:The Atlanta Journal
1068:in Los Angeles and
1039:Cleveland Cavaliers
1031:1989 playoff series
937:effective with the
569:of the arena. That
288:Screen Actors Guild
226:Screen Actors Guild
203:The Incredible Hulk
4443:1989–90 NBA season
4438:1988–89 NBA season
4433:1987–88 NBA season
4428:1986–87 NBA season
4423:1985–86 NBA season
4418:1984–85 NBA season
4413:1983–84 NBA season
4408:1982–83 NBA season
4403:1981–82 NBA season
4398:1980–81 NBA season
4393:1979–80 NBA season
4378:USA Network Sports
4211:NBA TV Philippines
4171:Local broadcasters
4058:NBA Coast to Coast
3990:ESPN NBA Wednesday
3801:Broadcast partners
2763:Sideline reporters
2302:Color commentators
1837:Sideline reporters
1485:The CBS Late Movie
1394:The New York Times
1312:Sports Illustrated
1250:Sports Illustrated
1076:Portland Oregonian
939:1988–89 NBA season
918:Also in 1987, the
881:Los Angeles Lakers
839:Philadelphia 76ers
382:Los Angeles Lakers
372:to advance in the
234:Philadelphia 76ers
230:Los Angeles Lakers
196:did not carry the
181:averaged a 6.5 on
162:The CBS Late Movie
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3211:Mike Dunleavy Sr.
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484:San Antonio Spurs
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366:Conference finals
284:1979–80 TV season
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3466:Reggie Theus
3441:Kevin McHale
3363:Studio hosts
3349:Dennis Scott
3281:Chris Webber
3276:Dick Versace
3241:Kevin McHale
3201:Doug Collins
3171:Greg Anthony
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2749:Reggie Theus
2718:Fred Hickman
2706:Studio hosts
2692:Dick Versace
2682:Bill Russell
2667:Bill Raftery
2657:John MacLeod
2632:Walt Frazier
2617:Doug Collins
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2097:The Bad Boys
1874:Andrea Joyce
1869:Dan Jiggetts
1823:Larry Steele
1808:Bill Russell
1788:Bill Raftery
1783:Billy Packer
1778:Jeff Mullins
1728:Tom Heinsohn
1698:Doug Collins
1683:Elgin Baylor
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1635:Mike Patrick
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4079:Vintage NBA
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3344:Craig Sager
3256:Steve Smith
3231:Jim Jackson
3221:Jack Givens
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3113:Gus Johnson
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3043:Marv Albert
2780:Craig Sager
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2647:Rod Hundley
2637:Jack Givens
2607:Hubie Brown
2592:Danny Ainge
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2539:Mike Gorman
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928:Pat O'Brien
924:James Brown
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126:Gary Bender
45:USA Network
4368:CBS Sports
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4110:NBA Action
3862:ESPN/ESPN+
3708:NBA Awards
3505:NBA drafts
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3390:Bob Lorenz
3334:Pam Oliver
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3206:Chuck Daly
3181:Rick Barry
3143:Ron Thulin
3088:Jim Durham
3073:Skip Caray
3063:Mike Breen
3058:Tim Brando
2986:NBA Awards
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2905:NBA on TNT
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2514:Tim Brando
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2212:NBA on USA
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2343:NBA draft
2293:Tom Kelly
2278:Al Albert
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1854:Irv Cross
1753:Stu Lantz
1630:Jim Nantz
1610:Jim Kelly
1580:Tim Brant
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3290:Sideline
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1273:YouTube
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700:playoff
650:In the
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447:WNAC-TV
431:–
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242:Seattle
224:by the
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