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Game 5 of the 1970 ABA Finals (Indiana vs. Los Angeles) was nationally televised by CBS [11] on Saturday, May 23 at 3 p.m Eastern Time. The broadcast was however, blacked out in Indiana. After that league's 1972-73 season, CBS lost its TV airing rights as they started airing National Basketball Association (NBA) games in its 1973-74 season onward.
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
Games exclusively televised south of the border by ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV may be simulcast by a Canadian network, but all contests involving the Raptors are non-exclusive north of the border. In addition to the English-language television broadcasts, select NBA games also have Spanish-language broadcasts since 2002. [2] [3]
American Basketball Association broadcasters were broadcasters who presented basketball games played by American Basketball Association teams from 1967 until the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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 1988 NBA Finals 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 1982 scoring 12.3 (three times), a mark higher than ...
Before the 3-pointer and dunk contest were in the NBA, they thrived in the ABA. Using the red, white and blue ball at this year's All-Star Game would honor it.
The NBA on ESPN is the branding used for the presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the ESPN family of networks. The ESPN cable network first televised NBA games from 1982 until 1984, and has been airing games currently since the 2002–03 NBA season. ESPN2 began airing a limited schedule of NBA games in 2002.
The format brought back in-game tidbits last seen under the Greatest Games name. Even though NBA TV now airs in high definition, Hardwood Classics continue to be shown in standard definition, one of only a few programs on NBA TV to do so. This applies only, however, to games shown before the availability of high definition (e.g. games prior to ...