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NBA Countdown, branded for sponsorship purposes as NBA Countdown Presented by DraftKings Sportsbook for ESPN editions and NBA Countdown Delivered by Papa John's for ABC editions respectively, is a pregame television show airing prior to National Basketball Association (NBA) telecasts on ABC and ESPN. The networks have aired NBA games since 2002 ...
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. ABC began televising NBA games under full ESPN production in 2006 (ABC Sports aired NBA games under the title of the NBA on ABC from 2002 to 2006 ...
In 2019, Taylor began hosting NBA Countdown, the pre-game show for ESPN's Friday night and Sunday afternoon NBA games. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, ESPN scrapped its original plan for The Jump, hosted by Rachel Nichols, to serve as the NBA Finals pregame show, and instead named Taylor's NBA Countdown the Finals pregame and halftime show. [7]
Following controversial comments made by Nichols about colleague Maria Taylor in front of a running video camera, Nichols was pulled from NBA coverage, including The Jump, on August 25, 2021. On the same day, it was announced that The Jump would be cancelled and replaced with a new NBA show, NBA Today .
Reggie Lewis, a 1992 All-Star and rising star whose career was cut short by a heart attack at age 27, wore No. 35 for each of his six NBA seasons. The Boston Celtics retired his number in memoriam.
Monday Night Football (since 2006) Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli (since 2021) NBA Friday (since 2002) NBA Wednesday (since 2002) Saturday Primetime (since 2005) Sunday Night Baseball (since 1990) Super Tuesday (since 1993) Throwdown Thursday (since 2003) Wednesday Night Hoops (since 2003) WNBA on ESPN (since 1997) Wimbledon (since 2002)
The first NBA Saturday Primetime game aired on January 23, 2016. As a result of this change, ABC did not have regular Sunday doubleheaders until 2021 (due to the length of the NBA Sunday Showcase schedule being reduced). [80]
NBC's last NBA telecast to date was Game 4 of the 2002 NBA Finals, which closed with highlights from the network's 12-year run with the league, through the Chicago Bulls' dynasty led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, the retirement of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers' new Shaq