Allyson Bellink - NBA on CBS Theme (Music From NBA Films)

Track used in NBA on CBS games intro, from 1983 to 1989.

[@joshuakline1435]

Basketball was at the peak of awesomeness when this theme began playing.

[@guyfurfaro9902]

For us older folks this was the best!

[@openmind1966]

This arrangement, and then either Dick Stockton or Brent Musberger would have the epic narrative to go with it, made NBA Games on CBS so legendary..

[@DJKhrome]

In my opinion, Dick Stockton was by far the voice of the NBA on CBS in the 80’s!

[@WaltGekko]

@@DJKhrome And by some is still considered the greatest NBA voice of all time.

[@kevinevans5921]

The Boston Celtics…. The LA Lakers……

[@edmorgans5446]

Instantly makes me think of Lakers-Celtics.

[@MainEventPoint]

Game 4....1987.....Boston Garden......THE BABY SKY HOOK.....

[@luciousthomas6141]

No question!

[@ephraimfink9010]

Big time. 1984-1990 was the best

[@DoubleStar92]

Followed by Pat O’Brien

[@jermainehall155]

Magic with a hook shot at 12 yessuh yessuh

[@petelamoureux9656]

That's when the NBA was worth watching.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Exactly

[@2ColdScoprio]

Almost EVERY game mattered

[@GracepeacetruthGPT]

Magic vs Bird, The early years of Jordan, the twilight years of Kareem and Dr. J, the Bad Boy Pistons! Man the 80s was something else

[@chevisfleming6577]

Agreed!!!!!

[@Biggrittz]

Also The Young Duo of Ralph Samson and Hakeem Olajuwon! Not to forget 3 Time MVP Moses Malone, and young Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and Clyde

[@denniscaldwell5704]

Man! I miss those times. Those really were the golden years of 🏀. Back then every team had quality players that cared about their team and the game. Now the league is watered down. It's mostly about players trying to brand and promote themselves.

[@r.j.w7924]

Absolutely! Every time I hear this song I go back to being a kid sitting on the edge of the couch watching my Bad Boys Pistons play Boston and LA as if everything in the WORLD was at stake lol. What a great time!

[@BAKER22-l4u]

And don't forget the Ice Man, AKA George Gervin

[@jikan-tabi-1888]

80s nba was Fantastic!!! Magic, Bird, Jordan, Isiah, Dr J, Dominique...Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, 76ers, Rockets, Bulls...Showtime, Leprechauns, Bad Boys, Brotherly Love, Twin Towers and Air Jordan!!!

[@BAKER22-l4u]

And don't forget the 4 time scoring champion, George the Ice Man Gervin!!

[@alrossiemoore7041]

This will never get old

[@DoubleStar92]

God I miss those days of the NBA in the 80’s

[@weathertango2660]

Ditto. This music psyched me up .. especially to watch the 76ers vs Lakers.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

A lot of us do

[@kevinpayton2664]

The golden era of the NBA!!

[@vansmack4972]

Right. These days the NBA is a former shell of its exciting past.

[@chevisfleming6577]

Indeed!!

[@solemagus4761]

Facts

[@shermanngjazz]

80s-90s are the best!

[@todddelcour4928]

Man looked so forward to Sunday Afternoons with Dick Stockto and Hubie Brown

[@phillipmorales8886]

That was an awesome theme that CBS produced!

[@nowayagain8141]

CBS didn't "produce" it, Allyson Bellink COMPOSED it

[@LogoMan7777]

And that a woman composed

[@daboys1215]

The theme of Magic vs Bird. Thank you Allyson for this iconic theme. My youth. Loved and miss the 80's.

[@chevisfleming6577]

Great theme song! Has Lakers/Celtics written all over it! As well as Brent Musburger, Dick Stockton, The Forum, The Boston Garden, Larry, Magic, etc! Good ole days for sure!!!

[@bobbenbrown123]

Don't forget the late great Tommy Heinson as well and Pat Obrien

[@willardlockejr2965]

@@bobbenbrown123 Hubie Brown and of course, Pat O'Brien with his "At The Half" Report.

[@keithbrown8814]

​@@willardlockejr2965loved his reporting and commentary...great memories!!!!

[@ILoveOldTWC]

And the 76ers and Bad Boy Pistons. Just like Roundball Rock (NBC theme song) has Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls written all over it.

[@DJKhrome]

Ahhhh, the memories of the NBA on CBS!! As a Lakers fan of the 80s, I hated the Celtics!! Those rivalries were intense, but fun to watch!!

[@donbuyshousescash4765]

I'm a Lakers fan. But Larry Bird was so clutch he use to scare us Every time we played the Celtics.

[@willardlockejr2965]

Lakers vs Celtics was truly MUST SEE TV during the 80's. The two teams combined to win 8 of of the NBA titles during the 80's.

[@TheDrewRobertsShow]

Brent Musburger, Dick Stockton, Tom Heinsohn, Pat O'Brien, the Celtics, and the Lakers. That's what I think of when I hear this song. 1980's basketball rocked.

[@realmichaud]

Brent Musberger was by far the classiest sports announcer in history.

[@JerGer918]

You are looking LIVE!!!....

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Nope, but a close second behind Pat Summeral

[@realmichaud]

@@JerGer918 yep 👍 he was great always loved him on NBA in CBS. His narration was AAA+

[@montana5526]

Best Music ever for the NBA. So many memories!

[@JelaniB28]

2nd to that i would say is the nbc nba theme music

[@chaunseybillings5381]

NBC

[@davidokutinyang946]

NBC is the best!

[@youmarc11]

So much better than nowadays!

[@knchen]

Yes not many memorable themes these days. We all remember the theme to Superman, Star Wars, Rocky, etc. but I can't recall the themes to any of the recent blockbuster movies. Same goes for TV shows. Not too many themes as catchy as the ones for the A-Team, Dynasty, Buck Rogers, etc.

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

Well, the closest NBA theme that's good as of right now is TNT. ESPN, CSN (NBC Regional Sports) and Bally (the former Fox Sports Net channels) have very underwhelming tunes.

[@loulip3043]

Those Sunday afternoon games! Classic!

[@rice_goat80]

Those where the day's Sunday afternoon NBA on CBS you had great rivalry doing the 80s Lakers vs Celtics, 76ers vs Celtics,Lakers vs 76ers, Lakers vs Rockets, Bucks vs Celtics, Pistons vs Celtics, those where the glory days of Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn,Billy Cunningham,Hubie Brown calling the play by play.

[@rodrickthompson2799]

My God!!!! High School days!!!! No need for cable lol!!!

[@donbuyshousescash4765]

I was a little kid back then. I use to love hearing this. Especially in the playoffs..

[@MrT8599]

Does anyone else hear Dick Stockton or Brent Musburger’s voice when hearing this music. Because I certainly do.

[@alfredyoung1120]

You are looking live on a beautiful Southern California day come on inside the Fabulous Forum Brent Musburgur days at CBS

[@mrmartywaring]

The best opening theme song for the NBA, period!! Makes me think of Lakers/Celtics, Bad Boy Pistons, Jordan over Ehlo, etc. The memories!!!!!

[@SheltonWalden]

THAT IS A REAL THEME!!!

[@MrDkirksey23]

It's ok not better than Nba on Nbc

[@sleazypig]

@@MrDkirksey23 This was way better you need to take the 90s nostalgia goggles off

[@marcuswilliams6840]

@@sleazypig The CBS theme sounds more upbeat in a fun, sports way! Much better than the NBC theme.

[@earlsmith1186]

sleazypig way way better Stockton and Musberger especially

[@sleazypig]

@@earlsmith1186 r

[@RaiderRSupastar]

CBS has the best theme songs for the NBA and the NCAA college basketball during this same period

[@orlandotragic7577]

Agreed 1000%…plus don’t forget the nfl on cbs 80’s music..they really had a stranglehold on it all back then…glory days

[@orlandotragic7577]

NBA on nbc 90’s music was good but doesn’t hold a candle to this

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

@@livannal.t.9068 at the same time, CBS has the best College Football theme... and it's been in use since "Super Bowl" 1987 for crying out loud.

[@willardlockejr2965]

@@livannal.t.9068 The NBA on CBS theme is iconic. NBA on NBC theme music is alright.

[@MainEventPoint]

Bird...McHale...Kareem....and Magic....tonight....THE STARS WILL SHINE

[@Biggrittz]

I remember that one lol

[@vpking77]

This theme and Roundball Rock are so much better than anything on ABC it isn't even close.

[@dlopezdlo11]

💯🏀

[@RoadCone411]

Roundball Rock was John Tesh's masterpiece! Just as I think of Larry and Magic when I hear the CBS theme, I can see MJ switching hands and laying up a reverse midair shot when I hear the NBC theme. What a time to be alive! The CBS theme was all about the grind it out teams that dominated the 1980s: the Sixers, Celtics, Lakers, Rockets and Pistons. NBC had Michael Jordan and the Bulls and, well, I suppose the Knicks to a lesser extent. But kids today will never know how exciting the NBA was back then, all of the star players from back then are old men now...then again, many don't watch the NBA at all.

[@SimuLord]

@@RoadCone411 " I can see MJ switching hands and laying up a reverse midair shot " Soon as I read that I heard Marv Albert yelling "A SPECTACULAR move by MICHAEL JORDAN!"

[@RoadCone411]

@@SimuLord I remember that play live. An amazing defiance of gravity by Air Jordan and an epic call by Marv. We got to enjoy it for years more when it became part of NBC’s intro. Still gives me goosebumps…and I wasn’t a Bulls fan.

[@JAG214]

That is so true 100%

[@randyringhofer1436]

The best time for NBA.

[@cfoster81]

This theme takes me back to the mid 80's when the Lakers/Celtics game would come on after the annual telecast of "The Great American Race" the Daytona 500. My team, the Washington Bullets (Wizards) made rare appearances on the CBS Sunday NBA nationally televised games, which were mainly the Celtics, Pistons and Sixers and a young star with the Bulls named Michael Jordan in the east and the Lakers, and Trail Blazers, Supersonics and Suns in the west and which would have been shown on WDVM Channel 9 (now WUSA) here in the DC area

[@sportingmx]

You can fill this with a NBA poem.

[@toniccoker]

Lakers of the 80s AHHHHH!!!!!!

[@chevisfleming6577]

Yessir! Showtime baby!!

[@Bloodreign1]

My dad, when he was still alive, and when I was a kid would watch NBA games and NFL games together. He was an NFL fan (a Saints fan, and I a Bucs fan), but wasn't an NBA fan, but I'll be damned if we didn't watch the NBA together. He and I also watched some World Series games together, especially as I got older, and during the Braves 90's run. Wish he were still here, will be 16 years in a couple months, a week and a half before Thanksgiving, we'd be watching postseason baseball and the NFL again, the NBA I lost love for till LeBron hangs up the cleats (I watched exactly 1 game this year, Curry's latest championship, Game 6).

[@chuckers40]

Two of the great and legendary voices of the NBA are calling it a great career: Dick Stockton and Marv Albert. When I think of the NBA, they are the 1 and 1a of NBA play by play guys. You decide which one is which. You knew it was a big game when Stockton was calling games for CBS and Albert for NBC. The only one left that is still calling games is legendary ex-coach Hubie Brown. Hubie is still calling games at age 87. Stockton retired early this year and Albert will retire at the end of the NBA Playoffs for TNT. They are two legends of the game.

[@NateTheGr8ness]

Amen to that!

[@tarnel9]

Best NBA theme ever!

[@CHICANO1975]

Saturday afternoons in the 1980s, great memories.

[@Madeoflight-dc9em]

Thank you Dick Stockton for teaching me the game of basketball, especially as played by the Boston Celtics. You & Tommy Heinson made the best play by play color commentary on television. Ah, the memories! 🏀

[@scottdavidson7001]

Stockton and Russell the original tag team. Loved them.

[@chuckers40]

Stockton and Hubie Brown are still calling games Stockton nearing 77 on TNT and Hubie Brown 86 for ESPN and ABC

[@JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et]

@@chuckers40 They should shut it down. Brown is dusty and annoying. More than ever. Stockton is a Lakers fan, I've had enough of him. But, for 77 calls a decent game.

[@kevinpayton2664]

RIP Tommy Heinsohn

[@SimuLord]

Only thing better than Tommy on the national broadcasts was all the years he called local Celtics games with Mike Gorman. RIP Tommy.

[@treybelcher848]

1983 NBA finals champions 76ers!

[@Madeoflight-dc9em]

Today on CBS, the Doctor operates! This Sunday on CBS Sports, the Doctor pays a house call to the Los Angeles Lakers at the fabulous Forum. Certainly glad Dr. J got his ring against the Lakers.

[@scottdavidson7001]

@@Madeoflight-dc9em thumbs ☝

[@Madeoflight-dc9em]

@ Scott Davidson: They don't make 'em like the 80s Celtics starting 5 anymore. Basketballs loss.

[@scottdavidson7001]

@@Madeoflight-dc9em Hey bro on the real Philly and Boston had WARS!!! I rode with Billy C and the Doctor. But huge respect for Celtics. 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1985...WARS....although in 85 Doc and his crew was aging quickly. Just WARS!!!

[@scottdavidson7001]

@@Madeoflight-dc9em 3 Juggernaut teams from 1980's. 81-82 Lakers. They trap ur guards. Then run u into a heart attack. 82-83 76ers. Fo'Fo'Fo' they smashed everybody. 85-86 Celtics best front 3 ever. It would be difficult for any team from any era to beat those teams when healthy in a 7 game series. Hall of Farmers EVERYWHERE. SIXERS = ERVING, MALONE, CHEEKS. CELTICS = LARRY, MCHALE, ROBERT, DENNIS, WALTON. LAKERS = EARVIN, KAREEM, MCADOO, WILKES. 11 Hall of Famers. Unreal. And appreciate that i saw them all.

[@blakstik8]

Whenever I heard this theme I always thought of The "Twin Towers" Olajuwon and Sampson at the Summit in Houston Texas.

[@maxflipper34]

My favorite all-time TV network sports theme song.

[@chrisanderson7984]

Lakers vs Celtics Bird vs Magic enough said

[@REXX399]

Okay Brent musburger LOL

[@chrisanderson7984]

Man those two helped raise me into a basketball fan. Jordan made me LOVE it!

[@nikola0566]

I honestly wish I could back in time to the 1980's and visit for a bit all of these awesome things in life and sports,like the NBA on CBS.Oh I wish I could go back in time,for a visit.

[@vansmack4972]

Nick Viris Your right. These days the NBA is virtually unwatchable.

[@tomvanorman5670]

The 80's for all sports was incredible....Jordan, Bird, Magic, 85 Bears, LT, NCAA hoops with Phi Slamma Jama!

[@stephaniebarnett3566]

A little "NBA on CBS" fantasy... (Brent Musberger or Dick Stockton -- you pick): It's been a long season for the Champions. They've faced injuries, a tough schedule, and on occasion: fisticuffs. But that didn't stop the Celtics from racking up the best record in the league. Now come the long and grueling playoffs. Do they have enough to get them through to June? (baaahh-bah-bah-baaaah-badda-dah-dah-daaah-bah-bah-baaah DAH!) The upstart Warriors played this season with grit and determination. From Curry and Thompson's nightly three point bombing raids, to Draymond Green's rough and tumble scrapping down in the pit, Golden State rolls into the playoffs looking to prove they're among the elite teams. (baaahh-bah-bah-baaaah-badda-dah-dah-daaah-bah-bah-baaah DAH!) The Detroit Pistons are looking to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals, but they know the road starts in Boston. And when you play the Celtics, you also play against their past and the ghosts watching from the rafters in old Boston Garden. Can the Pistons motor through? And in the west, the Lakers will try and move beyond the tragedy of Kobe Bryant, and honor his memory by adding another Championship to the storied franchise. It's an NBA Playoff Double Header. The Lakers and Warriors later today. But we start in the East with the Celtics and Pistons. It's Game one of the NBA Fantasy Playoffs here on CBS...

[@JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et]

Brent

[@NateTheGr8ness]

That was good!

[@aaronfennell-chametzky3206]

Upstart warriors?

[@stephaniebarnett3566]

@@aaronfennell-chametzky3206 Yeah, it's a fantasy piece, Aaron. Or did you not notice Pistons and Celtics are playing in Boston Garden (not TD Garden). Or that the Celitcs have the best record in the league? Or that the Pistons are one series from the NBA Finals. Or that the NBA is on CBS? It's a fantasy piece, Aaron, recalling the great old openings on CBS. So, yes, in my fantasy, the Warriors are an upstart team. But you're more than welcome to write your own classic "NBA on CBS" fantasy opening to the NBA Playoffs. I'm sure we'd all like to read it.

[@chevisfleming6577]

Brent....by a hair!!

[@user-sw9rj6hj4z]

Wonder if John Tesh had this in mind when he did the Roundball Rock theme for NBC, because this CBS theme is essentially a low key version of it.

[@Hugecannonballs]

I can hear how NBC was inspired by this version! First time hearing and nicely done!! I can hear the hype and excitement in it!!

[@MichaelMartin-pg4ef]

Me too!

[@leonardstokes6036]

I used to hum this song as I played basketball games with my friends in Oklahoma City in the 80s. Great memories.

[@nowayagain8141]

Ha! NICE

[@dougparton2319]

Watching this intro got me excited to watch the game.

[@texasscifi3431]

The best era of Basketball. I miss those days so much. Magic bird Jordan Akeem (before the H) Barkley Malone Isaiah . Started watching in 1986 with the twin towers in my hometown of Houston. Celtics Lakers Pistons I think NBC picked up the NBA in the 1990s.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Childhood memories

[@Madeoflight-dc9em]

@Alfonso Green, any game where magic lost was q good game. Never saw anybody cheat like that in my life! That was his only show in showtime. Uh, I'm doing it again, aren't I? Sorry, I got caught up...the 80s have left the bldg.

[@jasonmay9387]

Back when defense and toughness was a part of the game.

[@joemartin1253]

AN ALL TIME CLASSIC!

[@TGGaineyProductions]

When this music was on, my dad had control of the television. Don't bother him while the game was on.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

I remember this piece of music from the CBS-TV Network's broadcasts of NBA games during the mid-late 1980's, but they utilized a completely different music theme during the late 1970's for their tape-delayed broadcasts of the NBA Finals , which incredible as it seems today were shown after midnight! I remember watching tape-delayed broadcasts on Channel 10 (Philadelphia) by CBS Sports of the Philadelphia 76ers versus the L.A. Lakers after midnight at college in 1979 and 1980.

[@teatheexclusiveatwo2698]

The last game NBA on CBS did was the 1990 NBA Finals, Trail Blazers vs Pistons

[@Micol61]

Loved this theme ❤ What a great time to be an NBA fan 🔥🔥

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American. The last season this was used was 1989-90, my 11th grade year. That was one of the best times of my life. 1993-97 (especially 1993-94) were among some of the best times of my life! I have long thought that I'd live to be 48 years old, and pass away in 2021. My Dad unexpectedly passed away in 2003, and life hasn't been as happy for me since. If indeed, 2021-22 is the final year of my life, this NBA on CBS song is a memory that I will cherish, during my final months. I have told family and friends that I want my 2021 funeral to be "music based," and this is one of the songs that I want to be played at my funeral.

[@Covert_Smalls]

You have lots of life to live! Pick goals. Start small, get bigger, but don’t stop. You have a great theme song for the journey.

[@Joel-zy2zw]

Love when they had an Animation of the Boston Garden when they played this. The golden era of the NBA. I think of Bird, Magic, Kareem, Olajawon, Sampson and the early days of Jordan when I hear this

[@NateTheGr8ness]

The NBA on CBS! "I'm Dick Stockton alongside Hubie Brown....."

[@richardrobertsonjr.9386]

As a kid I always envisioned myself in the intro playing for the Rockets to this theme. Bringing back so many memories of the Twin Towers. Best NBA theme ever

[@jonboxleitner7354]

Dick Stockton's voice is ringing in ears. My word. The NBA was great back then.

[@daboys1215]

RIP Tom Heinsohn

[@roderickharrisii8645]

FINALLY! the clean version, sorry guys I'm six years late on this one, after years of searching I almost gave up looking for a clean version, this one is better than NBC/FOX version, who will put money 💰 on it. HA HA

[@tookiezzz2898]

You Are Live, From Los Angeles, And The Fabulous Forum ........

[@kevinevans5921]

Loved that theme!

[@RoadCone411]

I hear this and I immediately think of Dick Stockton setting the stage and welcoming us The Garden. Or The Forum. Or The Palace. CBS and NBC had the best NBA intros. Do they even have intro music today or did it go the way of the ad jingle? It used to get me excited to watch...

[@heysolley]

Just like "that" it's Sunday afternoon in the winter of '84 or '85 or '86...

[@retroguy1976]

this was a good era in the nba magic vs bird you had isiah, ewing, jordan, barkley dominque

[@raymonescales1735]

The NBA on CBS is brought to you by Bud light for all we do this bud's for you❤

[@salayobrown8942]

this theme music had so much drama to it just like the celtix-lakerz games that followed. man those were the dayz!!!!

[@RobertoLopez-xb1mj]

This is Dick Stockton along with my colleague Hubie Brown coming to you live from the Forum in LA where the Lakers will square off against Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics in tonight's Game One of the 1987 NBA Finals.

[@Madeoflight-dc9em]

@ Roberto Lopez, this brings back memories for me also. Dick Stockton taught me the game of round ball so well, I could almost tell what plays Bird, McHale, & the team were gonna run against the Lakers. My brother was a Lakers fan, must have gotten dropped on his head too many times. Ah, back when it was a game. Go Celtics!

[@RobertoLopez-xb1mj]

@@Madeoflight-dc9em brings back memories for me too.

[@Madeoflight-dc9em]

@Roberto Lopez, I think time has softened me, back when I was the kid sister. Though I hated Magic Johnson the athlete then, b/c of the health trials he later faced, I must admit that I love Earvin Johnson the man now.

[@darringriffin8672]

This is Dick Stockton along with my colleague Tommy Heinsohn coming to live from the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, CA.

[@BK-mr4ls]

In a rematch of last year’s ECF, Miami was intent on revenge from their Game 7 defeat, while Boston’s disappointing loss in the finals had them seeking to resolve unfinished business and break the tie with the LA Lakers for banner 18. The first three games were all Miami, led by Jimmy Butler, whose ability to make all the necessary plays had his team on the verge of the championship round following a 26-point beat down in Game 3, and there were even whispers of a sweep. But Boston had other ideas in mind. Evoking the 2004 Red Sox they were intent on making history, one game at a time. This was done through defensive intensity and making the extra pass, along with a little help from those little green leprechauns with 0.1 seconds left on the clock. And so now we go return back to Boston for Game 7, where the Celtics never seem to lose, as was the case for legendary center Bill Russell, who was 10-0 in these games and is memorialized on the player uniforms and the fabled parquet floor. The winner takes on Denver, who has never played a game in June and seeks to raise their first banner to the rafters in their 47-year existence. Coming up from Boston- Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals!

[@entertainmentsportsandmore5783]

used from the 1983 Finals until the 1989 Playoffs.

[@edmerc92]

Also used in 1990.

[@keithbrown8814]

Modified for 1990... not as exciting ....

[@hrtvfan2870]

Never knew there was a full, clean version of this track floating around.

[@LogoMan7777]

I didn't know it was composed by a woman.

[@dwjoseph59]

Cbs sports & nbc sports nba theme songs are both "THE ABSOLUTE BEST"; hands down ❤️❤️👌👌👍👍!!

[@salayobrown8942]

mayne!!!!! i feel like a champ listening to this!!!!

[@salayobrown8942]

hearing this mayne it makes me feel good!!!!! brangs back memories from the dayz of old.

[@reggiestarke9950]

WHEN the N.B.A. was FANTASTIC. THIS Theme was THEE BEST. And makes me think about the GOLDEN 80s of the NBA & My Philadelphia 76ers n when My #1 FAV🏀RITE Player EVER of ALL TIME, "Julius 'Dr. J ' Erving" finally WON his CHAMPI🏆NSHIP along with "Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney, Bobby Jones & Clint Richardson"...Led to THE PROMISED LAND by "Moses 'Big Mo' Malone"!!!!!!!!! The NBA On CBS had THEE BEST Network Coverage and Play by Play Announcers, Analysts, and Pregame, Halftime & Postgame Shows. MISS that ERA of the N.B.A. n On CBS.

[@DaRockKB]

CBS should bring this back and add it for the WNBA!!!

[@salayobrown8942]

damn, mayne!!!! this makes me feel like i'm at the forum getting ready to see the lakers and the celtics!!!!

[@howielittle-simpson4088]

And hello from the then banks of the Charles River, live from the Boston Garden. There always seemed to be magic when games are played here. Maybe it’s the parquet under the players, the banners over the players or maybe even the players themselves. We start here before shifting to the fantastic Forum in sunny Inglewood, California, where it will surely be showtime. It’s the Celtics and Lakers. One more time for the NBA World Championship.

[@vagrante13]

Reminds me of my upbringing watching the Lakers in the 1980's!

[@kunjiklub]

Listening to this conjures clips of the Great Western Forum flyby by the Goodyear balloon, and the slow elevated train approaching Boston Garden

[@KHayes666]

If the NBA on NBC is Michael Jordan's theme, this one was Larry Bird & Magic Johnson

[@terrytyler3139]

far better than the annoying theme song on NBC

[@norbertoniebres1615]

I love this version. Only wish CBS would get the NBA back though. Of course, with the NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament, Men's College Basketball on CBS, NCAA College Football (SEC Regular Season Plus SEC Championship Game, and the Sun Bowl), plus all those golf tournaments, there would be no room on the schedule for NBA basketball. 😢😢😢😭😭😭😢😢😢😭😭😭🤕🤕🤕🤒🤒🤒😦😦😦😿😿😿😟😟😟😢😢😢😭😭😭

[@arkansoul]

I was sad when the NBA left CBS after the 1989-90 Finals. Never liked the NBA on NBC. NBA on ABC is ok but will NEVER compare to my NBA on CBS.

[@americangiant1003]

@Puzzlefan30 The NBA contract if not extended ends after the 2025 NBA Finals. The only way CBS would return to broadcasting it as if follows ESPN/ABC model. That is TNT would be the main TV partner with CBS as they already share coverage during the NCAA Hoops Tournament. And CBS getting select Regular, Playoff and all of the NBA Finals.

[@bigtimeaze-azeramos9645]

I think Monday would be a good day to broadcast select nba games since no other tv broadcast does monday games

[@americangiant1003]

@@bigtimeaze-azeramos9645 I doubt CBS or any major station i.e ABC, NBC or Fox will show games on Monday Night which is a very important night for both scripted shows i.e comedies and dramas and also reality shows. With that said, Saturday Nights makes the most sense for a prime time national game of the week. Saturday Night has the lowest amount of people watching TV in America. Thus the reason, College Football during the Fall the NHL on NBC and MLB Baseball with Fox from June-August is shown on Saturday Nights. In recent years ABC/ESPN shows a Saturday evening game from Late January-Mid April. Plus starting in summer of 2019, CBS shows a limited number of WNBA games on Saturday in prime time as well. Monday Night is probably best suited for a NBA game on basic cable such as ESPN, TNT/TBS or even Fox Sports Net.

[@norbertoniebres1615]

@@arkansoul I only wish this theme was used in the 1990s, when Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dominated.

[@REXX399]

Basically the magic and bird theme song I mean let's be honest every time you hear this you think about only two guys LOL

[@mzhou2727]

fantastic

[@scottdavidson7001]

Can't get betr than this!!!!

[@Fireinthestubble]

This is gold!!!!

[@LAFan]

You are looking live at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California home of the Showtime Lakers.

[@KHayes666]

Live from the historic Boston Garden in Boston Massachusetts, it's Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

[@crawford371]

John Madden documentary brought me here #RIP

[@80srocknroller]

CBS Sports presents NBA on CBS!

[@jrn2121]

You are looking LIVE at Inglewood California and the Great Western Forum…….

[@scottbrown7497]

Dick Stockton or Brent Mussburger calling games was awesome

[@encinobalboa]

Dick Stockton doing the prologue with this music playing. "It's game 7. Celtics and Lakers."

[@dubisbetterthansub5254]

Sounds like the Japanese Dragon Ball Z opening theme (Cha La Head Cha La) was directly inspired by this. For example the bassline starts around the same time in the intro to both, and the notes are similar with slower beat pacing in the Japanese DBZ theme.

[@taylorsmith9629]

You could tell NBC took inspiration from parts of this theme

[@joemeehan9329]

Tonight we're at the Boston Garden for a pivotal Game 5...

[@Biggrittz]

*Rockets Vs Celtics 1986 Finals*

[@joshw6993]

Tonight....it all comes to this....and quite frankly....how appropriate. The 2 best words in sports will occur tonight here in The Boston Garden........Game Seven. Game Seven in the 1984 NBA World Championship Series between The Los Angeles Lakers.....And The Boston Celtics

[@salayobrown8942]

like Stevie said, I wish those days could come back once mo'!!!!!