List of NBA Western Conference Final broadcasters

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The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have aired NBA Western Conference Finals games.

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1 2000s
2 1990s
3 1980s
4 See also

[edit] 2000s

Year	TV	Games	Play by play	Color	Sideline	Pregame host	Pregame analysts
2006	TNT	All	Marv Albert	Doug Collins and Steve Kerr	Craig Sager and Cheryl Miller	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Charles Barkley,Kenny Smith, Reggie Miller and Magic Johnson
2005	ESPN	2, 3, 5	Mike Breen	Bill Walton	Jim Gray	John Saunders	Greg Anthony, Tim Legler and Stephen A. Smith
	ABC	1	Mike Breen	Hubie Brown	Michele Tafoya	Mike Tirico	Bill Walton and guest analysts
	ABC	4	Al Michaels	Hubie Brown	Michele Tafoya	Mike Tirico	Bill Walton and guest analysts
2004	TNT	All	Marv Albert	Mike Fratello and Doug Collins	Craig Sager and Cheryl Miller	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Magic Johnson
2003	TNT	All	Marv Albert	Mike Fratello and Jeff Van Gundy	Craig Sager and Cheryl Miller	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Magic Johnson
2002	NBC	1	Mike Breen	Steve Jones and Bill Walton	Jim Gray	Ahmad Rashad	Tom Tolbert
	NBC	3-7	Marv Albert	Steve Jones and Bill Walton	Jim Gray	Ahmad Rashad	Tom Tolbert
	TNT	2	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson and Danny Ainge	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith
2001	NBC	1, 3, 4	Marv Albert	Doug Collins	Jim Gray	Ahmad Rashad	Kevin Johnson and P.J. Carlesimo
2001	TNT	2	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson Danny Ainge	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith
2000	NBC	1, 3-6	Bob Costas	Doug Collins	Ahmad Rashad	Hannah Storm	Isiah Thomas and Peter Vescey
	NBC	7	Bob Costas	Steve Jones and Bill Walton	Ahmad Rashad	Hannah Storm	Isiah Thomas and Peter Vescey
	TNT	2	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson Danny Ainge	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Kenny Smith

[edit] 1990s

Year	TV	Games	Play by play	Color	Sideline	Pregame host	Pregame analysts
1999	NBC	All	Bob Costas	Doug Collins	Ahmad Rashad	Hannah Storm	John Salley and Isiah Thomas Peter Vescey
1998	NBC	1, 4	Tom Hammond	Steve Jones and Bill Walton	Jim Gray	Hannah Storm	John Salley and Peter Vescey
1998	TNT	2,3	N/A	N/A	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1997	NBC	3-6	Greg Gumbel	Steve Jones and Bill Walton	Jim Gray	Hannah Storm	Julius Erving and Peter Vescey
1997	TNT	1-3	Dick Stockton	Hubie Brown	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1996	NBC	1	Tom Hammond	Steve Jones	Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Julius Erving and Peter Vescey
		4-7	Greg Gumbel	Steve Jones
		4-7	Greg Gumbel	Bill Walton
	TNT	2	Dick Stockton	Hubie Brown	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1995	NBC	4-6	Greg Gumbel	Steve Jones and Bill Walton	Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Julius Erving and Peter Vescey and Peter Vescey
1995	TNT	1-3	Bob Neal	Doug Collins	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1994	NBC	4-6	Dick Enberg	Steve Jones and Bill Walton	Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Julius Erving and Peter Vescey and Peter Vescey
1994	TNT	1-3	Bob Neal	Doug Collins	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1993	NBC	4-6	Dick Enberg	Magic Johnson	Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Julius Erving and Peter Vescey and Peter Vescey
	NBC	7	Dick Enberg	Steve Jones	Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Julius Erving and Peter Vescey and Peter Vescey
	TNT	1-2	Bob Neal	Doug Collins	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
	TNT	3	Gary Bender	Doug Collins	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1992	NBC	1	Dick Enberg	Magic Johnson	Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Quinn Buckner and Peter Vescey
		1		Steve Jones
		4-6		Steve Jones
		4-6		Cotton Fitzsimmons
	TNT	2-3	Ron Thulin	Doug Collins	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1991	NBC	1, 4-6	Dick Enberg	Steve Jones	N/A	Bob Costas	Pat Riley and Quinn Buckner
1991	TNT	2-3	Bob Neal	Doug Collins	N/A	Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
1990	CBS	4-5	Verne Lundquist	Len Elmore	N/A	N/A	N/A
	CBS	6	Dick Stockton	Hubie Brown	N/A	N/A	N/A
	TNT	1	N/A			Ernie Johnson Jr.	N/A
		2	Bob Neal	N/A
		3	Skip Caray	Rick Barry	N/A

[edit] 1980s

Year	TV	Games	Play by play	Color	Sideline	Pregame host	Pregame analysts
1989	CBS	1	Dick Stockton	Hubie Brown	N/A	N/A
	CBS	4	Brent Musburger	Bill Raftery	N/A	N/A
	TBS	2-3	Bob Neal	Steve Jones	N/A	N/A
1988	CBS	4-7	Brent Musburger	Tom Heinsohn	N/A	N/A
1988	TBS	1-3	Bob Neal	Steve Jones	N/A	N/A
1987	CBS	1	Dick Stockton	Tom Heinsohn	N/A	N/A
	CBS	4	Brent Musburger	Billy Cunningham	N/A	N/A
	TBS	2-3	Mel Proctor	Bill Russell	N/A	N/A
1986	CBS	1, 3-5	Dick Stockton	Tom Heinsohn	N/A	N/A
1986	TBS	2	Rick Barry	Bill Russell	N/A	N/A
1985	CBS	1, 3-5	Brent Musburger	Hubie Brown	N/A	N/A
1985	TBS	2	Rick Barry	Bill Russell	N/A	N/A
1984	CBS	1, 3-6	Brent Musburger	Kevin Loughery	N/A	N/A
1983	CBS	1-4	Brent Musburger	Kevin Loughery	N/A	N/A
		5	N/A
		6	Dick Stockton	Bill Russell
1982	CBS	1, 3-4	N/A			N/A
1982	USA	2	N/A			N/A
1981	CBS	N/A	Gary Bender	Rick Barry and Bill Russell	N/A	N/A
1980	CBS	N/A	N/A			N/A

[edit] See also

List of NBA Eastern Conference Final broadcasters
List of NBA Finals broadcasters
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NBA on TNT
NBA on ABC
NBA on ESPN
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NBA on CBS

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