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1 1980 and 1981 NBA Finals
2 "Number 2" Announcing Teams
3 Lead Announcing Teams History
4 1988 open

[edit] 1980 and 1981 NBA Finals

Here are some notes on CBS and tape-delay of the 1980 and 1981 NBA Finals.

1980 Lakers-Sixers (CBS)

Game 1 Sun 5/4 in LA live (in afternoon)
Game 2 Wed 5/7 in LA live at 11:30 eastern
Game 3 Sat 5/10 in Phi live (in afternoon)
Game 4 Sat 5/11 in Phi live (in afternoon)
Game 5 Wed 5/14 in LA live at 11:30 eastern
Game 6 Fri 5/16 in Phi tape-delay at 11:30 eastern

Note: CBS would have shown game 7 live on Sun afternoon 5/18 had the series gone the distance.

Summary for 1980 Finals: one tape-delay game, but two of the live games were at 11:30 eastern

1981 Celtics-Rockets (CBS)

Game 1 Tue 5/5 in Bos tape-delay at 11:30 eastern
Game 2 Thu 5/7 in Bos tape-delay at 11:30 eastern
Game 3 Sat 5/9 in Hou live (in afternoon)
Game 4 Sun 5/10 in Hou live (in afternoon)
Game 5 Tue 5/12 in Bos tape-delay at 11:30 eastern
Game 6 Thu 5/14 in Hou tape-delay at 11:30 eastern

Note: CBS would have shown game 7 live on Sun afternoon 5/17 had the series gone the distance.

Summary for 1981 Finals: four tape-delay games

Note: In both years, CBS scheduled games 3 and 4 on back-to-back days (Sat/Sun) to avoid an extra tape-delay game. TMC1982 April 21, 2006

[edit] "Number 2" Announcing Teams

Don Criqui and Steve "Snapper" Jones were the #2 team in 1975-1976 and 1976-1977.

In 1989, Brent Musburger and Bill Raftery were the #2 crew on playoff games. They did the Western Conference Finals games that were broadcast on CBS.

In 1990, Verne Lundquist was #2 play-by-play man (presumably alongside Bill Raftery) on the NBA Playoffs and in fact, did Game 7 of the East Finals (Chicago v. Detroit).

TMC1982 April 21, 2006

[edit] Lead Announcing Teams History

1973/74 Pat Summerall pxp, Elgin Baylor, Hot Rod Hundley (Baylor was

fired during the playoffs and replaced by Rick Barry)

1974/75 Brent Musburger and Oscar Robertson
1975/76 Brent Musburger and Mendy Rudolph
1976/77 through 1979/80 Brent Musburger worked with a variety of

analysts, including Billy Cunningham, Mendy Rudolph, Rod Hundley and Rick Barry

1980/81-Gary Bender, Rick Barry, Bill Russell-This was the crew they

used in response to NBC's college trio of Dick Enberg, Billy Packer and Al McGuire. If did not work out and Bender moved on to NCAA b-ball the next year when CBS got the rights.