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The highest NBA Finals ratings on NBC after Jordan left was the 2001 Finals, which featured the dominant and then-defending champion Lakers with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant versus the polarizing Allen Iverson and the underdog Philadelphia 76ers. The ratings for that series were a 12.1, still down 35 percent from 1998.
Studio. Ernie Johnson (lead host) Shaquille O'Neal (lead analyst) Kenny Smith (lead analyst) Charles Barkley (lead analyst) Adam Lefkoe (Tuesday host) Candace Parker (Tuesday analyst and game analyst for select games during NBA Regular season) Jamal Crawford (Tuesday analyst and game analyst for 1st 2 rounds of 2024 NBA Playoffs) Draymond Green ...
NBA on television. National Basketball Association (NBA) games are televised nationally in the United States, as well as on multiple local channels and regional sports networks. [ 1] Since the 2002–03 season, broadcast channel ABC, and pay TV networks ESPN and TNT have nationally televised games. Throughout most of the regular season, ESPN ...
November 4, 1989. ( 1989-11-04) –. May 2025. ( 2025-05) NBA on TNT is an American presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games, produced by TNT Sports (formerly known as Turner Sports and later Warner Bros. Discovery Sports). In the United States, the TNT cable network has held the rights to broadcast NBA games since 1989 ...
That series also featured the highest rated and most watched NBA Finals game, as the Sunday night averaged a 22.3 rating / 38 share and 35.89 million viewers. The 1987 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics was the highest rated and most watched NBA Finals series on CBS, averaging a 15.9 rating / 32 share and 24.12 million ...
Sports Illustrated. On June 7, NBC televised Game 1 of the NBA Finals and earned a 10.5 rating in the Nielsens. One night later ABC aired Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals, a triple-overtime duel for the ages in which the Stars defeated the Devils 1-0. That match earned a 4.2.
Mike Breen (primary) Kenny Albert (during Breen's ESPN & ABC assignments) Bill Pidto (select games) Gus Johnson (select games) Walt Frazier. Wally Szczerbiak. Alan Hahn. Monica McNutt. Rebecca Haarlow.
The following people were commentators for ESPN's NBA coverage: Allison Williams (sideline reporter) Corey Williams (game analyst) Adam Amin (play by play 2016–2020) Greg Anthony (analyst) Michelle Beadle (studio host 2014–2019) Chauncey Billups (analyst 2018–2020) Rick Carlisle (game analyst 2007–2008) Doug Collins (basketball analyst ...