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Bob Costas presided as host of the network's pre-game show, NBA Showtime. In 1991, "The Dream is Still Alive" by Wilson Phillips was played during the end of the season montage. Game 1 of the 1991 Finals, played on Sunday afternoon (June 2), was the last time an NBA Finals game was played as a matinee.
Steve "Snapper" Jones – game analyst (1990–2002) Andrea Joyce – sideline reporter; Jim Lampley – play-by-play; Lisa Malosky – sideline reporter; Joel Meyers – sideline reporter; Bob Neal – play-by-play (1999) Ahmad Rashad – sideline reporter, studio host (1990–2002) Pat Riley – studio analyst, game analyst (1990–1991)
During NBC's NBA coverage from 1990 to 2002, the network would soundtrack their end-of-season montages to various songs. In 1991, "The Dream is Still Alive" by Wilson Phillips was played during the end-of-season montage.
3× NBA MVP (1987,1989,1990) 9× All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team 4× NBA assists leader 2× NBA steals leader NBA All-Rookie Team (1980) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) [124] 2002: Dražen Petrović: G: FIBA World Championship Gold: 1990 EuroBasket Gold: 1989
We compiled recent photos of 1990s and 2000s basketball stars to see how the times have really changed -- for some more than others. See what NBA stars of the 1990s and 2000s look like now Skip to ...
Television broadcasting started around the 1950s and has continued to grow and become more sophisticated. When the National Basketball Association broadcasts first aired, they were broken down into four categories including; pre game, halftime, post game, and game coverage.
During NBC's partnership with the NBA in the 1990s, the league rose to unprecedented popularity, with ratings surpassing the days of Johnson and Bird in the mid-1980s. Upon expiration of the contracts in 2002 , the NBA signed a six-year, $2.4 billion ($400 million/year) deal with Disney -owned ABC and ESPN .
All in all, CBS was pretty much destined to cut ties with the NBA by 1990. From 1986 to its final year in 1990, CBS paid about US$47 million per year for the NBA broadcast contract. The final NBA game that CBS televised to date was Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers on June 14, 1990.