• NBA on Christmas Day television history (through 2009)

    From tmc1982@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 8 18:20:23 2019
    ABC did a game each year 1967-72; the first was LA @ SD with Jerry Gross and Jack Twyman; the remaining games were all from Phoenix LA IN 68, Bos 69, Atl 70, Sea 71 and Chi 72; game times ET were 5,230,230,330,2,330; Chris Schenkel did pbp 68,69,71,72;
    Keith Jackson in 1970; Jack Twyman was analyst 67-70, Bill Russell in 71-72

    CBS did a Christmas Day game each year 1975-1989 with the exception of 1982:

    1975; 330 kc @ phx Don Criqui, Mendy Rudolph
    1976; 1245 chi @ kc Criqui, Billy Cunningham
    1977: 1240 buf @ cle Criqui, Steve Jones
    1978: 400 phila @ ny; Brent Musburger, Keith Erickson
    1979: 1230 phil @ was Gary Bender, Rod Hundley
    1980: 1230 bos @ ny Bender, Bill Russell, Rick BArry
    1981: 330 l a @ phx Dick Stockton, Bill Russell
    1983: 330 n j @ n y Dick Stockton, Tom Heinsohn
    1984: 330 phil @ det Stockton,Heinsohn
    1985: 330 bos @ ny Stockton,Heinsohn
    1986: 1200 chi @ ny Stockton, Heinsohn
    1987: 1200 det @ ny Stockton, Cunningham
    1988: 330 lakers @ utah Stockton, Hubie Brown
    1989: 330 cle @ atlanta Stockton, Brown

    NBC took over the NBA network package and did one game in 1990 Det @ Chi, with Marv Albert, Mike Fratello and Tom Hammond at 330pm

    they did a doubleheader each Christmas 1991-2001, except for 1998 when the season had not yet started:

    91: 330 Clippers @ Lakers Albert,Fratello,Joel Meyers; 9 Bos@chi Bob Costas,Steve Jones,Ahmad Rashad

    92: 330 SanAnt @ Clippers Jim Lampley,Magic Johnson, Steve Jones, Joel Meyers; 900 Knicks @ Chi Albert, Fratello, Rashad

    93: 230 Hous @ Phoenix Hammond, Jones, Paul Sunderland; 830 Orlando @ Chi Albert, Matt Guokas, Rashad

    94: 4 Seattle @ Denver Hammond, Jones, Jim Gray; 630 ny @ Chi Albert,Guokas,Rashad

    95: 330 San Ant @ Phoenix Hammond, Jones, Bill Walton, Gray; 630 Hous @ Orlando Albert, Guokas, Rashad

    96: 6 LA @ Phoenix Greg Gumbel, Walton, Jones, Gray; 830 Det @ Chi Albert, Guokas, Rashad

    97: 3 Houston @ Utah Gumbel,Walton,Jones,Gray; 530 Miami @ Chi Bob Costas, Isiah Thomas, Rashad

    99: 7 NY @ Indiana Hammond, Walton,Jones, Sunderland; 930 San Ant @ Lakers Albert, Doug Collins, Gray

    00: 3 Orlando @ Indiana Hammond, Jones, Walton, Lewis Johnson; 530 Portland @ Lakers Albert, Collins, Gray

    01: 6 Toronto @ Knicks Mike Breen, PJCarlesimo, Lewis Johnson; 830 Phila @ Lakers Albert, Walton, Jones, Gray

    ABC has done a doubleheader each year 2002-09 except for 04 and 06 when they had one game only:

    02: 6 Bos @ NJ Brent Musburger,Sean Elliott,Michele Tafoya; 830 Sac @ Lakers Brad Nessler, Bill Walton, David Aldridge

    03: 6 Dal @ Sacramento Nessler,Elliott, Dan Majerle, Jim Gray; 830 Hous @ Lakers Al Michaels, Doc Rivers, Tafoya

    04: 3 Miami @ Lakers Michaels, Hubie Brown, Tafoya

    05: 1230 San Ant @ Det Mike Breen,Steve Jones, Walton, Mark Jones; 3 Lakers @ Miami Michaels, Brown, Lisa Salters

    06: 230 Lakers @ Miami Breen, Brown, Tafoya

    07: 230 Miami @ Cle Mike Tirico,Brown,Salters; 5 Phx @ Lakers Breen, Mark Jackson, Jeff VAn Gundy, Tafoya

    08: 230 SanAnt @ Phoenix Tirico,Brown,HeatherCox 5 Bos @ Lakers Breen,Jackson,VanGundy,Salters

    09 230 Bos @ Orl Tirico,Brown,Cox 5 Cle @ Lakers Breen,Jackson,VanGundy,Salters

    national cable broadcasts on Christmas Day

    ESPN:

    1983 10PM la @ portland Sam Smith, Dick Vitale
    2002 2pm Det @ Orl John Saunders, Greg Anthony, Sal Masekela
    2003 330 Cle @ Orl Saunders, Bill Walton, Doris Burke
    2004 1230 Det @ Ind Mike Breen, Tom Tolbert, Jeremy Schapp
    2007 800 Seattle @ Portland Mark Jones, Jon Barry, Ric Bucher
    2008 noon NO @ Orlando DAn Shulman, Doris Burke, Nancy Liebemann
    2009 yesterdays tripleheader

    TNT:
    2008: 8 Was @ Cle Marv Albert,Mike Fratello,CraigSager; 1030 Dal @ Portland Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Cheryl Miller

    TBS:

    1984: 730 NJ@NY Rick Barry, Bill Russell
    1985: 1000 Clip@Port Barry, Russell
    86: 8 Was @ Phil Bob Neal, Rick Barry
    87: 8 Atl @ Phil Skip Caray, STeve Jones
    88: 7 Was @ Phil announcers unconfirmed

    USA:

    1980: 8 nj @ was Jim Karvellas, Richie Powers; 1030 GoldSt @ Port Eddie Doucette, Steve Jones


    the first Christmas Day pro basketball telecasts I am aware of took place in 1947; at 9pm ET WCBS channel 2 had Providence at Knicks, with Stan Lomax and Bob Edge; 15 minutes later, at 815pm CT Joe Wilson did the Baltimore @ Chicago Stags forWBKB channel
    4 in Chicago

    Here's the list of televised games that I found -

    CHRISTMAS GAMES

    NATIONAL NETWORK

    ABC
    Wed. 25Dec68 LAL@PHO
    Thu. 25Dec69 BOS@PHO
    Fri. 25Dec70 ATL@PHO
    Sat. 25Dec71 SEA@PHO
    Mon. 25Dec72 CHI@PHO

    CBS
    Thu. 25Dec75 KCK@PHO
    Sat. 25Dec76 CHI@KCK
    Sun. 25Dec77 CLE@BUF
    Sat. 25Dec78 PHI@NYK
    Tue. 25Dec79 PHI@WAS
    Thu. 25Dec80 BOS@NYK
    Fri. 25Dec81 NJN@NYK
    Fri. 25Dec81 LAL@PHO
    Tue. 25Dec84 DET@PHI
    Wed. 25Dec85 BOS@NYK
    Thu. 25Dec86 CHI@NYK
    Fri. 25Dec87 DET@NYK
    Sun. 25Dec88 LAL@UTH
    Mon. 25Dec89 CLE@ATL

    NBC
    Tue. 25Dec90 DET@CHI
    Wed. 25Dec91 LAL@LAC
    Wed. 25Dec91 BOS@CHI
    Fri. 25Dec92 SAS@LAC
    Fri. 25Dec92 NYK@CHI
    Sat. 25Dec93 HOU@PHO
    Sat. 25Dec93 ORL@CHI
    Sun. 25Dec94 SEA@DEN
    Sun. 25Dec94 NYK@CHI
    Mon. 25Dec95 SAS@PHO
    Mon. 25Dec95 HOU@ORL
    Wed. 25Dec96 LAL@PHO
    Wed. 25Dec96 DET@CHI
    Thu. 25Dec97 HOU@UTH
    Thu. 25Dec97 MIA@CHI
    Sat. 25Dec99 NYK@IND
    Sat. 25Dec99 SAS@LAL
    Mon. 25Dec00 ORL@IND
    Mon. 25Dec00 POR@LAL
    Tue. 25Dec01 TOR@NYK
    Tue. 25Dec01 PHI@LAL

    ABC
    Wed. 25Dec02 BOS@NJN
    Wed. 25Dec02 SAC@LAL
    Thu. 25Dec03 DAL@SAC
    Thu. 25Dec03 HOU@LAL
    Sat. 25Dec04 MIA@LAL
    Sun. 25Dec05 SAS@DET
    Sun. 25Dec05 LAL@MIA
    Mon. 25Dec06 LAL@MIA
    Tue. 25Dec07 MIA@CLE
    Tue. 25Dec07 PHO@LAL
    Thu. 25Dec08 SAS@PHO
    Thu. 25Dec08 BOS@LAL
    Fri. 25Dec09 BOS@ORL
    Fri. 25Dec09 CLE@LAL


    NATIONAL CABLE

    USA
    Thu. 25Dec80 NJN@WAS
    Thu. 25Dec80 GST@POR

    ESPN
    Sun. 25Dec83 LAL@POR
    Wed. 25Dec02 DET@ORL
    Thu. 25Dec03 CLE@ORL
    Sat. 25Dec04 DET@IND
    Tue. 25Dec07 SEA@POR
    Thu. 25Dec08 NOR@ORL
    Fri. 25Dec09 MIA@NYK
    Fri. 25Dec09 LAC@PHO
    Fri. 25Dec09 DEN@POR

    TBS/TNT
    Tue. 25Dec84 NJN@NYK
    Wed. 25Dec85 LAC@POR
    Thu. 25Dec86 WAS@PHI
    Fri. 25Dec87 ATL@PHI
    Sun. 25Dec88 WAS@PHI
    Thu. 25Dec08 WAS@CLE
    Thu. 25Dec08 DAL@POR

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