| Year |
Network(s) |
Play-by-play |
Color commentator(s) |
| 1999 |
NBC (Games 1, 3-6)
TNT (Game 2) |
Tom Hammond
Kevin Harlan |
Bill Walton and Steve Jones
Doc Rivers and Hubie Brown |
| 1998 |
NBC (Games 1, 3-7)
TNT (Game 2) |
Bob Costas
Dick Stockton |
Doug Collins and Isiah Thomas
Hubie Brown |
| 1997 |
TNT (Games 1 & 2)
NBC (Games 3 & 4) |
Verne Lundquist
Marv Albert |
Doc Rivers
Matt Guokas |
| 1996 |
NBC (Games 1, 3, & 4)
TNT (Game 2) |
Greg Gumbel (Game 1) and Marv Albert (Games 3 & 4)
Verne Lundquist |
Matt Guokas and Bill Walton (Game 1)
Danny Ainge |
| 1995 |
TNT (Games 1 & 2)
NBC (Games 3-7) |
Ron Thulin
Marv Albert |
Hubie Brown
Matt Guokas and Bill Walton (Game 7) |
| 1994 |
TNT (Games 1 & 2)
NBC (Games 3-7) |
Ron Thulin
Marv Albert |
Hubie Brown
Matt Guokas |
| 1993 |
NBC (Games 1, 3-6)
TNT (Game 2) |
Marv Albert
Ron Thulin |
Mike Fratello
Hubie Brown |
| 1992 |
TNT (Games 1 and 2)
NBC (Games 3-6) |
Bob Neal
Marv Albert |
Hubie Brown
Mike Fratello |
| 1991 |
NBC (Games 1, 3, & 4)
TNT (Game 2) |
Marv Albert
Ron Thulin |
Mike Fratello (Games 1 & 3) and Cotton Fitzsimmons (Game 4)
Hubie Brown (Game 2) |
| 1990 |
CBS (Games 1, 3, 4, 6, & 7)
TNT (Games 2 and 5) |
Verne Lundquist (Games 1, 6, 7) and Dick Stockton (Games 3 and 4)
Skip Caray (Game 2) and Bob Neal (Game 5) |
Len Elmore (Games 1, 6, & 7) and Hubie Brown (Games 3 & 4)
Doug Collins |
| Year |
Network(s) |
Play-by-play |
Color commentator(s) |
| 1989 |
CBS (Games 1, 3, 4, & 6)
TBS (Games 2 & 5) |
Brent Musburger (Game 1) and Dick Stockton (Games 3, 4, & 6)
Skip Caray |
Bill Raftery (Game 1) and Hubie Brown (Games 3, 4, & 6)
Rick Barry (Game 2) and Steve Jones (Game 5) |
| 1988 |
CBS (Games 3, 4, & 6)
TBS (Game 5) |
Dick Stockton
Bob Neal |
Billy Cunningham
Rick Barry |
| 1987 |
TBS (Games 1, 2, & 5)
CBS (Games 3, 4, 6, & 7) |
Bob Neal
Dick Stockton |
Doug Collins
Tom Heinsohn |
| 1986 |
TBS (Games 2)
CBS [Games 3 & 4 (regional)] |
Skip Caray
Brent Musburger |
John Andariese
Billy Cunningham |
| 1985 |
CBS [Games 1, 3, & 4 (regional)]
TBS (Games 2 & 5) |
Dick Stockton
Skip Caray (Game 2) and Rick Barry (Game 5) |
Tom Heinsohn
John Andariese (Game 2) and Bill Russell (Game 5) |
| 1984 |
ESPN (Games 1 & 2)
CBS (Game 3)
USA (Games 4 & 5) |
Roger Twibell
Dick Stockton
Al Albert |
Dick Vitale
Tom Heinsohn
Jon McGlocklin |
| 1983 |
CBS [Games 1, 3, & 4 (regional)]
ESPN (Game 2) |
Dick Stockton
Roger Twibell |
Bill Russell
Dick Vitale |
| 1982 |
CBS (Games 1, 3, 4, 6, & 7)
USA (Games 2 & 5) |
Dick Stockton
Al Albert |
Bill Russell
Hubie Brown |
| 1981 |
CBS [Games 3, 5 (regional; tape delay), 6 (tape delay), & 7] |
Dick Stockton |
Kevin Loughery |
| 1980 |
CBS (Games 2 & 5) |
Gary Bender |
Rick Barry |
| Year |
Network(s) |
Play-by-play |
Color commentator(s) |
| 1979 |
CBS |
Gary Bender (Game 2)
Don Criqui (Game 5) |
Rick Barry (Game 2)
Rod Hundley (Game 5) |
| 1978 |
CBS (Games 1 & 4) |
Brent Musburger (Game 1)
Don Criqui (Game 4) |
John Havlicek (Game 1)
Keith Erickson and Gus Johnson (Game 4) |
| 1977 |
CBS (Games 2 & 5) |
Don Criqui (Game 2)
Brent Musburger (Game 5) |
Billy Cunningham and Pete Maravich (Game 2)
Rick Barry and Mendy Rudolph (Game 5) |
| 1976 |
CBS [Games 2, 4 (regional), & 5] |
Brent Musburger (Games 2 & 5)
Don Criqui (Game 4) |
Mendy Rudolph
Jerry West |
| 1975 |
CBS [Games 1, 3, & 6 (regional)] |
Brent Musburger (Games 1 & 6)
Don Criqui (Game 3) |
Oscar Robertson (Games 1 & 6)
Jerry West (Game 3) |
| 1974 |
CBS (Games 1, 3, & 4) |
Don Criqui (Game 1) and Pat Summerall (Games 3 & 4) |
Rick Barry and Rod Hundley (Game 1) |
| 1973 |
ABC (Games 1, 3-7) |
Keith Jackson (Games 3, 4, 6, & 7) and Chris Schenkel (Games 1 & 5) |
Bill Russell |
| 1972 |
ABC (Games 1, 4, & 5) |
Keith Jackson |
Bill Russell |
| 1971 |
ABC [Games 3, 5, 6 (regional), and 7] |
Chris Schenkel |
Jack Twyman |
| 1970 |
ABC (Game 1) |
Chris Schenkel |
Jack Twyman |
