NBA on CBS
originally aired on CBS
CBS aired NBA games from the 1973–74 NBA season (when it succeeded ABC Sports as the national broadcaster of the NBA) until the 1989–90 NBA season. Pat Summerall served as the CBS analyst on some ABA games alongside Don Criqui on play-by-play. In the early 1970s, CBS aired American Basketball Association (ABA) games, specifically league's annual All-Star Game/selected playoff games.