NBA on CBS TV theme song

I don't know who wrote the song but I would like to know who wrote the classic song :)

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[JZ2001JC]

NBA should leave ABC and go to NBC and CBS. TBS does games on Monday Nights like the old days, TNT does Thursday Nights, CBS has a game of the week on Saturday Night, and NBC has a triple header on Sundays. Then playoff time First two RDS will be all split up between TNT/TBS, NBC, and CBS. Then in CONF FINALS NBC gets EAST FINALS and CBS gets WEST FINALS. NBA FINALS--NBC does East Champs home games and CBS does West Champs Home Games.

[runback22]

this brings back some memories.....still better than ABC's craptacular excuse for presentation.

[97jfg]

good afternoon everyone dick stockton and bill russell for game 1 of the 1983 nba finals between the los angeles lakers and philadelphia 76ers

[ForemanFan]

Is the 1970s ABC NBA theme song still on YouTube? Its line were about sitting down and taking it easy.

[mjhartman1986]

Once ESPN's contract expires with the NBA, I honestly see them going back to CBS because of the network's college bball partnership with Turner, which has called NBA games for years and years. I would be all for a return to NBC, but I would be equally as excited for a return to CBS as well because anything beats ESPN/ABC's current presentation, or lack thereof.

[mvhcpa]

@saljustfarted Yep, the lyrics are on Wikipedia somewhere--you had the first part, I had the last part, and there is a little bit more in the middle.

[saljustfarted]

@mvhcpa I think you mean "Give it all you got/take your very best shot/and may the best team win. The time is now/the name of the game is action. They're on the floor/and they're ready to score/so let the game begin" I forgot the rest. Mid-70s I believe.

[WhereverTheyMayRoam0]

NBA need to go back to NBC and CBS and stay with TNT the ABC presentation is awful

[RoyalTebowDoom]

@biffster68 Except when my Mavs beat the scumbag Heat!

[mvhcpa]

I seem to remember the theme song before this one having lyrics, something like "[first line I don't remember] you'll see the best in basketball, when you watch the NBA on CBS"--does anyone know if I was close with that rendition?

[D2Kprime]

@JZ2001JC : I'll buy that. I mean why have all the games on just one or two networks? The NFL is on NBC, CBS, FOX, and ESPN. Technically, even though MNF is on ESPN now, Disney own ABC which owns ESPN so the NFL is on all the major networks. The NBA should do the same.

I say let NBC do Eastern Conference games, CBS do Western Conference games, ABC do the All-Star Game, and All-Star weekend still be done by TNT. Let the NBA Finals rotate networks the same way the Super Bowl does.

[celinetouchedmyhand]

THE MAVS WERE BORN IN 1980 AND WON THE FINALS 30 YEARS LATER.